Germany's Grob Aerospace has selected the Thales integrated electronic standby instrument (IESI) as standard equipment on its G160 Ranger single-engined business turboprop. The IESI, which displays attitude, airspeed and altitude data on a 3ATI active-matrix liquid crystal display, has also been selected by Gulfstream for its G150 mid-size business jet. Certification of the €2.3 million ($3 million) G160 is scheduled for the end of the year.
Source: Flight International
US firm Sierra Nevada (SNC) has been awarded a $170 million contract to deliver two Rapcon-X surveillance aircraft to the Finnish Border Guard.
Turkish business jet charter company Air Sapphire has been heavily fined by the US government for flying a Gulfstream GIV to Russia without authorisation.
The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered inspections of the Gulfstream G500 and G600 fleet in response to a “quality escape” involving improperly installed engine-mounting hardware.
