PPG Aerospace (booth 1881) says it will deliver 12 shipsets of 15 windows each for the new King Air 350i before year's end. The electrochromic window shades, first ordered by Boeing for the 787, feature low-voltage operation, higher reliability and complete ultraviolet blocking without the use of traditional mechanical shades. PPG says it has completed all certification testing of the shades, with results accepted by Hawker Beechcraft.
Source: Flight Daily News
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.
