Gulfstream is opening a new 6,000 sq m (64,000 sq ft) aircraft paint plant in Long Beach, California this year.
The site, at its newly-expanded Service and Completion Center, offers state-of-the-art technology to enhance production capabilities.
The company plans to double production levels to around 60 Gulfstream V and Gulfstream IV-SP aircraft in 1999.
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.
