Raytheon has completed basic US certification of its Premier I business jet, winning approval for single-pilot operation and flight into known icing - items still outstanding when the entry-level business jet received type certification in March. First customer deliveries of the $5.3 million aircraft are imminent.
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.
