Canada's Avcorp Industries is to produce additional wing components for the Citation Sovereign mid-size business jet under an expanded agreement with Cessna which is now worth over C$140 million ($88 million). The Vancouver-based aerostructures company delivered its first shipset in October.
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.
