Rolf Bickel has been promoted to director of international marketing at Universal Avionics Systems, of Tucson, Arizona. Bickel, formerly manager of international marketing, will continue to oversee the company's European office, which was recently relocated to Zurich, in Switzerland.
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.
