Jet Aviation Basel has been approved to upgrade enhanced ground-proximity warning systems on the Learjet 31, 35, 36, 55 and 60 series with Honeywell’s runway awareness and advisory system software. Avcon Industries has upgraded 15 Latin American Learjet 20s for reduced vertical separation minima (RVSM), with five more systems on order. RVSM was introduced across the
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.
