California-based DPI Labs has completed a cabin-management system, including lighting, audio and video controls, for an executive re-engined Boeing 727-100RE. DPI is also supplying a cabin-management system for a Dassault Falcon 20E, which incorporates electric window shades and a "Surround Sound" system for videos.
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.
