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Textron Aviation is expanding its product line. At this year’s National Business Aviation Association Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, Textron announced the newest member of the Cessna Citation family, the Citation Hemisphere. The new Citation Hemisphere is the biggest and longest-range Citation jet. It is expected to take its first flight in 2019.

Honeywell’s UOP declared the third technology license for its innovation methanol-to-olefins technology, which changes methanol from coal into key plastic building blocks. China’s Shandong Yangmei Hengtong Chemicals Co. Ltd. will use Honeywell UOP’s innovative MTO process, which syndicates Honeywell’s UOP and Hydro MTO process and the Total Petrochemicals and UOP Olefin Cracking process to change methanol from gasified coal into ethylene and propylene, which are building block materials used in the manufacture of films, packaging, plastics and other petrochemicals. They have also been given a follow-on five year contract, worth one hundred and eighty one million dollars, from the U.S. Navy’s Naval Supply Systems Command and Weapon Systems Support. Cessna Aircraft Co. has chosen Honeywell to offer the most innovative ecological control systems, business-leading LASEREF navigation and state-of-the-art power supply systems for the new Cessna Citation Latitude and Cessna Citation Longitude aircraft.

Cessna Aircraft Company announced that they are improving their customer service to better help and understand the needs of their customers. They also launched their community endeavor to help take more than one thousand athletes and coaches from across the US to the 2014 Special Olympics USA Games in New Jersey at the Greater Princeton/Mercer County area. They extended their bond with Jet Aviation which is the newest improvement in Cessna’s drive to enlarge its customer care system in Europe.