Boeing has begun production of its first single-aisle 737 MAX flight test aircraft, as they have started to assemble the wings at its facility in Renton, Washington. The initial parts of the 737 MAX have been loaded into spar assembly machines, including the internal support structures. Read more >>

The new G500 from Gulfstream has been in development since 2008. On May 18, 2015, it finally logged its first test flight. The G500 took off from Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport. Scott Martin and Kevin Claffy piloted the aircraft during its 2 hour and 16 minute flight. Read more >>

The announcement which took place on February 23^rd promises the supply of six EC145 T2 Helicopters with a VIP installation, used primarily for missions involving transporting official passengers. Read more >>

Founded in 1987 in Colorado, AMI Industries has earned a lasting reputation for excellence in aircraft seating and interior safety solutions across both commercial and military aviation. The company first operated under the Goodrich Corporation’s Interiors Division as part of its Special Seating Systems group and currently stands as a subsidiary of Collins Aerospace and RTX, formerly Raytheon Technologies. Read more >>

In the first week of May 2015, Airbus Group announced that they have finalized an agreement with Avianca, the national airline and flag carrier of Colombia, in which they will purchase 100 of Airbus’ A320neo family aircraft for approximately USD$11 billion. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding for the deal, which is said to be the largest in Latin America’s aviation history. Read more >>

The US government and the Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST) are pursuing voluntary safety upgrades that will involve virtual reality. This technology, synthetic vision, is expected to be applied to commercial airliner flight decks in the next five years. Synthetic vision is a three-dimensional rendering of runways, terrain, and obstacles that will provide pilots with a sunny day virtual view of their flight path ahead. Read more >>

Launched in February of 2014, the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission Core Satellite’s Microwave Imager manufactured by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation has proved to be the most accurately calibrated radiometer in the GPM project’s history. Carried out by NASA’s Precipitation Measurement X-Cal working group, the project serves to measure and record precipitation data from low and medium Earth orbits. Read more >>

In an April 2015 announcement, Cessna Aircraft Company stated that it has partnered up with the Ohio State University’s Flight Education program for the order of five Cessna Skyhawk 172 training aircraft. This long-term agreement was announced on April 21^st at the Sun n’ Fun International Fly-In and Expo. This joint venture also includes aircraft support for each Skyhawk delivered, which will extend in 2022. Vice-president of Piston Aircraft, Doug May, stated, “The Ohio State University’s Flight Education program is a leading aviation resource for our country, so having them choose Cessna as a long-term aircraft partner demonstrates the great value of the Skyhawk as a fl...

In a recent deal worth $9.2 billion, Rolls-Royce and Emirates airline has entered a contract for 200 Trent 900 engines, which will be utilized for the Airbus A380 super-jumbos. In addition to this deal, Rolls-Royce struck another contract with Air China worth a total of $993 million. In this case, they are supplying the Trent 1000 engine for the 15 Boeing Dreamliner. This marks an astounding 50% market share for Rolls-Royce within the super-jumbo engine sales. Sir Tim Clark, president...

Mitsubishi, whose best known aircraft is the Zero fighter plane of World War II fame, has recently announced the launching of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ). Headquartered in Nagoya, Japan, the company decided to delay the jet’s release until later this year. During the remainder of these months, they plan to run further tests, including hydraulic tests, and make aesthetic changes to its exterior. Vice president of Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. Read more >>