Pratt & Whitney Canada is starting to push its new PurePower PW800 engine. The PW800 fits into PW&C’s business aircraft category and operates in the 10,000 lbs thrust and higher class. This engine shares a common core with the P&W…
In the wake of the NBAA show, the contrast in the relative lack of consolidation among business aircraft OEMs when compared with regional and commercial aircraft, is striking. We’ve seen consolidation in major airframe manufacturers throughout commercial and military aerospace…
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Today Gulfstream announced their G500 and G600. But there’s more news around the G450 and G550 which is being replaced by these new models. The news is specifically G550-based. The US Navy will become the fourth customer for the G550-based…
The market for business jets started downward in 2008, after the last financial crisis, and has still not recovered to its previous levels. But data, while remaining mixed, are finally beginning to point in the right direction in terms of…
Have you ever wondered how composite materials, which unlike metal, don’t conduct electricity, can withstand lightning strikes? The answer is that they use a tailored solution of expanded metal, a very thin sheet of lightweight perforated metal that is embedded…