ARGUS International, Inc., the global leader in specialized aviation services, is pleased to announce the selection of AirNav Systems to provide global flight and ground aircraft tracking services.  The partnership between ARGUS - TRAQPak, and AirNav delivers the next generation in aviation ma...

Daher today unveiled technical details for its TBM 940 very fast turboprop aircraft in the Model Year 2020 version, which is equipped with HomeSafe – an emergency system that automatically brings the airplane to a runway touchdown if the pilot becomes incapacitated.  The system is activated m...

Today, the European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) warmly welcomed the decision by the European Commission to extend the deadline for ADS-B compliance by six months for business aviation operators. The European Commission (EC) announced it is extending the deadline for ADS-B (see note to e...

FAI Technik GmbH, the expanding German MRO supplier and member of the FAI Aviation Group, has completed two FANS installations on two Bombardier Challenger 604s (D-AFAA and D-AFAG) during October/November.  It has also just commenced a further installation, scheduled for completion by mid-Dece...

In spite of the fact that there are still 12 weeks remaining until the FAA’s mandate deadline for Automatic Dependent Survelliance-Broadcast (ADS-B), Bob Hazy, the Manager of Duncan Aviation’s Satellite Avionics Shop in Sacramento, California, says that shop is already booking upgrades through ...

MRO facility Duncan Aviation has released a report warning that thousands of business aircraft risk missing the FAA’s automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) deadline. According to the report, 23% of U.S.-registered business jets (some 3,384 aircraft) still have not been upgraded to...

Nuremberg, Germany-based Aero-Dienst has received EASA approval for its GPS/SBAS sensor system installation Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the Pro Line 4-equipped Learjet 60. The modification enables the aircraft to satisfy imminent ADS-B Out requirements. EASA has mandated that aircraft...

Duncan Aviation’s engineering and certification services department has created a searchable database of the Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs), which are available for sale. In the three weeks the database has been live, the company has received 20 requests to quote for its listed STCs. Previ...

Duncan Aviation Engineering & Certification Department, an aircraft service provider supporting the aviation needs of government and business operators and other service providers, has received approvals from three civil aviation authorities for its Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs). Approv...

Rockwell Collins is now offering AireonSM space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance—Broadcast (ADS-B) flight tracking to its business aviation customers, a first for the company. The flight tracking solution is the result of integrating Rockwell Collins’ ARINCDirectSM solution and FlightAware...

Jet Aviation recently received EASA Supplemental Type Certification (STC) for ADS-B Out compliance for the B747 series aircraft, some 2 years ahead of EASA and FAA 2020 mandates. With this approval, Jet Aviation’s MRO and Completions facility in Basel is authorized to configure and install ADS-...

Duncan Aviation has released numbers of the compliance of ADS-B. The full figures can be found below. In early August, Duncan Aviation’s market research team ran numbers and found that although the FAA’s deadline for upgrading business aviation aircraft to Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broad...

For the last several years, Duncan Aviation has stated it has been on a mission to get the word out about the FAA’s ’s Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) mandate deadline. If aircraft have not been upgraded to ADS-B by the deadline, midnight on December 31, 2019, they will eit...