Dassault Aviation has bought the Geneva and Lugano business aviation sites of international technology group Ruag, continuing its recent expansion in the sector. The French original equipment manufacturer (OEM) had recently purchased ExecuJet's global aircraft maintenance business, as well as TA...

RUAG Aviation will be upgrading eight of the Swiss Air Force’s Cougar helicopters transport fleet after an agreement was signed in December. The helicopters’ flight control, navigation and communication systems are in need of extensive modernization and RUAG will improve the helicopters with s...

RUAG Australia has signed a contract with United States Company VRC Metal Systems to deliver a mobile Supersonic Particle Deposition (SPD) Unit for United States Navy trials in 2019. The mobile unit is based on RUAG Australia’s Field Portable SPD Unit and will be used by the US Navy to deliver ...

RUAG Aviation delivered a factory new Dornier 228 to Aurigny Air Services Ltd on 7 September. Aurigny, a returning customer, accepted delivery of their second new Dornier 228. RUAG is the type certificate (TC) holder and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of the Dornier 228. Aurigny Air Servic...

RUAG Aviation has been recognised in Europe for the strength of its compliance team. The RUAG Aviation team for Trade Compliance was named the European Export Controls Compliance Team of the Year by WorldECR and their publication “The Journal of Export Controls and Sanctions”. “We are proud ...

RUAG Aviation has expanded its capabilities with the inspection, maintenance and repair of Bombardier Challenger CL300 landing gear. This service milestone for Bombardier Challenger aircraft was achieved during the aircraft’s scheduled 96-month inspection carried out at the RUAG Aviation mainte...

RUAG Aviation has overhauled a Pratt & Whitney Canada PW206 engine for the first time ever. The maintenance of the engine that is used in the Airbus H135 and H135M helicopters was carried out in the engine maintenance shop in Stans. The fact that the PW206 engines can now be maintained in-hou...

RUAG Aviation has been named as one of the first helicopter services providers in Europe to earn OEM approvals for MRO on the new Bell Helicopter 505 (JRX). Fully qualified during the first Bell 505 technical courses at the Bell Helicopter Training Academy, the RUAG team provides these new servi...

RUAG Aviation recently completed an 8C check on a Bombardier Global Express XRS to full customer satisfaction. The downtime for the heavy maintenance inspection was optimized and included an upgrade to Satcom and WiFi communication technology. The project was completed at the aircraft services pro...

RUAG Aviation flight test pilots applied their significant knowledge and experience in helicopter Maintenance Check Flights (MCF) to train fellow Swiss pilots and other interested parties in the first-ever training of its kind in Switzerland. The theory-based courses are offered by RUAG to prepare ...

RUAG Aviation fulfilled a C-Check on a Dassault Falcon 7X aircraft three weeks earlier than planned, and to full customer satisfaction. The heavy maintenance project also included additional aircraft services for optimizing the expected downtime. The timely fulfillment of the project enabled the Hon...