The World of Aviation

The Times of India reports that Indian defence officials have been briefed on the Boeing 737 AEW&C aircraft as part of a larger package of possible products from Boeing. Boeing’s head of India operations, Vivek Lall, said Indian Air Force and Navy officers had been briefed on the AEW&C platform on the basis of a

The RAAF has cleared its BAE Systems Hawk lead-in fighter fleet to resume flying, six days after flying was suspended following the discovery of an undisclosed “technical fault“. “Following an investigation into that incident, the Hawk fleet has been cleared to resume flying, with each aircraft to receive a detailed technical inspection prior to flight,”

Fractional ownership scheme NetJets has announced an agreement with Embraer for it to purchase 50 Phenom 300 business jets and 75 options in a deal that could exceed more than US$1bn (A$1.01bn). The order will see the launch of the Phenom 300 Platinum Edition, which will be developed to meet the needs of NetJets’ fractional

Hawker Beechcraft has launched its latest evolution of the Premier light jet, the Hawker 200. “We’ve spent the last 18 months gathering valuable input from light jet customers around the world,” said Shawn Vick, HBC executive vice president. “Based upon these conversations, we’ve transformed the Hawker 200 into the fastest, most efficient and most spacious,

Hawker Beechcraft Services has announced a new high performance upgrade for the Hawker 400/Beechjet 400A business jets which it says greatly improves the capability and value of the aircraft. “The Hawker 400XPR package is the second in a series of comprehensive performance upgrades in development at Hawker Beechcraft,” said Christi Tannahill, HBC vice president, Global

Embraer has announced that it has certified a new traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) and traffic awareness and warning system for the Phenom 100. The TCAS II system will be provided by Aviation Communications and Surveillance Systems, while the TAWS A will be provided by Garmin. The systems have now become standard options on the