FAA certifies Textron's Cessna Citation M2 Gen2 (with Garmin autothrottles) and CJ3 Gen2

Textron Aviation's Cessna Citation M2 Gen2 — now offered with Garmin autothrottles — and the CJ3 Gen2 have both received FAA certification after completing roughly 300 and 445 flight-test hours respectively; the CJ3 Gen2 is cleared for deliveries and expected to enter service later this year.

Discovered 2025-10-13T15:04:47.049460-07:00 | 2025-10-13T15:04:47.049460-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • Both variants cleared FAA certification after extensive flight testing — M2 Gen2 ≈300 flight-test hours; CJ3 Gen2 445 hours — with the CJ3 Gen2 now on a path to deliveries and entry into service this year.
  • Certification of Garmin autothrottles on the M2 Gen2 continues a regulatory trend toward automated flight controls, following the FAA's approval for Garmin Autoland and Autothrottle on Beechcraft King Air 300/350 models (https://hype.aero/?story=e4adf066-80a2-4a41-bb40-2f54dcb7bfd4).
  • The approvals advance Textron's wider Citation development and production pipeline; the company recently logged 1,000 test hours and rolled out a production airframe for the Citation Ascend (https://hype.aero/?story=118c08d2-66b2-4470-bc74-fb90a951d7ce).

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2025-10-13T15:04:47.049460-07:00
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