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AirInsight • Ernest Arvai

Q1 2025 GA Deliveries Climb 11–23% Across Segments, Billing Soars 25.7% on Gulfstream G700 Strength

General Aviation Manufacturers Association data show first-quarter 2025 shipments rose across all segments—piston aircraft up 19.3%, turboprops 23.1% and business jets 11.0%—while billings jumped 25.7% to $5.04 billion, driven by strong Gulfstream G700 deliveries. Helicopters also recorded modest gains, with piston up 1.9% and turbine rotorcraft up 1.5%.

2025-05-26T17:59:39.071334-07:00

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2025-04-24T06:41:11.851216-07:00

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Bell Launches MV-75 Tiltrotor Sales Campaign to Canadian Military Bell Textron this week launched a Canada-focused marketing campaign to promote its next-generation MV-75 tiltrotor to the Canadian Armed Forces. The effort seeks to position the aircraft for inclusion in Ottawa’s planned helicopter fleet modernization, aimed at bolstering rotary-wing capabilities.

2025-05-29T11:32:27.911464-07:00

Bell Launches MV-75 Tiltrotor Sales Campaign to Canadian Military

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US Army Wills Risk Trade-Offs to Field MV-75 Tiltrotor 12–24 Months Sooner The Army’s head of tiltrotor procurement said the service will embrace higher development risk and adjust program milestones to field its new MV-75 assault tiltrotor up to two years faster than planned. These programmatic tweaks aim to accelerate initial operating capability and sustain momentum in next-generation vertical lift.

2025-05-27T14:31:12.903681-07:00

US Army Wills Risk Trade-Offs to Field MV-75 Tiltrotor 12–24 Months Sooner

AirInsight

Q1 2025 GA Deliveries Climb 11–23% Across Segments, Billing Soars 25.7% on Gulfstream G700 Strength General Aviation Manufacturers Association data show first-quarter 2025 shipments rose across all segments—piston aircraft up 19.3%, turboprops 23.1% and business jets 11.0%—while billings jumped 25.7% to $5.04 billion, driven by strong Gulfstream G700 deliveries. Helicopters also recorded modest gains, with piston up 1.9% and turbine rotorcraft up 1.5%.

2025-05-26T17:59:39.071334-07:00

Q1 2025 GA Deliveries Climb 11–23% Across Segments, Billing Soars 25.7% on Gulfstream G700 Strength

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Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen3 flight test program advances with second prototype’s maiden sortie Textron Aviation’s flight test program for the Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen3 advanced to its next milestone as a second test aircraft conducted its maiden flight, logging a 3h29m sortie piloted by James Bearman and Corey Eckhart to assess general avionics and systems ahead of certification.

2025-05-16T08:51:15.151443-07:00

Cessna Citation CJ4 Gen3 flight test program advances with second prototype’s maiden sortie

Aviation Week

Bell’s Subaru Bell 412EPX Gains Transport Canada Certification Transport Canada Civil Aviation has validated Bell Textron’s Subaru Bell 412EPX helicopter, paving the way for commercial flight operations across Canada. The approval follows the model’s global type certifications and strengthens Bell’s presence in the North American medium-lift utility helicopter market.

2025-05-15T14:59:21.781254-07:00

Bell’s Subaru Bell 412EPX Gains Transport Canada Certification

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101st Airborne Division slated as first operator of Army’s MV-75 Bell V-280 FLRAA The U.S. Army will assign its first Bell V-280 Valor Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft, now designated MV-75, to the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Announced at the Army Aviation Association’s annual summit, the selection fast-tracks fielding of next-generation tiltrotor assault capability.

2025-05-14T10:47:38.275061-07:00

101st Airborne Division slated as first operator of Army’s MV-75 Bell V-280 FLRAA

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Bell Textron Canada Delivers 6,000th Commercial Helicopter from Mirabel Centre Bell Textron Canada has rolled out its 6,000th commercial helicopter from the Mirabel Commercial Delivery and Assembly Centre, handing over two Bell 412EPX Subaru to Quebec’s Service aérien gouvernemental. The milestone caps nearly four decades of rotorcraft production at the facility.

2025-05-12T10:26:52.875809-07:00

Bell Textron Canada Delivers 6,000th Commercial Helicopter from Mirabel Centre

Aviation Week

Dovetail Electric Aviation Wins Grant to Retrofit Cessna Caravan with Hydrogen Fuel Cells Spanish/Australian startup Dovetail Electric Aviation has secured grant funding to convert a Cessna 208B Caravan to hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion. The project replaces the turboprop with fuel cells and electric motors, aiming to demonstrate zero-emission utility and regional flight capabilities.

2025-05-09T11:15:48.033810-07:00

Dovetail Electric Aviation Wins Grant to Retrofit Cessna Caravan with Hydrogen Fuel Cells