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Elliott Aviatio | May 05, 2020

Elliott Aviation has announced a $3,000 per day guaranteed four-week downtime on standalone Citation Excel/XLS Garmin G5000 retrofits. Elliott Aviation has delivered an industry-leading 12 Garmin G5000 equipped Citation Excel/XLS aircraft. In addition, Elliott Aviation offers free avionics familiarization with all Garmin G5000 installations at their headquarters in Moline, IL. The Garmin G5000 for the Citation Excel/XLS replaces all existing Honeywell Primus 1000 avionics, including the autopilo...

Flytrex | September 10, 2020

Neither Walmart nor the state of North Carolina is stranger to drone delivery. UPS has participated in the Federal Aviation Administration's drone Integration Pilot Program in North Carolina over the last couple of years. And Walmart began testing drones, beginning with indoor flights, as early as 2015. Flytrex also participated in the FAA's IPP in North Carolina. But as flights take off in North Carolina, Walmart acknowledges the last-mile delivery method is still in the early days.
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Supply Chain Dive | February 25, 2020

UPS is set to expand its facilities at the Memphis International Airport in Tennessee, a $216 million project the Airport Authority greenlighted late last week, according to multiple reports. The expansion, which marks the sixth amendment in the 23-year-old lease agreement, adds 1.1 million square feet of land to the 5.9 million square feet it already leases from the airport. UPS will reportedly use the space for facility support and trailer parking....

Commercial Aviation

Sagetech Avionics , Pen Aviation | April 30, 2021

Sagetech Avionics, an aerospace technology firm that provides industry-leading situational awareness solutions for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), and Pen Aviation has agreed to integrate Sagetech Avionics' MXS transponders and Detect and Avoid (DAA) systems into the PEN 55V midsize drone and the PEN 1360V heavy cargo drone. According to the terms of the deal, Sagetech Avionics and Pen Aviation will collaborate to certify the PEN UAV series, which is outfitted with Sagetech'...