Textron Aviation announces an agreement with long-term customer Epic Flight Academy at the 2023 Sun n’ Fun Aerospace Expo for an order of 15 new Cessna Skyhawk 172 aircraft. As a Cessna Pilot Center, Epic Flight Academy has been training pilots since 1999, with thousands of students from over 80 countries graduated from the flight school.

Under a recently approved STC, Hartzell Propeller’s five-blade composite propeller for Daher Kodiak 100 aircraft is now available as a factory option and for retrofit under Hartzell’s Top Prop program. The propeller can replace the four-blade aluminum Hartzell prop, now standard equipment on Kodiak 100s. The Daher-Hartzell development was announced by Daher at SUN ‘n FUN Aerospace Expo, held March 28-April 2.

West Star announces the promotion of Norman Hunt to avionics technical representative at its East Alton, IL (ALN), facility.

Precision Aviation Group (PAG) — provider of products and value-added services to the aerospace and defense industry worldwide with 20 repair stations and over 850,000 square feet of sales and service facilities in the United States, Canada, Australia, Singapore and Brazil — announces a series of organizational changes to align leadership resources with current business needs.

Dreams Soar, Inc., the nonprofit that led an historic global, solo flight around the world by pilot Shaesta Waiz, unveils the next phase in its mission to transform how the aviation industry inspires, connects and empowers professionals. Plans are underway to build an all-in-one aviation-industry career-building resource called The Hub.

Duncan Aviation announces a Falcon 900EX was completely transformed and reconfigured at its full-service MRO facility in Battle Creek, MI. The aircraft features a new credenza, eye-catching center dividers, and unifying details that give the interior a dramatic and modern style. 

Universal Hydrogen’s De Havilland Dash 8 hydrogen fuel-cell-powered testbed flies its first flight using a powertrain that includes a prop designed and tested for the experimental aircraft by Hartzell Propeller.

Quality Aircraft Accessories (QAA) reopens an expanded Fort Lauderdale repair station focusing on maintenance, repair and overhaul of general-aviation accessories, principally magnetos and exhaust systems. After being shut down for several months for renovations, the Fort Lauderdale reopening features a larger facility and additional employees with revamped, modernized processes and the addition of welding services, primarily to accommodate aircraft engine exhaust system refurbishment.

ATP, a provider of information services and software solutions for the aviation industry, announces that its ChronicX solution has been named a winner in the Artificial Intelligence Excellence Awards program presented by the Business Intelligence Group. Currently in use on 25 percent of the world’s commercial airline fleet, ChronicX uncovers recurring defects and previously undetected issues at both the tail and fleet level.

SmartSky Networks, an inflight connectivity provider, announces that customer Davinci Jets is now its newest sales and installation partner. Through the expanded partnership, Davinci, a North Carolina-based aircraft management and charter firm, will equip more business aircraft with SmartSky’s capabilities, allowing an entire aircraft to stay connected in-flight nationwide.