Lance Lajara joins Wichita, Kansas-based PWI Inc. as the U.S. West Coast sales rep for its extensive aviation lighting products. Lajara has experience working with and for aviation firms, so familiarity with the needs of the MRO marketplace PWI serves is immediate.

McFarlane introduces its Stabilizer Bracket Installation Tool (TOOL136), the key to precise installation of the horizontal stabilizer inner hinge brackets on Cessna 180, 182, and 185 aircraft. TOOL136 ensures both proper alignment of the hinge brackets and horizontal stabilizer to the airplane as well as perfect bind-free alignment of all hinge points, providing smooth, bind-free stabilizer hinge action.

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) will recognize 19 members of its inaugural Certified Aviation Manager (CAM) Fellow Program at its Leadership Conference, Feb. 5-7, in Palm Springs, CA. The CAM Fellow Program pays tribute to exceptional individuals who have demonstrated a substantial and ongoing commitment to the business-aviation industry and the CAM program’s vision: “Prepared to Lead; Committed to Excellence.”

Veryon, a provider of information services and software solutions for the aviation industry, announces that Rusada ENVISION is now Veryon Tracking+. As an end-to-end aircraft management platform for commercial airlines, MROs, rotary and military operations, Veryon Tracking+ delivers comprehensive cloud-based software for fleet management, maintenance, inventory and flight operations.

For nearly 80 years, the Priester family name has meant committed excellence in aviation services and customer-focused relationships. As the family-run company expands to include businesses with similar values, it announces that a legacy name from its rich history is returning to represent the overall business structure.

Banyan Air Service, a fixed base operator (FBO), announces a dedicated program to complete Gogo Business Aviation (NASDAQ:GOGO) AVANCE installations on small- to large-cabin aircraft with minimal downtime.

Swedish hybrid-electric airplane maker Heart Aerospace announces it has raised a total of $107 million in Series B funding, representing another significant stepping stone toward sustainable regional air travel. The new round brings the total financing raised by Heart Aerospace since its inception to $145 million.

Garmin (NYSE: GRMN) announces a new series of COMM and NAV/COMM radios that offer feature-rich solutions in a slim 1.3-inch bezel height form factor. The GTR™ 205 Comm radio and GNC® 215 NAV/COMM radio are affordable solutions for customers that feature an easy-to-read, full-color LCD display, intuitive user interface and worldwide frequency database.

Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics' remote-mounted SAM® (MD302 Standby Attitude Module) is included in Cirrus Aircraft’s SR Series G7 aircraft to deliver secondary attitude, altitude, airspeed, slip, vertical trend and heading information to the simplified, yet incredibly powerful, flight deck. Reimagined interiors and enhanced convenience features are strategically positioned throughout the cabin and flight deck, including True Blue Power® TA202 and TA360 Series USB chargers.

Airbus, Avinor, SAS, Swedavia and Vattenfall sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to investigate the feasibility of a hydrogen infrastructure at airports in Sweden and Norway. This cooperation will provide better understanding of hydrogen aircraft concepts and operations, supply, infrastructures and refueling needs at airports in order to help develop hydrogen aviation ecosystem in both countries. The work will also identify the pathways to select which airports will be transformed first to operate hydrogen-powered aircraft in both countries as well as the accompanying regulatory framework.