Conklin & de Decker announces the latest 17.1 release of its Aircraft Cost Evaluator, the industry standard for benchmarking operating and ownership costs for more than 550 jets, turboprops, helicopters and piston aircraft. As the flagship product from the Conklin & de Decker family of aircraft operating and acquisition data products, this Aircraft Cost Evaluator (ACE) release includes access to ACE Online at no additional fee.

C&L Aerospace announces that Carlos Ordonez, former VP of Sales for Aeronautical Investments, has joined the company as director of Business Development for Latin America. Ordonez has two decades of aerospace experience in the Latin American region. 

West Star Aviation announces its acquisition of Dallas Aeronautical Services (DAS), a leading composite, structures and assembly repair shop located in Cedar Hill, TX. 

Summit Aviation, a Greenwich AeroGroup company, celebrates its expanding aviation-parts manufacturing operations with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Summit’s Somerset operations started in 2007 as a labor-only supplier to Schweizer Aircraft. Today its manufacturing facility provides full-service support to build aerostructure product assemblies for a variety of military and commercial helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.

Associated Air Center (AAC), StandardAero's large transport category completions center, redelivers a custom cabin installation for a U.S.-based, VIP-configured 737-500 “Classic” aircraft customer.

With 27 avionics satellite shops and workaway stations located at busy airports around the United States, Duncan Aviation is in a position to perform automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) upgrades for its business aviation customers ahead of the FAA’s midnight deadline on Dec. 31, 2019.

Constant Aviation, offering full-service maintenance, repair and overhaul with a nationwide network, announces it has reached an agreement to open a new location in Mesa, AZ. Located at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, the state-of-the-art facility contains 74,500 total square feet of space, with 50,000 square feet of total hangar space, fully optimized for MRO operations.

Duncan Aviation's team of avionics experts updates its cabin management system (CMS) book, Straight Talk About Cabin Management Systems, which helps clarify the latest technologies available for wirelessly controlling cabin audio/visual systems, temperature and lighting. 

The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) announces the selection of its new chairman, John Goglia.

Machida announces it will be exhibiting at MRO Americas. It invites attendees to stop by its booth 3131 to view its product offerings and see how its maintenance/repair solutions to keep your engine on-wing are endless. Machida will be displaying its blending borescopes which allow you to rework your engine on-wing. These one of a kind engine manufacturer approved scopes use the borescope port to go in and blend your blades without the costly expense of removing your engine.