StandardAero’s Regional Turbine Center (RTC), located in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, receives new authorizations from both Argentina and Chile aviation authorities to perform OEM-approved aircraft engine maintenance, repair and overhaul services for operators of aircraft registered in those two countries.

Pro Star Aviation, an aerospace modification center, increases its team of technicians to meet the high demand for business-aviation maintenance and installations. The company welcomes maintenance technicians Sean Bresnahan, Joseph Daley and Danielle Vezina; structural technician Andrew Hixson, and installation technician Eric Lantigua.

Textron Aviation and its longtime regional channel partner, TAM Aviação Executiva, mark 40 years of partnership at this week’s Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (LABACE) in São Paulo, Brazil.

Following the launch of its European expansion, the MRO Insider platform is used to quickly dispatch AOG support in Italy for a U.S.-based Gulfstream operator.

C&L Aviation Services, a C&L Aviation Group company, receives both UK and EASA STC certification for its upgrade of the Universal UNS-1K (SCN600 or SCN800) series flight management system (FMS) to the UNS-1LW (SCN1000 series) WAAS-enabled unit for the Embraer 135/145 aircraft.

Clay Lacy Aviation strengthens its commitment to the Northeast United States and its economic future by celebrating not only the groundbreaking of its $20-million expansion at Waterbury-Oxford Airport (KOXC) in Oxford, CT, but also the establishment of an annual scholarship and internship program with CT Aerotech of Hartford, CT. On hand for the July 19 event were Connecticut aviation leaders; state officials; administrators, instructors and students from CT Aerotech; and Clay Lacy team members.

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. enhances its field service representative (FSR) team in South America with the appointment of Roberto César Oliveira as the dedicated Gulfstream Customer Support FSR for Brazil. Oliveira has more than 20 years of aviation experience and extensive knowledge of Gulfstream aircraft, avionics and maintenance planning. He holds a number of Federal Aviation Administration and National Civil Aviation Agency licenses and is based in São Paulo.

The National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) welcomes the inclusion of an NBAA-championed blenders tax credit for producers of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), as part of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

West Star announces the expansion of its Chattanooga, TN, (CHA) facility with the opening of additional leased hangar space. At 19,200 square feet, with 7,000 square feet of back shop support, the new space will be used as a dedicated Embraer support facility.

Tailwind Technologies, Inc., an integral part of investment holdings by brothers James W. Brown III and Joseph W. Brown, forms Hartzell Aviation, a newly named company with historic roots. The announcement was made at the 2022 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh annual airshow.