EBCO Aviation Insurance (EBCO), a wholly owned subsidiary of TITAN Aviation Fuels, announces the addition of Jon Downey as chief executive officer.

West Star Aviation announces that several locations in its network have been awarded the FAA Diamond Award of Excellence for 2023, including four of its full-service locations: East Alton, IL (ALN); Chattanooga, TN (CHA); Grand Junction, CO (GJT); and Perryville, MO (PCD).

Banyan Air Service, a fixed base operator (FBO), announces the execution of a dealer agreement with Starlink to offer its global low earth orbit (LEO) solution to the market. Multiple supplemental type certificates (STCs) are nearing completion that will provide innovative solutions for many of Banyan’s target market aircraft.

The Hartzell Propeller Service Center is expanding its warranty coverage to two years or 2,000 flight hours, whichever occurs first. Additionally, the service center has increased its propeller exchange inventory to cover a wider range of aircraft.

The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) extends its heartfelt congratulations to the Helicopter Association International (HAI) on its 75th anniversary.

The Aircraft Electronics Association announces the recipients of the annual Avionics Training Excellence Award, which recognizes AEA member companies for their total commitment to continued education as evidenced by participation in AEA-approved training. A total of 44 member companies received the 2023 AEA Avionics Training Excellence Award.

Astronautics Corporation of America is awarded a phase one cybersecurity research contract from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to identify and categorize all data transmitted across three Cybersecurity Data Science (CSDS) Aviation Architecture Framework (AAF) domains in order to understand the broad scope of aviation-related data and the underlying architectures that support transmission and use of that data.

StandardAero completes the stand up of its Pratt & Whitney Canada PW200 helicopter engine MRO capabilities at its Winnipeg, Canada, Helicopter Center of Excellence (COE), including support for a new test cell. The company is in the process of transitioning the test cell from its facility in Dallas to Winnipeg, an investment of more than $1 million.

SmartSky, provider of the most advanced inflight air-to-ground (ATG) connectivity for business aviation, announces that key sales and installation partner Banyan Air Service is completing the first of type installation of the SmartSky LITE™ system on a HA-420 HondaJet. The project supports the recent deal between Volato and SmartSky to equip Volato’s HondaJet fractional fleet of 20 new aircraft and paves the way for other in-service HondaJets to have SmartSky’s next-generation connectivity system.

C&L Aerospace, a C&L Aviation Group company, opens an 8,500-square-foot parts warehouse in Wichita, KS. The company will be utilizing the warehouse to store avionics and parts inventories for Citation XLS, Citation Sovereign, BeechJet, Hawker, Challenger ERJ 135/145, and E170/190 aircraft.