1.)
Pentagon ends sweetheart fuel deal for Google executive aircraft -
The
Department of Defense has ended a sweetheart fuel deal that allowed a
company owned by top Google executives to buy discounted jet fuel for
a fleet of aircraft based at Moffett Federal Airfield in California.
[Full post]
2.)
Spirit AeroSystems layoffs - Spirit
AeroSystems, Inc. continued
its previously announced workforce reductions by issuing layoff
notices to approximately 150 salaried and management workers in
Wichita, Kan. [Full post]
3.)
Moscow-based ViraZH orders 79 Cessna 172 aircraft - Cessna
Aircraft Company announced
in September an order for 79 Cessna 172 Skyhawk aircraft, one of the
largest orders on record for the aircraft, at Moscow’s JetExpo
2013. [Full post]
4.)
Beechcraft Baron, eye in the sky for ISR missions - Military
and law enforcement agencies across the globe will find the mission
persistence of the Beechcraft Baron ISR (intelligence, surveillance
and reconnaissance) to be efficient and effective. [Full post]
5.)
Coast Guard to reevaluate C-130 maintenance contract award - On
Sept. 5, the Government Accountability Office (GAO)
sustained a protest filed by Triad International Maintenance Corp.,
Aviation Services, Inc. (TIMCO)
alleging that the United
States Coast Guard unreasonably
evaluated its technical proposal for progressive structural
inspections on its fleet of C-130 aircraft. [Full post]
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