Robinson Helicopter celebrated delivering its 12,000 aircraft in December last year.

Geoscience Australia will lead a nation-wide trial of a Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) starting early this year.

Matt Hall will race an Edge 540 V3 in the 2017 air race series rather than the MXS-R he has flown for the past five seasons.

Embraer Executive Jets has delivered the first Australian Phenom 300 executive jet.

The FAA in the US has released the new BasicMed rules for private pilots, which come into force on 1 May.

Cirrus Aircraft announced the new G6 range of SR20 and SR22/T single-engined piston aeroplanes in Duluth yesterday.

Textron Aviation has introduced the next generation Garmin G1000 NXi integrated flight deck to its piston product line.

AvSoft, the company behind the AvPlan Electronic Flight Bag (EFB), has bought the Command Software suite of products.

Chinese company Wanfeng Auto Holding Group has taken a 60% share in Diamond Aircraft Canada.

CASA has published a discussion paper on the future of medical certification standards with a call for submissions by 30 March 2017.

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The Department of Infrastructure and Transport yesterday launched a discussion paper on national airspace protection.

Nextant Pacific and Utility Air have opened new offices in Pymble, NSW,

AOPA has asked CASA to issue Airservices Australia with a Show Cause Notice over the issue of defective ERSAs.

TAAAF has written to Minister Darren Chester calling for the government to engage with the industry to develop a National Aviation Policy.

Piper's top M-class turbo-prop is ready for the Australian market.