AZ – Virgin Galactic, an aerospace and space travel company, announced it has signed a long-term lease for a new final assembly manufacturing facility for its next-generation Delta-class spaceships. The manufacturing facility will be located adjacent to the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport and will have the ...
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AZ – California-based Davcon Construction is expected to complete Phase 2 of its private hangar project at Mesa, Arizona’s Falcon Field Airport next month. Construction on the complex, which can accommodate the latest ultra-long-range business jets, began in March 2020. Phase 1 of the project ...
NM – The first tenant to the county jetport in Santa Teresa, New Mexico was approved by Doña Ana County. Burrell Aviation plans to construct a new air cargo handling facility, cold storage, distribution center, and aircraft maintenance hangars at the Doña Ana County International ...
NM – Sceye Inc. is developing a high-altitude platform station that company officials hope will provide an option other than satellites and airplanes for boosting internet connectivity and collecting data on everything from industrial pollution to wildfire threats. They launched one of its airships from ...
AZ – Cirrus Aircraft has delivered the first United Aviate Academy SR Series TRAC20 training aircraft as part of a 25 aircraft order placed by the school last February. The order also includes options for up to 50 additional TRAC20 aircraft to be used for ...
NV – GrandView Aviation is a private aviation charter operation serving VIP clients and medical transplant transport missions. GrandView Aviation has a fleet of Embraer Phenom 300s, and with their recent acquisition of three additional aircraft, the company recently opened a new base in Reno, ...
NV – Turns out Lake Tahoe is on the highway to the danger zone. Top Gun: Maverick was just released in theaters, and it’s been a massive hit with critics and audiences alike. While the location for the third act of the film is supposed ...
AZ – Tucson International Airport (TIA) has been awarded a federal grant of nearly $23 million to help fund the latest phase of its $350 million airfield safety improvement project, which is the biggest construction program in the airport’s history. The recently announced grant from ...
AZ – Prescott City Council members acknowledge that the Prescott Regional Airport and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University are critical links in filling the needs of an ongoing worldwide pilot shortage. During recent discussions about updating the Airport Layout Plan, council members expressed their support for the ...
Albuquerque International Sunport will be the home of a large new hydrogen manufacturing and distribution facility to be built by Universal Hydrogen. The company has signed a letter of intent with the City of Albuquerque for 50 acres of a decommissioned runway, saying it will ...