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The Associated Press released an article to The Washington Post on May 24^th 2016 talking about the Canada Snowbird team is part of the Canadian Armed Forces that does aerobatics. They will be holding an event over the National Mall. The Canadian Armed Forces Snowbirds team will be using the Canadair CT-114 Tutor aircraft. There will be nine of these air-crafts that will partake in the event. In terms of directions, the air crafts will be making two east to west passes at an altitude of 1000 feet above the highest point at National Mall.

AvGeekNet Editor posted an entry in Aviation Geeks technology about how the aviation industry is planning to get a hold of cyber security. Senator Ed Market introduced a new type of Cyber security Standards in terms of aircrafts in April to improve Resilience Act. The Resilience Act is also known as the Cyber AIR act. This Cyber AIR act is being required by the Federal Aviation Administration or FAA. The FAA also requires that airlines to report all cyber-attacks to the government.

Aircraft Propeller Service, LLC, one of the world’s leading commercial airplane propeller Maintenance Repair Organizations (MROs), has recently created a state of the art component for MRO knowledge and training: the Prop U. This new training resource is anticipated to launch in the fall of 2016.

After numerous delays, most notably with the helicopter’s gear box, the Sikorsky CH-53K program looks to be back on track.

Boeing Business Jets has recently sold three of their new Boeing Business Jet Max models in Greater China. The BBJ program was introduced twenty years ago and currently has 21 BBJs in service in the Great China region. At a press conference at the Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (ABACE), the company president of Boeing Business Jets, David Longridge, suggested that this order for three BBJ Max models is just the start.

The Canadian Press released an article talking about how a Canadian Chinese man has pleaded guilty. Su Bin 50 years of age, pleaded to conspiring to hack the U.S. defense contractor’s computer information in order to steal data on military projects. U.S. defense contractors include but not limited to Boeing. Information about Su Bin pleaded was released by court records on Wednesday.

Bombardier Business Aircraft’s WAVE (Wireless Access Virtually Everywhere) system has been given supplemental certification from Transport Canada.

On March 25, 2016, Molly McMillin released an article in the Weekly of Business Aviation which talks about Piper Aircrafts being made to order. Piper Aircraft has transitioned to fully 100% made to order. Here’s what Simon Caldecott the President and CEO of Piper has to say about it.

On March 15th, 2016 Avidyne Corporation announced that its ForeFlight will now have wireless connectivity capabilities. Avidyne Corporation uses integrated avionics and ADS-B Systems in order to create a general aviation aircraft app for flight planning and electronic bag for both the iPhone and iPad. The wireless connectivity capabilities will be for its IFD540/IFD440 FMS/GPS/NAV/COM models.

Amazon recently began working with Wilmington-based carrier, Air Transport Services Group. With this partnership, there will be more business and flights for both the two parties. This is also beneficial in a sense that it could potentially lead to more job creation.