Year-End Completion Slated for 180,00-Square-Foot Structure
Textron Aviation—the Wichita, Kansas-based general aviation business unit of American industrial conglomerate Textron Incorporated and parent company of Cessna, Beechcraft, Hawker, Bell Helicopter, Lycoming Engines, and Pipistrel—is about the business of expanding its Wichita, Kansas parts and distribution facility. The project, which broke ground in October 2022, is reportedly on track to be completed by the end of 2023.
Following a two-year certification campaign during which three fight-test aircraft logged an aggregate total of some 1,500-flight-hours, Dassault’s Falcon 6X has been granted FAA and EASA type-certification. The first Falcon 6X production aircraft are currently undergoing final completion in preparation for customer deliveries.
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