Textron Aviation

Ron Draper, GAMA Chairman and Textron Aviation president and CEO, and James Viola, GAMA president and CEO, answer questions about aircraft certification concerns.

GAMA’s just released annual delivery figures spotlight which models are most popular and which regions attract the most deliveries.

Lisa Atherton, who assumed her new role as president and CEO of Textron on Jan. 4, outlined her three top priorities for the company in a call with analysts.

Textron has no plans to revive the Scorpion tactical jet despite a call from the DOD for the defense industry to invest to develop new weapons systems.

Textron Aviation released its fourth-quarter 2025 earnings report and noted higher revenues but continuing supply chain and workforce challenges.

The Israeli-designed Hero-90 became the first man-portable loitering munition to advance in the U.S. Army’s competition for the LASSO contract.

In this final installment, business aviation leaders share their thoughts on where they would invest in business aviation in the future.

Textron Aviation announced delivery and entry-into-service of its Cessna Citation M2 Gen2 light jet equipped with Garmin autothrottles.

The NTSB board on Jan. 2 issued five urgent recommendations to Textron Aviation.

Textron Aviation delivered the first Citation CJ3 Gen2 light jet over the holidays to longtime Citation owners Dave Mecartney and Shannon Day.

As 2025 came to a close, Textron Aviation delivered the first Cessna Citation Ascend midsize jets to a retail customer, the company announced.

As 2026 dawns, business aviation leaders across a variety of segments within the industry give their predictions for what they think 2026 has in store.

Textron Aviation Defense has finalized its first contract to deliver two Beechcraft T-6JP Texan II trainers to Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force.

Forecasts, snapshots and commercial aircraft programs to watch.

A few key factors from 2025 are strong indicators for business aviation’s performance in 2026.

Pipistrel is the first organization to receive Aerocivil’s Colombian Regulation-Very Light Aircraft (RAC-VLA) type certification, the company says.

Textron Aviation is ending production of its iconic Beechcraft Baron G58 and Beechcraft Bonanza G36 once its current order backlog is filled.

Textron announced Oct. 28 that Danny Maldonado has been named president and CEO of its Bell business segment, effective Jan. 4, 2026.

Aside from a small handful of startups, the boom in advanced air mobility shows signs of going bust.

Scott Donnelly, who has long held the role of president and CEO of Textron, plans to retire effective Jan. 4, 2026.

Textron Aviation delivered 42 business jets during the third quarter of 2025, up one from the same period a year ago, and 39 commercial turboprops.

Textron has eliminated its Textron eAviation innovation-focused subsidiary in a corporate reorganization.

Aviation Week's Lee Ann Shay speaks with Textron President and CEO Ron Draper about the company's bi-annual Special Olympics Airlift.

Textron Aviation has been awarded FAA certification for two aircraft: its Citation CJ3 Gen 2 and Citation M2 Gen2 with Garmin autothrottle, the company announced during NBAA-BACE 2025.

Two companies have unveiled starkly different approaches to meeting the U.S. Army’s pending requirement for a Low-Altitude Stalk and Strike Ordnance system.