SpeedBug
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Gulfstream Transforming its Product Line
Gulfstream Aerospace is developing a derivative midsize business jet based on the former Astra SPX (now known as the G100) and is revising the nomenclature, options, prices and mission profiles of its current business jet line, the company revealed yesterday at the NBAA Convention. The Savannah, Ga. airframer is working on the G150, a G100 derivative with a wider fuselage and more aerodynamic nose. Meanwhile, it is dropping the familiar Roman-numeral suffixes from its familiar homegrown business jets, giving them also “G-hundred” designations. The in-production GIV-SP, for example, will morph into two models, the G300 and G400, after the 500th GIV is built, while the in-development GV-SP will become the G550. After the 200th GV comes down the assembly line, it becomes the G500. The company has delivered 184 green GVs to date. The G450 designation is reserved for the still-under-wraps GIV-X. But the rebranding goes deeper than simple nomenclature changes. Important elements of the redefined models include fuel capacity/range, standard and optional equipment, completion flexibility, training, warranty, and maintenance packages and price.
I wonder what the GIV-X will be? Citation X contender...supersonic maybe?
Gulfstream Aerospace is developing a derivative midsize business jet based on the former Astra SPX (now known as the G100) and is revising the nomenclature, options, prices and mission profiles of its current business jet line, the company revealed yesterday at the NBAA Convention. The Savannah, Ga. airframer is working on the G150, a G100 derivative with a wider fuselage and more aerodynamic nose. Meanwhile, it is dropping the familiar Roman-numeral suffixes from its familiar homegrown business jets, giving them also “G-hundred” designations. The in-production GIV-SP, for example, will morph into two models, the G300 and G400, after the 500th GIV is built, while the in-development GV-SP will become the G550. After the 200th GV comes down the assembly line, it becomes the G500. The company has delivered 184 green GVs to date. The G450 designation is reserved for the still-under-wraps GIV-X. But the rebranding goes deeper than simple nomenclature changes. Important elements of the redefined models include fuel capacity/range, standard and optional equipment, completion flexibility, training, warranty, and maintenance packages and price.
I wonder what the GIV-X will be? Citation X contender...supersonic maybe?