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Wichita, Kansas (July, 11, 2023) \u2013\u00a0Textron Aviation\u00a0(NYSE: TXT<\/a>) today announced it has been awarded a contract by\u00a0AvMet International LLC (AvMet), based in Fargo, North Dakota, for one\u00a0Beechcraft King Air 360CHW (cargo door, heavy weight)\u00a0and four\u00a0Beechcraft King Air 260\u00a0aircraft. The Beechcraft King Air fleet will support the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia\u2019s National Center for Meteorology program for cloud seeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AvMet and its partners Weather Modification International (WMI) and Fargo Jet Center (FJC) will work collaboratively to equip the four King Air 260 aircraft with a Cloud Water Inertial Probe (CWIP), Data Logger with aircraft tracking, and cloud seeding equipment. The King Air 360CHW will be rigged with Cloud Seeding equipment, a research laboratory and an instrument package for studying cloud physics and aerosols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The aircraft will be modified at WMI\u2019s headquarters in Fargo with sister company\u00a0Fargo Jet Center LLC (FJC).\u00a0\u00a0FJC\u2019s Part 145 Repair Station, which is an authorized service facility for the family of Beechcraft King Air aircraft, teamed with WMI to certify the Federal Aviation Administration approved Supplemental Type Certificate modifications for cloud seeding and atmospheric research equipment. Together, Textron Aviation, WMI and FJC will provide the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia\u2019s National Center for Meteorology with the newest technologies in cloud seeding and atmospheric sciences instrumentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wichita, Kansas (July, 11, 2023) \u2013\u00a0Textron Aviation\u00a0(NYSE: TXT) today announced it has been awarded a contract by\u00a0AvMet International LLC (AvMet), based in Fargo, North Dakota, for one\u00a0Beechcraft King Air 360CHW (cargo door, heavy weight)\u00a0and four\u00a0Beechcraft King Air 260\u00a0aircraft. The Beechcraft King Air fleet will support the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia\u2019s National Center for Meteorology program for cloud seeding.<\/p>\n

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