Textron Aviation is progressing with the development and certification of the Cessna Citation Ascend midsize business jet and remains on track to bring the aircraft into service in 2025. “The program is making great progress. We have 125 flights and nearly 350 hours on the prototype,” Lannie O’Bannion, Textron Aviation’s senior v-p of global sales and flight operations, told reporters during a recent briefing at the company’s Wichita headquarters. “We're already starting to certify different asp