British electric aircraft developer Vertical Aerospace has revealed its design for a tiltrotor electrical vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

Shell Oil Co. and drone manufacturer DJI announced a partnership on Aug. 25 to develop new methods for industrial inspections at Shell’s Deer Park Manufacturing Complex in Texas.

Kevin Thomas joined XOJet Aviation in 2019 and holds the position of president and chief operating officer.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on almost every aspect of the aviation sector, but the coronavirus does not appear to have dented the industry’s determination to drive down CO2 emissions and its desire for operations to be more environmentally responsible.

The world’s third VVIP Airbus ACJneo will enter service after a handover ceremony to its customer before the end of August.

Used business aircraft sales picked up sharply in June and July after the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic impact hit them hard in the two earlier months.

Gulfstream Aerospace has opened a new, company-owned service center in Palm Beach International Airport in Florida, while Jet Aviation, its sister company, has opened a new hangar and fixed base operation complex there. 

The FAA has issued separate notices seeking information from industry on providing counter-unmanned aircraft systems technology for deployment at civilian airports and for testing capacity to determine the risk associated with a large jet engine ingesting a small drone.