Textron Aviation is seeing a pickup in orders for light turboprops and jets from private buyers, but demand from corporations for larger business jets has yet to show signs of recovery, parent company Textron told analysts on July 30.

Garmin said it was returning to normal operations following a cyberattack that disrupted its web-based aviation and consumer applications for several days.

Gulfstream Aerospace continued to struggle with travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the second quarter of 2020, but managed to deliver 32 business jets compared to 31 a year ago.

The HAPSMobile venture involving Japan’s SoftBank and AeroVironment has completed a fourth test flight of its solar-powered stratospheric unmanned aircraft, flying for longer and reaching a higher altitude than previous tests.

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High-speed airliner developer Boom Supersonic and engine-maker Rolls-Royce have agreed to study propulsion system concepts for the Colorado-based company’s proposed Mach 2.2 Overture aircraft design.

The FAA will not extend a three-year partnership initiative with industry and state and local governments that helped launch the first commercial drone delivery operations in the U.S.

Among the few upsides of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the increased interest in business aviation from people who have not previously flown privately. But this emerging new market has not gone unnoticed by criminals eager to exploit it.