Bruce Moore has become president/ general manager and Tim Carey vice president-marketing of Celerity Systems Inc., Cupertino, Calif. Moore was a senior manager with KPMG Consulting Financial Services, while Carey was director of marketing for the Anritsu Co.
The cargo operator Atlas Air has launched a global network with a high-frequency schedule of Boeing 747 flights between its first-ever hubs at Miami, Anchorage and Liege, Belgium. Under the new program Atlas is offering clients the option of chartering a piece of freighter space on a one-way basis. This is a new concept for Atlas operations which have been limited to charters of an entire aircraft for outbound and inbound flight legs.
Aerojet has fired a ``green'' reaction control system for future-generation reusable launch vehicles in the first test of new propulsion technology funded through NASA's Space Launch Initiative. The company tested ignition and pulse-firing of its Reaction Control Engine, which burns liquid oxygen and ethanol to generate two thrust levels for course and attitude control.
Goodrich Corp. has been selected by Dassault Aviation to provide the SmartProbe air data system and primary ice detection system for the Falcon 7X business jet, under a $60-million contract.
NASA has funded a mid-decade Earth-trailing satellite that will carry a unique telescope to employ ``transit signature'' photography in a search for planets capable of sustaining life.
The initial production UH-1Y utility helicopter for the U.S. Marine Corps made its first flight Dec. 20 at Bell Helicopter Textron facilities in Arlington, Tex.
W. James McNerney, Jr., chairman/ CEO of 3M and former president/CEO of General Electric Aircraft Engines, has been named to the Boeing board of directors.
DigitalGlobe has released the first imagery from its new QuickBird commercial remote-sensing satellite, including color and panchromatic imagery with a resolution of only 2 ft. In a panchromatic 2-ft. image of the Royal Grand Palace in Bangkok (shown), intricate roof structures and landscaping are clearly visible, and individual people can be seen passing through a gate and along walkways at the top of the image.
The European Commission's competition directorate has authorized an alliance between Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines. The approval was given for six years--the longest period allowed under European regulations. Ratification occurred after Slovenian national carrier Adria Airways began daily flights between Frankfurt and Vienna. As part of the directorate's consent, Lufthansa and Austrian had to provide takeoff/landing slots to Adria because EC officials want to encourage competition in the air transport market between Germany and Austria.
The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, a new government agency to be formed in early 2002, is to provide the country's airport security services--many of which will be getting a boost from the C2.2 billion ($1.4 billion) allocated in the country's budget for air transport security enhancements.
Airline pilots worldwide have reported more than 600 incidents involving an encounter with laser light beams. According to the Flight Safety Foundation's ``Human Factors&Aviation Medicine,'' these incidents feature a sudden impairment of vision to cockpit crewmembers, but long-term damage to the eye is rare. Although a majority of laser lights are associated with complex displays used by hotels, individuals who use lasers for a hobby also contribute to the problem. The U.K.
Randall Greene (see photos) has succeeded his father Leonard M. Greene as president/CEO of the Safe Flight Instrument Corp., White Plains, N.Y. Leonard Greene will remain chairman. Joseph M. Wilson has been appointed vice president-operations. Joseph H. Gordon has been promoted to vice president from director of engineering.
Frank W. Milian, Jr., has been named vice president-business development for aircraft management and charter management sales in the Northeast U.S. for Executive Jet Management Inc. of Cincinnati. He was senior vice president of the Atlantic Aviation Corp., Teterboro, N.J. Todd Spangler has become vice president-national accounts for the NetJets program of Executive Jet Inc., Woodbridge, N.J. He was vice president of Executive Jet Management.
Airbus late last week denied the A300-600 that reportedly sustained aft fuselage damage in a Dec. 3, 1987, windstorm at Toulouse was the American Airlines Flight 587 accident aircraft, as had been initially reported in The Washington Post. The aircraft, tail-heavy because its twin engines weren't yet attached, was tipped by the force of the wind, according to the report. Airbus told Aviation Week&Space Technology last week that the accident aircraft, Serial No. 420, was undergoing engine runs at the time.
AEROFLOT HAS SELECTED JEPPESEN to provide tailored instrument approach charts for its crews worldwide. The flag carrier is required to follow Russian regulations for airport operating minima at each of the 140 destinations it serves around the world. Aeroflot will provide its required minima to Jeppesen, which will custom tailor its industry standard instrument approach charts to reflect the airline's requirements. The tailored charts will first be issued for U.S. destinations, followed by European, Asian and African airports.
The European Council has approved a move that would establish common rules for baggage and passenger screening and other activities at Europe's airports, improving protection against terrorist acts.
The U.S. Navy has completed the second guided flight test of a next-generation anti-radar missile and, for the first time, collected data using a critical mode of the weapon's seeker. The Dec. 19 test at the Naval Air Systems Command Weapons Div. at China Lake, Calif., involved an F/A-18 firing the advanced anti-radiation guided missile (Aargm) against a simulated air defense radar. The inert missile struck the target within the required area to destroy it.
Ibis Aerospace has named four new distributors for the Ae270 propjet, bringing to eight the number of regional sales centers selected for the Czech-built utility aircraft. The distributors are Field Aviation Sales of Mississauga, Ontario; Woodland Aviation of Woodland, Calif.; Cutter Aviation of Phoenix; and Elliott Aviation of Moline, Ill. Ibis holds 69 orders for the Ae270, which recently added a second aircraft to its flight test program.
The Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport is making strides toward its goal of adding transpacific air service as early as 2005. The FAA has approved two runway projects--the first is a 2,000-ft. extension of the east/west runway to 12,000 ft. to accommodate nonstop flights to Asia; the second is a new, 8,000-ft. runway to allow simultaneous operations of what would be three north/south runways. The airport has applied for federal funding to cover $100 million of the $230-million cost, and a passenger facility charge would fund the airport's portion.
NASA has awarded another $94.6 million in Space Launch Initiative contracts, completing the first round of awards for the $4.8-billion technology effort (AW&ST May 28, 2001, p. 30). Northrop Grumman and Orbital Sciences will work on systems engineering and architecture definition under contracts worth $15.7 million and $4.9 million, respectively, that also carry renewal options. Boeing got $5.4 million to start studying crew survivability and escape systems, while Rocketdyne and TRW won options to existing contracts for potential work on advanced propulsion systems.
Airbus has selected Hamilton Sundstrand subsidiary Ratier-Figeac to supply the trimmable horizontal stabilizer actuator for the A380 ultra wide-body transport. The French firm was teamed with Hamilton Sundstrand's Rockford, Ill.-based Actuation Systems Group for the contract, which could ultimately be worth $200 million.
Pascale Sourisse has been named president for space activities of Paris-based Alcatel and president/CEO of Alcatel Space and Alcatel Space Industries. She was chief operating officer of Alcatel Space. Sourisse succeeds Jean-Claude Husson.
A minor change in the assembly process of honeycomb structure commonly used for aircraft floors and partitions could help extinguish flame fronts and greatly reduce the blast effects from a bomb in the cargo hold, passenger compartment or an explosion in a center fuselage tank, according to officials at BlastGard.
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. has won a $1.1-billion contract to begin the system development and demonstration phase of the U.S. Air Force C-5 Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program. The program is the second phase of an upgrade plan for the C-5 airlifter fleet.
Sydney celebrated Christmas and New Year's under clouds of smoke from forest fires apparently set by arsonists. By late last week, 150 homes and 741,000 acres had been consumed on the city's outskirts and the forests of surrounding New South Wales. Aircraft played a critical role in suppressing the fires, particularly a Sikorsky S-64 modified by Erickson Air Crane Co. of Central Point, Ore., on yearly contract to Australia's Natural Resources and Environment Dept. It carries a 2,500-gal.
