Michael Pley has been named president of Com Dev Space, Cambridge, Ontario. He succeeds John Keating, who has been promoted to chief operating officer. Pley was vice president-space programs.
Stormy T. W. Hicks has been appointed president of the Fluid Handling Systems Group of ITT Industries, Auburn Hills, Mich. He was vice president/general manager of the Aeroquip Fluid Connectors and Industrial Plastics Divs. of the Eaton Corp.
This 14-gauge, 430-stainless steel thick film conduction heater is designed for clamp-on applications and offers temperature uniformity, good heat transfer capabilities, high-performance functionality and low-profile design. The heaters can be applied in areas where conventional devices cannot be used because of limited voltage and wattage combinations. They are supplied as a multi-part assembly consisting of a heater, mica insulator, clamping plate and mounting hardware.
Air traffic controllers' nighttime situational awareness, takeoff clearance terminology and risks of misunderstanding bilingual radio trans- missions are being investigated by French civil aviation authorities. The need to scrutinize such key flight safety topics results from a runway incursion incident last year at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport. The BEA French accident investigation bureau, which recently completed its report, determined that air traffic control (ATC) confusion played a critical role in the incident.
The Sentry A-Series Model B035 belt-driven precision spindles is designed for boring, drilling and milling applications in the aerospace, automotive, die/mold and general metal-cutting industries. The Model B035 spindle features dual 35-mm. angular contact front ball bearings for high rigidity and a 30-mm. rear cylindrical roller bearing. Front and rear labyrinth seals are standard, but contact seals are available, and a standard keyway is in the housing. Standard jackscrew holes are provided on both sides of the block housing for precise control of the centerline.
Boeing is providing use of its software outside of its own business. In an agreement with Fokker Services, Boeing will adapt its Portable Maintenance Aid (PMA) software for use by engineering and maintenance staff supporting the 1,200 Fokker aircraft around the world. PMA is a library of drawings, diagnostic methods, parts catalogs and other technical information on several compact disks that can be used in a mechanic's laptop computer (AW&ST Apr. 2, p. 102).
Twice as large as the previous year's edition, this catalog from United Electronic Industries reflects growth in the firm's product line to encompass all areas of data-acquisition hardware, signal conditioning and support software as needed in today's demanding test environments. The full-color catalog consists of several main sections, reflecting UEI's product families: multifunction cards with analog I/O and digital I/O as well as simultaneous sampling; analog output cards; digital I/O cards; signal conditioning; and software.
John White has been promoted to vice president-corporate information officer from director of worldwide business systems of the Parker Hannifin Corp. of Cleveland.
John F. Farris has been named senior vice president-express services for AirNet Systems Inc., Columbus, Ohio. He was head of Strategic Consulting Alliances.
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways reported its first-half 2001 profits were down 40% and revenues off 1.9%, which Chairman James Hughes-Hallett said was attributed to slow growth in the U.S., Japan and Asia and was predictable. The company reported revenues of HK$15.8 billion ($2 billion), with profits of HK$1.32 billion.
Cheryl Hutchinson has been appointed to the corporate travel advisory board of Frontier Airlines. She is the global travel manager for American Management Systems.
Lockheed Martin X-35 chief test pilot Tom Morgenfeld flew the X-35B Joint Strike Fighter demonstrator back to the company's Palmdale, Calif., factory on Aug. 6, completing the test program on the short takeoff/vertical landing aircraft (AW&ST Aug. 6, p. 26). The 3.7-hr. flight in conventional mode included accelerations from Mach 0.8-1.2 and increased the total time on the X-35B to 22 hr., satisfying a government desire to have 20 hr. on the demonstrator.
A terrorist germ attack on U.S. soil would mock all past defense strategies, says former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn, who was ``President'' in a recent bio-warfare simulation of a smallpox crisis that began in Oklahoma City. At a recent congressional hearing, he summarized lessons learned from the simulation, called ``Dark Winter.'' We have effectively only 12 million doses of smallpox vaccine in America to protect a population of 275 million that is not highly vaccinated and is therefore highly vulnerable.
EchoStar has entered an unsolicited, $32-billion bid for Hughes Electronics Corp. that could give terrestrial cable and broadcast operators a run for their money in the U.S. market. Rebuffed by Hughes and DirecTV management, EchoStar chairman and CEO Charles Ergen has proposed an 18% premium for Hughes shareholders in EchoStar shares, with each Hughes share exchanged for .75 shares of EchoStar. The resulting company would have access to nearly100 million households in the U.S. with television sets.
Florida Army National Guard Adjutant General Ronald O. Harrison says the board he convened to investigate the Mar. 3 crash of a C-23B Sherpa near Unadilla, Ga., was ``unsuccessful in recognizing the causal factor and all of the contributing factors'' that may have led to the breakup of the aircraft on a flight from Florida to Virginia Beach, Va. Killed in the crash were 21 guard members from Virginia and Florida units.
Savvy business travelers have known for years that flying to a ``hidden'' destination can save them big money. Case in point: a Los Angeles-based passenger bound for Chicago can save about $286 by booking a flight to Dubuque, Iowa, and debarking at a hub stop in Chicago. The routine is called hidden-city ticketing and it's a hot item in Washington, along with a companion scheme called ``back-to-back'' ticketing. Though both are prohibited by airlines, lawmakers continue to push for legislation that would force carriers to turn the other cheek.
Anaren Microwave introduced the surface mount, Xinger-brand quadrifilar helix feed network (quadfeed) component for satellite radio receivers. Developed in cooperation with Washington-based XM Satellite Radio Holdings, the miniature 2.320-2.345-GHz. quadfeed combines four signals from a quadrifilar helix antenna into one coherent output signal for amplification to the radio receiver. The new Xinger quadfeed is designed to be compatible with both the XM and Sirius networks, as the two companies plan to operate on a single standard in next-generation systems.
The Pentagon is putting new emphasis on boost-phase intercept technology that many see as the most effective way to counter enemy ballistic missiles. The renaissance of several concepts that had faded is part of the Defense Dept.'s larger strategy to broaden research and development in ballistic missile defense (BMD).
Data Device Corp. announces the further proliferation of the DD-42916C1 mezzanine card with the DD-4291613, which interfaces with Arinc 429 PCI data buses. The DD-4291613 implements an Arinc 429 interface and is designed to analyze and simulate data to and from electronic equipment and systems in commercial airlines and military avionics via the PCI format. In ground support and on-board data acquisition applications, operators don't necessarily know beforehand how many transmit/receive channels will be needed.
One thing was apparent at AirVenture 2001--the technology boundary between general aviation and the military and commercial transport markets is fading fast.
Tufram surface coating from General Magnaplate was first developed to solve critical wear and performance problems affecting aluminum parts on NASA space vehicles. This family of coatings combines the hardness of aluminum oxide ceramic with the properties of certain proprietary polymers, providing aluminum parts with better hardness, wear and corrosion resistance, plus permanent lubricity. Corrosion resistance is also greater than conventional hard anodizing, particularly for common chemicals.
Grady Sherman Jobe has become associate program manager for the Lockheed Martin Consolidated Space Operations Contract at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. Jobe was corporate vice president for bd Systems in Huntsville.
Aviation regulators in the U.S. and Europe, soon to be immersed in the biggest transatlantic antitrust immunity applications in more than four years, will find that the competition issues on which such proposals turn are more complicated than ever. When U.S. Transportation Dept. executives and European Union competition officials return from their summer vacations, they will find proposals from:
In the first half of 2001, EADS secured orders valued at 42.8 billion euros ($37.6 billion), raising the company's backlog on June 30 to a robust $162.8 billion. Revenues increased 33% to $12.3 billion, including $8.8 billion generated by Airbus commercial transports.
