Furon, Bristol, R.I., has appointed Robert H. Stevenson, Jr., (see photo) product anddistribution manager for its Advanced Polymers Div. He was sales manager for Cooper Roller Bearing Co.
Martin Marietta has named Robert B. Coutts vice president/general manager of its Aero and Naval Systems facility in Baltimore. He was vice president-material acquisition and subcontract management at Martin Marietta corporate headquarters. Jack Withrow has been promoted to director of Dayton Operations for Martin Marietta Services Group.
Corr-u-pac is a flexible, impact-resistant, protective packaging material that can be easily recycled with other corrugated materials. Other properties include thermal insulation and absorbency. Corr-u-pac also can replace several other packaging materials, which helps reduce costs. It is available in densities of 2.5-6 lb./cu. ft. in thicknesses of 0.25-3 in. and in rolls of 30, 40 and 60-in. widths. It can be die cut, scored or perforated with a variety of backing materials. Conwed Packaging, Delanco Road, P.O. Box 357, Riverside, N.J. 08075.
THE NEW CONGRESS had not even convened before the first attack on NASA's space station program was launched. Sen. William S. Cohen (R.-Maine), a long-time naysayer on the project, released a General Accounting Office report criticizing the space agency for doing too little to develop a community of researchers to fly experiments on the station. The GAO said NASA is not budgeting enough for station-related science in 1995-98. Cohen said the reason for that is station costs are rising while the agency's budget is declining in real terms.
Jane McCroary (see photo) has been named general manager of marketing in the U.S. for Lufthansa German Airlines, based in New York. She was manager of relationship marketing.
PYONGYANG'S state-controlled radio reported that North Korea's skies will be open to fly-overs by civilian aircraft. Opening North Korea's airspace would save an hour in transit time for a Tokyo-Beijing flight, Japanese leaders said, but they do not expect North Korea to implement its promise anytime soon. North Korean officials have informed the International Civil Aviation Organization of their intent.
HARRIS COMPUTER SYSTEMS CORP. and Moscow-based Lukon Financial Industrial Corp. will jointly develop and market computers for Russia's aerospace and defense industry. Lukon recently purchased two Night Hawk real-time multiprocessing computers to support the simulation system development project for the Ilyushin Il-96M passenger jet. The computers will be used in training and product demonstration at Lukon headquarters, Moscow.
The Who's Where item in the Jan. 2 issue about a recent promotion at Pratt&Whitney incorrectly identified Karl J. Krapek. He is president of Pratt&Whitney. The item should have said Robert A. Wolfe has been promoted to executive vice president of Pratt&Whitney and president of the company's Large Commercial Engines business. He was senior vice president-Americas of Large Commercial Engines. AW&ST regrets the error.
The Model H10-13.S is a stereo, lightweight, aviation noise attenuating headset. It is designed to provide stereophonic sound reproduction while used with stereo intercom and cabin entertainment systems. The headset weighs 13.4 oz. and has a certified noise reduction rating of 23 dB. Reduced headband force along with a soft, foam-filled headpad and Flo-Fit Gel Ear Seals make the headset comfortable during long flights. Other features include dual volume controls, a straight, 5-ft.
Cooper Aviation Industries, Inc., Elk Grove Village, Ill., has named Martin Klauss manager of its Airline Div. He was a sales manager at Best Aviation Sales.
As part of its $710-billion fiscal 1995 budget, Japan has included a slight increase for defense spending despite a 2.9% cut in overall allocations. But the extra money will be eaten up by higher personnel costs; the procurement of weapons will actually be cut from 1994 levels.
The outsourcing business is booming, with key industry players and securities analysts predicting numerous contracts valued in excess of $1 billion each will be awarded during the next several years.
The Model LA 1653 satellite antenna lightning arresting system is designed to protect all circuit functions, including motor drives and sensors that link a tracking station with a remote receiver. The system can withstand spikes and surges as extreme as those from lightning strikes on a.c. power, RF and telephone lines. It also provides electromagnetic and radio frequency interference suppression on low-frequency circuits. The Model LA 1653 comes in a 19-in., rack-mountable steel enclosure. It is 1.75 in. high and 6 in. deep. Pulizzi Engineering, Inc., 3260 S.
The Cirrus Design Corp. and Israviation plan to begin advanced flight testing in Israel early this year of the ST50 business aircraft following first flight of the engineering prototype in Duluth, Minn.
NASA has named John C. Lynn chief information officer within the Office of the Administrator at NASA headquarters in Washington. He was director of the Information Systems Office at the Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
Ben R. Rich, who headed Lockheed's Skunk Works from the mid-1970s until his retirement in 1991, died Jan. 5 in Ventura, Calif., at age 69 following a lengthy illness.
General Electric expects to receive FAA certification for its GE90 engine by the end of this month to support GE-powered Boeing 777 flight tests planned to begin in a few weeks. The expected certification date was postponed to later this month after GE failed to obtain FAA certification on Dec. 28. Company officials blamed holiday work schedules and staffing levels for the current delay.
The Antonov Design Bureau's propfan-powered An-70 airlifter made its first flight in December, marking the start of a long-delayed flight test/certification program for the four-engine transport. A seven-member crew was on board the Ukrainian-built An-70 prototype for the maiden test Dec. 16, which only lasted 26 min. because of bad weather over Antonov's headquarters and flight test facility in Kiev. The high-wing transport remained at an altitude of 350-450 meters (1,150-1,475 ft.) to keep below the 500-meter cloud base.
To ensure it can deploy quickly in a crisis, the U.S. Air Force has developed a series of computer programs to predict an aircraft's ability to operate from any airfield in the world, particularly if the runway has been damaged and newly repaired.
BOEING HAS BEGUN major assembly of hardware for the first 767 freighter. The transport, the first of up to 60 ordered by United Parcel Service, is to be delivered in October. UPS recently accelerated its 767F delivery schedule for 1996 by six aircraft, to a total of 11. The 767F is a derivative of Boeing's 767-300ER twinjet.
THE CLINTON Administration, poised to make the first shipment of oil to North Korea later this month as part of an agreement to halt its nuclear program, is facing the prospect of congressional opposition to continuing with the deal. During the opening session of Congress last week, Majority Leader Robert Dole (R.-Kan.) said the Senate will look at the ``legality and wisdom of aiding North Korea.'' A senior Defense Dept.
The NOAA-14 weather forecasting spacecraft, launched from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., will fill the void left when NOAA-13 failed shortly after launch in mid-1993.
A new FAA control tower is rising behind the 1970-commissioned facility in operation at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport at Hebron, Ky. The new tower is required because of physical expansion and increased activity at the airport, a hub for Delta Air Lines and Comair. Airport operations increased by 19,000 in the first eight months of 1994 over the same period last year. Total 1994 operations, which include those at the airport, overflights and operations at reliever airports, were recorded at 471,056.
Polyplus dry-stripping media is an effective, economical and environmentally responsible alternative to chemical and other abrasive stripping systems. Sharp-edged granules are fired at the article that is being stripped. The urea granules are collected and reused many times before being recycled. In addition to stripping paint, Polyplus can be used in cleaning and surface finishing, including deburring, deflashing, mold cleaning and sealant removal. It carries a Mohs hardness of 3.5 and is designed to be delivered at pressures of 15-45 psi.
Timco, Greensboro, N.C., has named Robert McClellan director of quality assurance. He was vice president-engineering and quality assurance at Page AvJet's Orlando, Fla., facility.
