Aviation Week & Space Technology

Paul Archambeault has been promoted to senior vice president/chief financial and operating officer from CFO for Washington-based Airlines for America.

Phillip J. Cagnassola, a member of the board of directors, has become a minority partner in the Paramount Aviation Resources Group, Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Joe Migis has been promoted to vice president-technology for product solutions from senior director of product solutions at Southwest Airlines.

Jerrol “Jay” Littles has been named to lead Aerojet Rocketdyne’s new Advanced Hydrocarbon Propulsion Development Office in Huntsville, Alabama.

A ndreas Otto (see photo) has been appointed chief commercial officer of Austrian Airlines, effective Oct. 1. He has been executive board member for product and sales at Lufthansa Cargo. Otto succeeds Karsten Benz, who will become group infrastructure officer for Austrian parent Lufthansa Group.

Jeffrey D. MacLauchlan (see photo) has been appointed senior vice president-corporate development for Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He succeeds Barry Abzug, who plans to retire in December. MacLauchlan held the same position at the Lockheed Martin Corp.

John Riggir (see photo) has become vice president/general manager of Jet Aviation Singapore. Riggir was executive vice president-corporate business development for the Hawker Pacific Group in Singapore.

Chin Feng (see photo) has been named CEO of the Hong Kong branch of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, effective Nov. 1. He has been regional manager for financial lines in Asia at the Singapore branch and succeeds Mark Mitchell, who has been appointed regional CEO in Singapore.

Kristyna Smith (see photo) has been elected president of the Boston Professional Chapter of the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers. She is an aerospace and mechanical engineer at the Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, Masschusetts, working on inertial navigation technology and an airdrop system that autonomously delivers supplies such as fuel, food and water from cargo aircraft to soldiers on the ground.

U.S. Rep. Harold Rogers (R-Ky.) has received the Arlington, Virginia-based Aerospace Industries Association’s annual Wings of Liberty Award “in recognition of his longtime support of the aerospace and defense industry.” He is chairman and a 30-year member of the House Appropriations Committee. Rogers also has served on its Defense subcommittee, and chaired the Transportation, Commerce, Science, Justice and the Homeland Security subcommittees.

Harry Lee (see photo), vice president-corporate contracts, pricing and supply chain for the Falls Church, Virginia-based Northrop Grumman Corp., has received the National Association of Asian American Professionals’ 100 Award. It is given annually to individuals who have made substantial contributions to their profession and the Asian community.

Blue Origin, the startup space company endowed by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, has generated a fair amount of smoke and fire at its West Texas test site, but very little publicity.

The nuclear establishment is returning from a long procurement holiday

U.S. training schools offer distinctly different approaches to upset training

Oct. 7-9—MRO Europe, Madrid. Nov. 4-6—MRO Asia, Singapore. Nov. 19-20—A&D Programs, Litchfield Park, Arizona. Jan. 13-14—MRO Latin America, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Feb. 2-3—MRO Middle East, Dubai. March 5—Laureate Awards, Washington. April 14-16—MRO Americas, Miami. A version of this article appears in the September 29 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology.

Following the ISS model, civil space agencies are tapping private partners for spaceflight developments

Oct. 7-9—MRO Europe, Madrid. Nov. 4-6—MRO Asia, Singapore. Nov. 19-20—A&D Programs, Litchfield Park, Arizona. Jan. 13-14—MRO Latin America, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Feb. 2-3—MRO Middle East, Dubai. March 5—Laureate Awards, Washington. April 14-16—MRO Americas, Miami. A version of this article appears in the September 29 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology.

The Chinese space station is offering a range of opportunities for international coooperation

For Canada’s space sector, a new government, especially one led by the Liberals, would boost the program.

Kansas plant produces its 10,000th single-engine aircraft.

In the wake of MH370, designers work toward securing avionics systems

Airbus is sending military-aircraft engineers to help Aerion with development and certification of its supersonic business jet

After $79 billion dollars of work and nearly 10 years of operational use without a kill, the stealthy, twin-engine F-22 has finally destroyed its first target in a conflict.

The FAA’s new “best practices” manual draws on its 100 years of aviation safety lessons learned

Many industry executives expect some kind of downward correction to demand with a corresponding rise in aircraft cancellations or postponements.