Aviation Week & Space Technology

Mark Middleton and Stuart Smith have become directors of business development for freight for London-based Air Partner: Middleton for Asia-Pacific and

Space solar power is free; getting it will not be cheap

Alex Min has become chief marketing and sales officer of Terrafugia Inc., Woburn, Mass. He was vice president-business development at Textron Defense

USAF Maj. Gen. Samuel A. Greaves has been nominated for promotion to lieutenant general and assignment as commander of the Space and Missile Systems

June 10-11—MRO Baltics, Eastern Europe & Russia (BEERs), Sheraton Warsaw (Poland). July 16—Farnborough Civil Manufacturing Briefings, Farnborough

June 16-20—2014 Eurosatory. Paris. www.eurosatory.com/ June 16-20—20th AIAA/CEAS Aero-acoustics Conference. Hyatt Regency Atlanta. www.aiaa.org

Patrick Coulter (see photos) has been promoted to director of business development for commercial training from manager of the Toronto Learning Center for FlightSafety International. He will be succeeded by Tasneem Hashmi, who has been the center’s assistant manager. And following Hashmi will be Suren Meras, who has been promoted from director of training.

Improved monitoring of flights will not be enough to prevent a repeat of MH370

Span increases, revised flaps and new engine noise-reduction technology alter 777X’s look

Although the new Air Force One is likely to be a 747-8, the integration strategy remains up in the air

Andy Card is a former U.S. transportation secretary and White House chief of staff.

Mark Roscio has been promoted to president/CEO from senior vice president-sales and marketing and Scott Kokosa to chief financial officer from vice president-finance for Numet Manufacturing Techniques, Orange, Conn.

Mike Powell has become group finance director of London-based BBA Aviation, effective July 1. He has been chief financial officer of AZ Electronic Materials and had been group finance director of Nippon Sheet Glass Co.

The U.S. Air Force is rattled about the state of American rocket propulsion.

One airline’s business aviation success

Defense cultural change needs to earn support

Science closing in on extraterrestrial life

With Europe in the critical path, NASA targets joint Orion mission

Upcoming flight test is shaping Orion design, Moon mission date

Europe will consider alternate designs for affordable Ariane 5 successor

X-56 flight tests aim to take the fear factor out of aeroelastic instability

South Korea’s air force is unwilling to wait forever for the KF-X

Saab claims lead in gallium-nitride use

Breaking barriers between flight control, aero­elastic design could enable new aircraft concepts

T he level of tension between the unmanned- aircraft community and the FAA over its ban on civil UAS was clear when the agency announced it will consider using special legislation to authorize limited commercial operations.