Aerospace

Don P. Newman to Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Allegheny Technologies (ATI), Pittsburgh.

COMPASS PRECISION was formed by Main Street Capital to acquire companies in the precision metal manufacturing industry, including Charlotte-based

Fielding counter-small unmanned aircraft systems is a priority for the Pentagon in 2020.

ALBANY INTL acquired CIRCOMP, Germany in deal arranged by Capstone Headwaters and IMAP (SPNWS; November 22).

ICERTIS was selected by Satair to provide new contract management platform.

Private equity-backed Shimtech Industries has purchased Fastener Technology Corp.

BELL has $815m U.S. Navy performance-based logistics requirements contract for repair/upgrade/replacement of 35 items on the UH-1Y, AH-1Z helicopter.

Lockheed Martin formally opened a new assembly line for F-16 Block 70 aircraft in Greenville, South Carolina, on Dec. 17.

Tempting existing customers with new products remains the lifeblood of the business-aircraft industry.

Rocket Lab looks for up to a dozen payload launches a year, while the spaceport is in talks to bring in more launch providers.

Delivering on new programs and upgrading existing products take precedence for commercial rotorcraft OEMs as the market remains stagnant.

The House voted 280-138 on Dec. 17 to pass a four-bill fiscal 2020 national security appropriations package that includes funding for a Space Force.

Lockheed Martin has extended its long-running hypersonic links with Aerojet Rocketdyne.

A conference agreement by the House and Senate on Dec. 16 inserts at least three-quarters of a billion dollars in fiscal 2020 budget accounts linked to the U.S. military’s bulging hypersonic weapons portfolio.

U.S. House and Senate appropriations committees have agreed on a 2020 fiscal year budget package that includes $22.6 billion for NASA.

FDH, CA has acquired AEROSPHERES UK (aftermarket chemicals/consumables distributor) from Acorn Growth Companies, and also BTC ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

TRANSPHORM, CA was selected by AES to supply gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors for switch mode power supplies for large commercial jets.

Yoav Zeif to Chief Executive Officer of Stratasys, Israel (effective February 18).

WHITCRAFT GROUP, CT acquired substantially all of the assets of EVOAERO, CT and CONDOR INDUSTRIES, FL (precision machining/design services) in deal

Tom Arseneault to President and Chief Executive Officer of BAE Systems, Inc., Arlington, VA (effective April 1, 2020).

AIRBUS booked orders for two C295s each from the CZECH AIR FORCE (for delivery in 1H21) and IRISH AIR CORPS (TBA). It has booked 214 C295 orders.

Jim Greiner to Chief Operating Officer of iAero Group, Miami.

Mark Ebanks to Chief Commercial Officer of iAero Thrust, Miami.

David Lancelot to Chief Financial Officer of iAero Group, Miami.

Alison Lynn to Vice President of Communications of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA), Washington, DC.