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Aviation Week & Space Technology August 11/18, 2014

Aerospace’s New Frontiers

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Autonomous Unmanned Air Transport Faces Challenges

Aug 14, 2014
From on-demand to mass transit, aviation looks to technology to widen its appeal
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'Certifiable Trust' Required To Take Autonomous Systems Past 'Unmanned'

Aug 11, 2014
Deployment of autonomous capabilities across aerospace faces major hurdle
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Brain Monitoring May Improve Pilots, Controllers

Aug 21, 2014
Improving human-machine interaction crucial as systems become more complex and automated
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Chip Industry Looks Beyond Silicon

Aug 12, 2014
Semiconductor technology is reaching fundamental limits, and the next step is not yet clear
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Aerospace Assessing Potential Of Quantum Computing

Aug 22, 2014
A new approach to supercomputing could be required to tackle aerospace’s hard problems
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Digital Twin Would Track Aircraft Health Through Its Life

Aug 14, 2014
Numerical simulation set to expand beyond aircraft design, into lifetime monitoring

Feedback

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Sustainable Jointness Is The Goal

Aug 11, 2014
Abolish the U.S. Air Force? Perhaps one could look at Robert Farley’s Viewpoint (AW&ST July 28, p. 50), which espouses two important policy aims of folding the Air Force back into the other two services, from a different perspective.
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Some Facts Trump Logic

Aug 11, 2014
Robert Farley’s recent Viewpoint was thought-provoking. Just the money saved by not duplicating individual air forces within five military branches would be huge. He states: “Airpower enthusiasts made dramatic claims for the ability of air forces to win wars without resorting to significant land or naval combat.”
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Job Security Vs. Jointness

Aug 11, 2014
Prof. Robert Farley expressed an important point of view about our national security. We do have too many air forces. Airpower is needed, but not the way it is constructed now. But good luck finding any politician willing to say a separate air force is unnecessary.
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Pursue Consolidation

Aug 11, 2014
Robert Farley’s count of five air forces is too low by a factor of 10. He should have added in all the reserve and state guard air forces. However his basic point has merit, and I hope it engenders a serious debate about the structure of the U.S.’s military aviation resources. Based on my experience, the defense budget could be reduced by 20% with no loss in capability if the remaining 80% was spent more effectively.
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Pick Your Baffles

Aug 11, 2014
“TRDI’s Baby” (AW&ST July 21, p. 32) states: “The solution was to develop . . . a set of radial vanes or battles . . .” Shouldn’t this be “baffles”? (The reader is correct—Ed.)

Who's Where

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Air Lituanica

Aug 11, 2014
Gytis Gumuliauskas has become CEO of Air Lituanica, succeeding -Erikas Zubrus, who will now be a consultant on strategic affairs. Gumuliauskas was chief operations officer.
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Delta Air Lines

Aug 11, 2014
Francis S. Blake has been named to the board of directors of Delta Air Lines. He is chairman/CEO of The Home Depot.
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Northrop Grumman Corp.

Aug 11, 2014
Tameika N. Hollis (see photo) has become vice president-engineering, manufacturing and logistics for the Advanced Concepts and Technologies Div. of Northrop Grumman Corp.’s Baltimore-based Electronic Systems sector. She was director of passive radio-frequency programs in the Intelligence, Surveilllance and Reconnaissance and Targeting Systems Div.
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USAF

Aug 11, 2014
USAF Gen. Herbert J. Carlisle has been named commander of Air Combat Command (ACC), Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. He has been commander of Pacific Air Forces/air component commander for U.S. Pacific Command/executive director of the Pacific Air Combat Operations Staff, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Lt. Gen. Lori J. Robinson has been nominated for promotion to general and to succeed Carlisle. She has been ACC vice commander. Maj. Gen. James K.
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FlightSafety International

Aug 11, 2014
David Glass (see photo) has become manager of FlightSafety International’s Learning Center in St. Louis, a regional operations manager and overseer of the Learning Center in Seattle. He was manager of the Houston Learning Center and has been succeeded by Jeremy Pisell (see photo), who was assistant manager of the Tucson (Arizona) Learning Center. Glass follows Angie Gremard, who is now relationship manager for FlightSafety’s regional airline customers and an assistant manager in St.
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Raytheon Co.

Aug 11, 2014
Thomas A. Kennedy, who is CEO of the Waltham, Massachusetts-based Raytheon Co., also will be chairman, effective Oct. 1. He will succeed William H. Swanson, who will be retiring. Kennedy followed Swanson as CEO. Tracy A. Atkinson has been appointed to the board. She is executive vice president-finance of the State Street Corp.
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Air Maintenance Estonia

Aug 11, 2014
Jonas Butautis has been named CEO of Tallinn-based Air Maintenance Estonia.
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Monarch Group

Aug 11, 2014
Sir Roy McNulty has been appointed chairman, Andrew Swaffield chief executive and Andrew Lavery chief financial officer of the London-based Monarch Group. McNulty was a non-executive director and Swaffield was managing director of Monarch Airlines and had been managing director of Avios Group Ltd. McNulty also is chairman of London Gatwick Airport.
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KippsDeSanto & Co.

Aug 11, 2014
Jamie Graham has been appointed director of business development for KippsDeSanto & Co., Tysons Corner, Virginia. She was manager of business development for the corporate and securities-technology practice of law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman.
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Airbus Group and Safran Space Launcher Joint Venture

Aug 11, 2014
Alain Charmeau (see photos) has been nominated as CEO and Marc Ventre as chairman of the Airbus Group and Safran Space Launcher Joint Venture. Charmeau is head of space systems operations within the Airbus Defense and Space Div. Ventre is deputy CEO and chief operating officer of Safran.
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Intelsat

Aug 11, 2014
Patricia Cooper has been named Washington-based vice president-government affairs and policy for Intelsat, effective Aug. 25. She has been president of the Satellite Industry Association.
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Eutelsat Americas

Aug 11, 2014
Leonard Wapler has been named chief financial officer of Eutelsat Americas, based in Mexico City. He has been head of investor relations and will be succeeded by Joanna Darlington. She has been with the Corporate Advisory Group of KPMG Makinson Cowell.
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Cubic Corp.

Aug 11, 2014
Mike Knowles has become vice president/deputy general manager to lead the air ranges and Live-Virtual-Constructive training campaign and Mike Twyman senior vice president of the Communications and Intelligence Surveillance & Reconnaissance Div. of the San Diego-based Cubic Corp. Knowles was an executive at Rockwell Collins, Photon Research Associates and Northrop Grumman. Twyman was senior vice president/general manager of the Defense Systems Div. at Northrop Grumman.
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LMI Aerospace Inc.

Aug 11, 2014
Gerald E. Daniels and Gregory L. Summe have been appointed to the board of directors of St. Louis-based LMI Aerospace Inc. Daniels is retired chief executive of the Boeing Military Aircraft and Missile Systems Co. and had been chief executive/vice chairman of Engineered Support Systems Inc. Summe is founder/managing partner of Glen Capital Partners and had been managing director/vice chairman of global buyout at the Carlyle Group.
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USN

Aug 11, 2014
USN Cmdr. Anthony Jaramillo has succeeded USMC Lt. Col. David “Angus” Walsh as manager of Navair’s Specialized and Proven Aircraft Program Office, which has employees at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina; NAS Jacksonville, Florida; and NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. Jaramillo was director of Navair’s Technical Data and Engineering Service Center. Walsh is now assigned to the Marine Aviation Detachment at NAS Patuxent River.
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Virgin Galactic

Aug 11, 2014
Todd “Leif” Ericson (see photo) has joined Mojave, California-based Virgin Galactic’s cadre of space pilots. He is former commander of the USAF Operations and Maintenance Group.

The World

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Sizzling BACN

Aug 11, 2014
Northrop Grumman will continue supporting the U.S. Air Force’s Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) gateway on its modified Global Hawk Block 20s and on Bombardier Global Express business jets under a new $89.7 million modification to the company’s existing contract, which is worth about $1.2 billion. The BACN payload was developed in 2005 and is used to allow systems in Afghanistan to communicate despite operating on different frequencies or waveforms. Four of the business jets and three of the Global Hawks are outfitted with BACN.
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U.S., India Talk Defense

Aug 11, 2014
India and the U.S. are working during U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s visit there to finalize defense deals worth $2.5 billion, an Indian government official says. India’s Defense Procurement Board met Aug. 7 to discuss issues of pending purchases of 15 Chinook heavy-lift and 22 Apache attack helicopters. “The negotiations for $2.5 billion in contracts [with the U.S.] are almost over and the Defense Procurement Board will clear the off-set proposals as per the procurement policy,” he says.
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U.S. Navy Demos EW System

Aug 11, 2014
U.S. Navy sailors demonstrated the Electronic Warfare Battle Management (EWBM) for surface defense system during the recent Rim of Pacific (Rimpac) exercise. Sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), EWBM “could transform the future of electronic warfare and defense of ships at sea,” Navy officials say. The system helps sailors and Marines coordinate electronic-countermeasure responses to threats faster than is possible through traditional voice communications, reducing the need to respond with expensive munitions, Navy officials say.
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Avic’s Joy Air Expands

Aug 11, 2014
Avic subsidiary Joy Air will expand to more than four times its current size with an order for 30 MA60 regional airliners from sibling Xian Aircraft. Deliveries are due to begin next year. The carrier has eight MA60s in service and, before the latest order, was awaiting delivery of one more. In the new contract, it took options on another 30 aircraft of the type. Avic developed the MA60 by fitting the Antonov An-24 airframe with Pratt & Whitney Canada PW100 engines and other Western equipment. Joy’s network has a main base at Xian, where Avic makes the aircraft.
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MHI To Lift 787 Rate

Aug 11, 2014
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) expects to increase production of 787 outer wingboxes in 2016 to support Boeing’s plan to build the aircraft at a rate of 14 a month by the end of the decade. MHI, one of three major Japanese suppliers of 787 structures, will expand product facilities at its Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works and Nagoya Aerospace Systems Works with an investment program to begin in October. The plants are now building 10 shipsets of 787 outer wingboxes monthly.
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Rendezvous With a Comet

Aug 11, 2014
More than 10 years and 6 billion km have ticked by since Europe’s Rosetta mission launched atop an Ariane 5 rocket in 2004.
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CVR Setback Slows Air Algerie Crash Probe

Aug 11, 2014
Damage to the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) is hindering efforts to discover why a Spanish-registered MD-83 airliner crashed in Mali last month. French investigators from the country’s BEA safety board, who are leading a multinational team of experts, say damage to the magnetic tape in the CVR has made the recordings from the final minutes of flight AH5017 unusable.
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SpaceX Sued

Aug 11, 2014
Two former SpaceX employees have filed a class-action lawsuit in a California court against the company, alleging it failed to notify workers of a mass layoff that was announced in July. California’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act requires employers to notify workers 60 days before an impending layoff. The lawsuit, filed Aug. 4 in state Superior Court, seeks unpaid wages and interest, including back pay for the failure to provide timely notice. The suit was filed by two structural technicians who worked at SpaceX’s Hawthorne, California, facility.

Correction

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Wrong Lab Named

Aug 11, 2014
An article on page 49 of the Aug. 4 issue twice incorrectly named the builder of the “Dove” spacecraft. It is manufactured by Planet Labs.

Up Front

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Opinion: Focus On Increasing Aerospace Expectations

Aug 13, 2014
There is no autopilot for sustaining the industry’s culture of innovation

Commander's Intent

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Opinion: Britain's View of Naval Strategy

Aug 11, 2014
Subs, missile defense and Scotland

Inside Business Aviation

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Continental Motors Rapidly Expands Its Reach

Aug 14, 2014
Continental Motors is changing its status on the global aviation stage at breakneck speed.

Airline Intel

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All Nippon Cancels Asian Wings Purchase

Aug 11, 2014
Another Japanese carrier to step back from a planned offshore venture is All Nippon Airways.
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Opinion: Skymark's A380 Plans Proved Too Ambitious

Aug 13, 2014
Order cut derails premium long-haul foray

In Orbit

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Finding Mars Life Could Answer Some Big Questions

Aug 15, 2014
Look for it later, or now?

Washington Outlook

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Outside Panel Calls For End To Defense Budget Cuts

Aug 11, 2014
Budget reductions over the last three years are hurting the military’s ability to support the nation’s security strategy, contends a high-level bipartisan panel in a report delivered to Congress. “The growing gap between the strategic objectives the U.S. military is expected to achieve and the resources required to do so is causing risk to accumulate toward unacceptable levels,” says the National Defense Panel led by former Defense Secretary William Perry and Army Gen. (ret.) John Abizaid.
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Recommendations For Integrating UAS In U.S. Skies

Aug 11, 2014
Even though the FAA predicts the U.S. will be home to 7,500 active unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in the next five years, the agency regulating the nation’s airspace has a long way to go to make the skies safe for UAS to fly, according to the Transportation Department’s inspector general (IG). The FAA continues to work toward the goal established by Congress of integrating UAS into the national airspace by September 2015, a report from the IG states. But progress has been held up by a number of technological, regulatory and managerial barriers.
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Pentagon Requests Business Case For Training Helos

Aug 11, 2014
Along with its fiscal 2015 budget rollout early this year, the U.S. Army announced it will replace Bell -TH-67 helicopters with UH-72 Lakotas to train pilots at the Army Aviation Center of Excellence at Fort Rucker, Alabama. Industry officials argue that the decision sets up what is a sole-source contract award to Airbus for at least 100 aircraft, and they note that over the long-term, cheaper options may exist. Now the Army’s proposal is facing some scrutiny from Congress and the Pentagon.

Space

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Cubesat Advances Attract Scientists, Entrepreneurs

Aug 15, 2014
Tight government budgets and commercial potential drive tiny spacecraft to powerful capabilities
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SLS Design ‘Looks Strong’ After Review

Aug 15, 2014
Core stage preparations continue as momentum builds for test and assembly of first SLS
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NASA Closes On Commercial Crew Selection

Aug 18, 2014
Commercial Crew bidders hint at future directions as NASA selection looms

Business

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Finmeccanica’s Moretti Attempts Group Turnaround

Aug 14, 2014
In a sweeping review, Finmeccanica weighs units to be kept or discarded

Defense

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France, U.K. Move Toward Joint UCAV

Aug 14, 2014
UCAV feasiblity study renews French-British aerospace industry cooperation
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Japanese Advance Plans For Another Air-Capable Assault Ship

Aug 19, 2014
Tokyo eyes additional large aviation-capable ship

Air Transport

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Weak Quarterly Results For Most European Airlines

Aug 11, 2014
A resurgent Ryanair ups the pressure on full-service rivals
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First Leap-1As For A320neo Enter Production

Aug 11, 2014
CFM Leap development intensifies as first NEO engines begin assembly and -1C nears flight-test
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NTSB Board Members At Odds On Asiana Recommendations

Aug 11, 2014
NTSB members at odds over Asiana Airlines safety recommendations

Pilot Report

Workforce

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Study: 2014 Is Year For Mass A&D Retirements

Aug 13, 2014
Long-feared A&D workforce transition has begun—with a twist
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A&D Stats Still Lower For Women, Minorities

Aug 13, 2014
If minority outreach were a business project, it would have been shut down by now
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A&D Workers: Challenge Us

Aug 13, 2014
Cutting-edge work lures A&D talent

40 Under Forty

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Who Are A&D's Top 40 Under Forty?

Aug 12, 2014
Rising stars in aerospace and defense
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Brad Hayes

Aug 11, 2014
Executive Director, ATK Special Mission Aircraft, Age 39 As the son of a U.S. Air Force Special Operations pilot, Brad Hayes says he grew up among giants of the special operations community and felt driven to one day carry their torch. He is doing so in his role today overseeing weaponized platforms, special projects and mission support services.
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Leigh Parker

Aug 11, 2014
Senior Director, Avionics Programs Engineering, Rockwell Collins, Age 38
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Jonathan Atwood

Aug 11, 2014
Vice President & General Manager, Infrared Products, L-3 Communications, Age 39
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Tomas Vaisvila

Aug 11, 2014
Head of Aviation Infrastructure Management and Development, Avia Solutions Group, Age 36
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Deric Ingalls

Aug 11, 2014
Director of Maintenance, AvCraft Technical Services, Age 33
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Jordan Ramrus

Aug 11, 2014
Senior Staff Engineer, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Age 31
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Nate Bower

Aug 11, 2014
President, Rebling Power Connectors, Age 38
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Kevin Wargo

Aug 11, 2014
Director, Dumont Group, Age 29
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Jared Isaacman

Aug 11, 2014
CEO, Draken International, Age 31
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Zach Reeder

Aug 11, 2014
Project Engineer, Scaled Composites, Age 32
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Jason Crusan

Aug 11, 2014
Director, Advanced Exploration Systems Division, NASA, Age 37 Growing up as an avid camper, Jason Crusan spent many nights staring up at the night sky and thinking about technology for space. Eventually, this fascination led to two bachelor’s degrees (in physics and electrical engineering), a master’s degree (in computer information systems) and, in January 2005, a job with NASA, where one co-worker has called him “an innovator who threw away the box.”
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Keri Wright

Aug 11, 2014
CEO, Universal Asset Management, Age 31
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Matthew Jenkins

Aug 11, 2014
Senior Principal Physics Engineer and Optical Engineering Section Manager, Space and Airborne Systems, Raytheon, Age 34
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Ryan Rudy

Aug 11, 2014
Flight-Test Engineer, Boeing, Age 34
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Ben Diachun

Aug 11, 2014
Vice President of Engineering, Scaled Composites, Age 38
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Gediminas Ziemelis

Aug 11, 2014
Chairman of the Board, Avia Solutions Group, Age 37
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Lukas Johnson

Aug 11, 2014
Vice President, Network and Pricing, Allegiant Air, Age 32
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William Russell

Aug 11, 2014
President, Logistic Gliders, Age 33
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Gregory Fonder

Aug 11, 2014
Space Fence Lead System Analyst, Lockheed Martin, Age 31 Space Fence is a U.S. Air Force Acquisition Category 1 program that will revolutionize how the world discovers, tracks and maintains space objects. Greg Fonder has been at the forefront of the program from early architecture studies in 2007 and was instrumental in Lockheed Martin’s win of the initial $915 million contract in June.
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Sarah Lipscy

Aug 11, 2014
Senior Engineer-Systems, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Age 38
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Balkiz Sarihan

Aug 11, 2014
Vice President, Business Development & Strategy, Vector Aerospace, Age 39
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John Ellis

Aug 11, 2014
Engineering Director, Honeywell International, Age 39
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Anatolij Legenzov

Aug 11, 2014
CEO, Helisota, Age 39
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Zachary Schwendenman

Aug 11, 2014
Director of Maintenance, STAjets, Age 25
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Benjamin Goodheart

Aug 11, 2014
Director, Aviation Safety & Claims Management, AirSure, Age 36
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Jeremy Mercer

Aug 11, 2014
Senior Project Engineer, Mechanical Systems Engineering & Applications, Honeywell, Age 30
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Todd Siena

Aug 11, 2014
Founding Partner, Avia-Tek, Age 28
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Nicholas Haan

Aug 11, 2014
Senior Manager of Schedule Planning, Southwest Airlines, Age 33
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Austin Miller

Aug 11, 2014
AARGM Development Program Manager, ATK Defense Electronic Systems, Age 33
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Skybox Imaging Co-founders:

Aug 11, 2014
Dan Berkenstock Chief Product Officer, Executive Vice President, Age 35 Julian Mann Vice President-Product Management, Age 28 John Fenwick Vice President-Flight Operations, Age 37 Ching-Yu Hu Director, Marketing & Customer Relations, Age 29
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Jennifer Halford

Aug 11, 2014
Director of Applications Development Department, The Aerospace Corp., Age 36
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Jason Olivarez

Aug 11, 2014
Principal Project Engineer, Honeywell, Age 32
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Christine Edwards Stewart

Aug 11, 2014
MRO Operations Systems Lead, Lockheed Martin, Age 30
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Linda Hapgood

Aug 11, 2014
Deputy Leader, 787-10 Dreamliner Airplane Level Integration Team, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Age 36
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Helen Papathanasakis

Aug 11, 2014
Chief Operating Officer, Sky Regional Airlines, Age 35
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Kate Andrus

Aug 11, 2014
Project Manager, Mead & Hunt, Age 31 A guardian of environmental awareness, Kate Andrus is an industry leader in sustainability planning for airports. Through her participation in the FAA’s Sustainability Pilot Program, Andrus has been instrumental in assisting the agency in its goal to make sustainability a core objective in airport planning.
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Deborah Tempesta

Aug 11, 2014
Director-Network Operations Control, United Airlines, Age 38

Aerospace Calendar

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Conferences & Exhibitions

Aug 11, 2014
Sept. 23-24—Brazing Symposium. Arizona. 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, Argentina. Feb. 2-3—MRO Middle East, Dubai. April 14-16—MRO Americas, Miami.
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Upcoming Events

Aug 11, 2014
Aug. 21-22—Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Worldwide UAS Workshop. Dayton Beach, Florida. See proed.erau.edu or email [email protected] Aug. 22—54th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine. Bangalore. www.isam.in/ Aug. 25—Ninth Asia-Pacific Congress of Aerospace Medicine. Beijing. www.apfama.org/2014

Editorial

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Editorial: JSF Program Has Some Explaining To Do

Aug 12, 2014
Numerous questions must be answered before we can be confident that the most costly weapons procurement in history is back on course.