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Magazine Issue

Aviation Week & Space Technology September 1, 2014

VOL. 176 NO. 30 September 01, 2014

Aviation Safety

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Airports Reducing Wildlife Strike Risks

Sep 01, 2014
As bird-strike data improves, efforts to boost safety go beyond airports
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Fort Myers Airport Winning ‘Bird’ Battle

Sep 01, 2014
Dogs, fake shoreline among airport’s wildlife mitigation tactics
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Bird-Strike Avoidance An Evolving Field

Sep 01, 2014
The ongoing pursuit of bird-strike deterrence has yielded a mix of intriguing approaches
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JFK Wildlife Program Is Work In Progress

Sep 01, 2014
JFK’s site brings unique challenges for wildlife mitigation efforts
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Artificial Turf May Fake Out Airport Wildlife

Sep 01, 2014
A version of this article appears in the September 1 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology.
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Low-Tech Bird Management Works Fine At BWI

Sep 01, 2014
High-tech meets old-school at BWI when it comes to wildlife mitigation

Up Front

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Opinion: Bombardier's Uncertain Future

Sep 01, 2014
Spring and summer setbacks leave many open questions about the airframer’s direction

Commander's Intent

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Opinion: How Airpower Discussions Are Warped

Sep 02, 2014
The ghost behind the airpower debate

Inside Business Aviation

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Opinion: Helos Are Music To Some, Mayhem To Others

Sep 01, 2014
Music to some; mayhem to others

Airline Intel

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Frontier Likely To Succeed With New Business Model

Sep 03, 2014
Despite domestic rivalry, Frontier should profit from switching to an ultra-low-cost model

In Orbit

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NASA Space Techies Stretch Budgets With Partnerships

Sep 01, 2014
Push comes to pull in NASA space tech

Washington Outlook

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A Spat Over Crash-Investigation Spin

Sep 01, 2014
Even if information is publicly accessible, should it be deliberately circulated? That is the question surrounding the National Transportation Safety Board’s decision to oust UPS and its pilots union, the Independent Pilots Association (IPA), from the investigation into the August 2013 crash of UPS Flight 1354. On the eve of the one-year anniversary of the Aug.

Utility Aircraft

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Viking Air's Great Hope: Twin Otter 400

Sep 01, 2014
Viking Air hopes new sales will support long-term Twin Otter 400 production

Missile Defense

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Iron Dome Blunts 90% Of Enemy Rockets

Sep 01, 2014
Overall, Iron Dome missile deflection proves effective through 50 days of conflict
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MDA To Announce New KV Plan In ’16 Budget

Sep 01, 2014
MDA is finally crafting procurement strategy for new kill vehicle

Engineering

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Thermoplastics Eyed As Alternative For Metals

Sep 01, 2014
Thermoplastics could finally find more applications in aerospace

Air Transport

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787 EcoDemonstrator Begins Tests

Sep 01, 2014
787-based ecoDemonstrator readied for second flight phase following CMC nozzle tests
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Japan Plans Technology Program For Next Airliner

Sep 01, 2014
Japan sets technology plan to build aerospace industry
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Airlines Want Passengers To Tag Their Own Bags

Sep 01, 2014
Increasing number of airlines see great benefits in letting passengers handle their own baggage
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A380 Continues To Pose Challenges For Heathrow

Sep 01, 2014
The A380 was tapped to help capacity-strapped airports, but could it end up hurting them?

Defense

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AirTanker Hopes To Fill NATO Refueling Gap

Sep 01, 2014
RAF refueling provider wants NATO to use its surplus capacity
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Pentagon Rolls Out New Competition Guidelines

Sep 01, 2014
The Pentagon will increasingly rely on direct and “indirect” competition in acquisition
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California Bill Nearly Torpedoed Bomber Bid

Sep 01, 2014
How Northrop Grumman’s bomber bid nearly derailed before it was even submitted
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Exit Interview: Indonesia’s Defense Minister

Sep 01, 2014
Indonesian defense budget to allow continued spree

Space

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Launch Window For First SLS Extended

Sep 01, 2014
SLS cleared for full development, but risk assessment may push first launch back to late 2018

Viewpoint

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Opinion: Moon Is Next Step Toward Mars

Sep 01, 2014
The Moon is the next world for humanity to explore and turn into a new home—even as we push out into the deeper ocean of space. -Forty-five years ago, a few of us wandered her surface, yet we turned away, not realizing the importance of what we had done—or what could be done. Now it is clearly time to return and, by learning how to live there, to prepare ourselves to plant the seeds of humanity on the red sands of Mars.

Feedback

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IP Supremacy

Sep 01, 2014
I greatly enjoyed the highly detailed “Road Map” (AW&ST Aug. 25, p. 36), outlining the new Rolls-Royce turbofan strategy. Now all three engine manufacturers have plans in place to develop engines that offer lower noise and double-digit improvements in fuel burn—a boon for the flying public.

The World

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Pilatus Prepares PC-24 for Early-2015 Flight

Sep 01, 2014
A version of this article appears in the September 1 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology.
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AgustaWestland To Pay Fines

Sep 01, 2014
A version of this article appears in the September 1 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology.
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Cubesats Wander Off

Sep 01, 2014
Flight controllers interrupted the intermittent release of 28 Earth-observing cubesats from the International Space Station’s (ISS) Japanese Kibo lab module following a spontaneous deployment of two of the small satellites. The commercial NanoRacks Small Satellite Deployer Mechanism was powered down after the Aug. 23 incident, in which two Planet Labs Flock 1B cubesats were spontaneously ejected. The satellites are being tracked and do not pose a collision threat to the ISS, NASA spokesman Dan Huot says.
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European Helo Operators Merge

Sep 01, 2014
A version of this article appears in the September 1 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology.
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ICAO Conflict-Zone Projects

Sep 01, 2014
A version of this article appears in the September 1 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology.
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SpaceShipTwo Resumes Flight

Sep 01, 2014
The Scaled Composites-developed SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane conducted a cold-flow pressurization test of the vehicle’s modified rocket motor system during a glide flight at Mojave, California, on Aug. 28. The flight, which followed release from the White-KnightTwo carrier aircraft, is a prelude to the imminent start of powered flight tests using a new plastic-based rocket motor fuel.
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Avic Starts MA60 Airline

Sep 01, 2014
A version of this article appears in the September 1 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology.
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Illustrious Decommissioned

Sep 01, 2014
The U.K. Royal Navy’s last Invincible-class aircraft carrier, HMS Illustrious, has been decommissioned. The 22,000-ton ship, which has been used as a helicopter carrier since the withdrawal of the Harrier GR9 fleet in 2010, was formally retired during a ceremony in Portsmouth on Aug. 28. The ship’s helicopter-carrying role will now be undertaken by HMS Ocean, which has just undergone a 15-month £65 million ($108 million) refit which included upgrades to the flight deck, hangar and aviation facilities. The U.K.
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Poor Satellite Positioning Under Investigation

Sep 01, 2014
A version of this article appears in the September 1 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology.

Obituary

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Retired Astronaut Steven Nagel Dies

Sep 01, 2014
A version of this article appears in the September 1 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology. Retired NASA astronaut and USAF Col. Steven R. Nagel died Aug. 21 in Columbia, Missouri, reportedly after a long battle with cancer. He was 67.

Who's Where

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Superior Tube Co.

Sep 01, 2014
Wade Burchell has become aerospace market manager for the Superior Tube Co., Collegeville, Pennsylvania.
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Etihad Airways

Sep 01, 2014
Matthew Jennings (see photo) has been named Washington-based senior manager of public affairs in the U.S. for Etihad Airways. He was head of legislative affairs for the International Air Transport Association.
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Lockheed Martin Corp.

Sep 01, 2014
Brian Colan has become vice president/controller/chief accounting officer of the Lockheed Martin Corp., Bethesda, Maryland. He succeeds Christopher Gregoire, who is now vice president-finance and business operations for Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training.
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Volga Dnepr Group

Sep 01, 2014
Anton Khodakovsky has been appointed vice president for Japan and South Korea for the Volga Dnepr Group. He has been commercial director and director for Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States of the group’s AirBridgeCargo.
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NetJets’

Sep 01, 2014
Robert Molsbergen (see photo) has been appointed president of NetJets’ subsidiary Executive Jet Management in Cincinnati and chief operating officer of its international aircraft management business. He was president of Easy Energy Systems and had been president of MD Helicopters.
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Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty

Sep 01, 2014
Mark Mitchell (see photo), who has been CEO of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty in Hong Kong, has been named CEO for Asia, effective Oct. 1. He will succeed Alexander Ankel, who is leaving the company.
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Delta TechOps MRO

Sep 01, 2014
Jack Arehart has been named president of Delta TechOps MRO. He was co-chief commercial officer at the AAR Corp. and was an executive at the Nordam Group and Timco Aviation Services.
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Signalhorn

Sep 01, 2014
Andy Frost has become chief commercial officer and Tom Wright the Dallas-based vice president-sales for North America for Germany-based Signalhorn. Frost has been vice president-strategic business development. Wright was vice president for NewSat of Australia, vice president of United Networks in Kuwait and sales director for Comstream of San Diego.
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SITA

Sep 01, 2014
David Chambers has become vice president-sales in North America for Atlanta-based SITA. He has been an executive with Sabre Airline Solutions and American Airlines.
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Ryanair

Sep 01, 2014
John Hurley (see photo) has been appointed chief technology officer for Ryanair. He held a similar position with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt plc.
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Northrop Grumman Corp.

Sep 01, 2014
Talha A. Zobair (see photo) has been appointed vice president-tax for the Falls Church, Virginia-based Northrop Grumman Corp. He was senior tax counsel and director of global taxes for Raytheon.
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Dallas Airmotive

Sep 01, 2014
Henry Lisboa has become territorial director for Latin America for Dallas Airmotive. He was director of sales for Heli-One.
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UPS

Sep 01, 2014
John T. Stankey has been named to the board of directors of UPS. He is group president/chief strategy officer of AT&T.
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StandardAero Business Aviation

Sep 01, 2014
Brian Campbell (see photo) has been named vice president-global sales for StandardAero Business Aviation, Tempe, Arizona. He was vice president-worldwide aftermarket MRO sales for Beechcraft and had been an executive for Honeywell Aerospace.
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Ploughshares Fund

Sep 01, 2014
Tom Z. Collina has become director of policy for the Washington-based Ploughshares Fund. He was research director of the Arms Control Association and has been executive director/co-founder of the Institute for Science and International Security and director of the global security program at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
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Air Charter Service

Sep 01, 2014
Brian Campbell (see photo) has been named vice president-global sales for StandardAero
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Nordic Aviation Capital

Sep 01, 2014
Bill Rossi (see photo) has been appointed Singapore-based vice president-sales and acquisitions for Nordic Aviation Capital. He was Asia-Pacific sales director for Embraer.
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Sun Air Jets

Sep 01, 2014
Greg Paxson has become Part 135 director of maintenance for Sun Air Jets, Camarillo, California. He succeeds Dave Anderson, who is now Part 145 accountable manager.
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NovaWurks Inc.

Sep 01, 2014
Paul Lithgow has been named chief of advanced concepts for NovaWurks Inc., Los Alamitos, California.

Who's Where: Honors and Elections

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Honorable Company of Air Pilots

Sep 01, 2014
Ron Price will receive the Award of Merit for North America from the London-based Honorable Company of Air Pilots. He has been director of the Abbotsford International Air Show in British Columbia that is now known as Aerospace North America. Winners of the Guild Sword of Honor are John and Martha King of the King Schools of San Diego. They are cited for “making aviation knowledge clear, simple and fun for hundreds of thousands of pilots and maintenance technicians all over the world.
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International Civil Aviation Organization’s

Sep 01, 2014
David McMillan has been elected chairman of the International Civil Aviation Organization’s Task Force on Risks to Civil Aviation Arising from Conflict Zones. He is chairman of the Flight Safety Foundation and was director general of Eurocontrol.
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SAE International

Sep 01, 2014
Honda Aircraft Co. President/CEO Michimasa Fujino has been named to receive the SAE International Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson Aerospace Vehicle Design and Development Award in late September. It recognizes individuals for “contributions during their career in the innovative design and development of advanced aircraft and/or spacecraft.” Fujino is responsible for the research and development, production, sales and marketing of the HondaJet.

Aerospace Calendar

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Conferences & Exhibitions

Sep 01, 2014
Sept. 23-24—Brazing Symposium, Phoenix. 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 (Sept. 1, 2014)

Sep 01, 2014
Sept. 8-12—Fifth Pan-American Aviation Safety Summit. Marriott Curacao Resort and Emerald Casino. www.alta.aero/safety/2014/registration.php Sept. 10-12—International Air Transport Association’s 10th Maintenance Cost Conference. Divani Palace Acropolis, Athens. www.iata.org/events/Pages/mcc-2014.aspx