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Aviation Week & Space Technology July 7, 2014

VOL. 176 NO. 23 July 07, 2014

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Viable, Cool Carrier Mats?

Jul 07, 2014
As I read Bill Sweetman’s recent commentary “Hot Air” (AW&ST May 26-June 2, p. 15), regarding the landing mat challenges for the F-35B vertical-landing aircraft, I wondered if a low-cost, low-tech solution to this problem is already on hand. Why not investigate the use of a mat that has tubes filled with water?
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Tires as Foils

Jul 07, 2014
It is fascinating to me how many organizations, contracts, people, studies, tests and reports (to say nothing of various journalists) have climbed on the bandwagon of “What will the F-35B exhaust do to a ship’s deck during a vertical landing?” Perhaps nobody in charge of paying for all this has noticed that the rubber tires on the wheels can handle such landings just fine.
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Solar Power Solutions

Jul 07, 2014
The three-article coverage of Space Solar Power (AW&ST June 9, pp. 42-45) highlights a bigger problem than just solving future electrical needs. Frank Morring, Jr., wrote about the potential to destroy severe hurricanes, fight global warming by eliminating green house gases, and save lives in combat zones.
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New Solutions, Old Problems

Jul 07, 2014
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Supercomputing Potential

Jul 07, 2014
In “Computing Crunch” (AW&ST May 19, p. 18), Graham Warwick points out that even with efficiency improvements, an exascale (1E18 flops) supercomputer is projected to require 20-200 megawatts or more. These numbers match power-generation figures for small modular reactors. Since a key factor is utilization, processing at or near capacity for extended periods, this operating load could be considered ideal for a dedicated nuclear power application.
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Dual-Registration No. Suspected

Jul 07, 2014
Something does not add up with reader Bill Johnson’s letter and accompanying photograph (AW&ST June 16, p. 9) about his memory of Lufthansa Boeing 747 training in 1971 and the photo of D-ABYC. The photo is of a Boeing 747-8, which was manufactured in 2012 so could not have been the aircraft Johnson saw in 1971. I am curious as to whether Lufthansa reused the registration D-ABYC on two different aircraft. Can anyone shed light on this?
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A350, For Sure

Jul 07, 2014
Surely the caption accompanying a photograph in “New World” (AW&ST June 30, p. 53) should indicate that the aircraft is an Airbus A350, not the A340, as stated. (The reader is correct—Ed.)

Who's Where

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Stevens Aviation

Jul 07, 2014
Paul Witt has been appointed executive vice president-operations of Stevens Aviation, Greenville, South Carolina.
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Elbit Systems of America

Jul 07, 2014
Leanne Collazzo (see photo) has been named vice president-commercial aviation for Fort Worth-based Elbit Systems of America.
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Proof Research

Jul 07, 2014
John Clements has become director of research, development and testing for Proof Research, Columbia Falls, Montana. He was weapons program manager at the Naval Special Warfare Development Group.
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American Airlines

Jul 07, 2014
Jeff Plant has been appointed leader of the American Airlines team at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. He was the airline’s managing director at Los Angeles International Airport. Plant succeeds Art Pappas, who will be retiring.
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FlightSafety International

Jul 07, 2014
Glenn Hausmann (see photo) has been promoted to manager of FlightSafety International’s Learning Center at New York LaGuardia Airport from the facility’s director of standards and manager. He succeeds Ralph Lintelman (see photo) who has been named manager of the Learning Center in Wilmington, Delaware. Lintelman follows Barry Massey, who plans to retire on July 31.
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Civil Air Patrol

Jul 07, 2014
Col. Larry Myrick of San Luis Obispo, California, has been named the next national vice commander of the Civil Air Patrol. He is an adviser to the CAP national commander, Maj. Gen. Chuck Carr. Col. Larry Ragland, who has been Middle East commander, has been named chief of staff to the national commander, Brig. Gen. Joe Vazquez. U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jayson Altieri of CAP’s North Carolina Wing, has been appointed vice chairman of the CAP board of governors. He succeeds Lt. Col.
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U.S. Navy’s Air Combat Electronics Program Office

Jul 07, 2014
Candace Chesser (see photo) has been promoted to program manager from deputy program manager of the U.S. Navy’s Air Combat Electronics Program Office, NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. She succeeds Capt. Tracy Barkhimer, who has retired. Chesser was principal deputy program manager for the Naval Air Traffic Management Systems Program Office.
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Lockheed Martin Corp.

Jul 07, 2014
John Rood has become vice president-domestic business development for the Lockheed Martin Corp., Bethesda, Maryland. He succeeds John Ward, who plans to retire Aug. 1. Rood was vice president-U.S. business development for Raytheon.
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Northrop Grumman Corp.

Jul 07, 2014
Kevin A. Bell (see photo) has been appointed lead executive for Northrop Grumman Corp. business in Dayton, Ohio. He retired from the U.S. Air Force as assistant to the commander of the Aeronautical Systems Center at nearby Wright Patterson AFB.
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Textron Systems’ Unmanned Systems

Jul 07, 2014
Wayne Prender (see photo) has been named vice president of the Ground Control Technologies organization of Textron Systems’ Unmanned Systems, Hunt Valley, Maryland. He was program director within the small/medium-endurance unmanned aircraft systems group.
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USN

Jul 07, 2014
USN Rear Adms. (lower half) Mark W. Darrah, Mathias W. Winter and Gordon D. Peters have been selected for promotion to rear admiral. Darrah will become program executive officer for Strike Weapons and Unmanned Aviation at Patuxent River, Maryland. He will succeed Winter, who has been named chief of naval research/director of innovation, technology requirements, and test and evaluation.
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Cubic Corp.

Jul 07, 2014
Bill Toti has been appointed president of San Diego-based Cubic’s Mission Support Services segment. Toti also will be a senior vice president of the Cubic Corp. He was vice president/account executive for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Accounts for Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services. Toti will succeed Jimmie Balentine, who is retiring but will remain as the segment's chairman.
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Terma North America Inc.

Jul 07, 2014
Larry Hungerford (see photo) has been named president/CEO of Washington-based Terma North America Inc. He has been its vice president-business development for command, control and sensor systems, and was vice president-domestic business development for space programs at Lockheed Martin.
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Aireon

Jul 07, 2014
Cyriel Kronenburg has become vice president-sales and marketing for Aireon, McLean, Virginia. He was global head of air traffic control matters for the International Air Transport Association and had been its head of government and infrastructure affairs for North America and the Caribbean.

The World

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Pogue Award Honors Top FAA Adminstrator

Jul 07, 2014
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First Flight for Production HondaJet

Jul 07, 2014
The first production HondaJet has taken to the skies, bringing the aircraft closer to certification as planned in early 2015.
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Four Bs or Not Four Bs

Jul 07, 2014
Four F-35Bs are due at RAF Fairford in England to allow pilots time for verification flights in advance of their debut flying displays at the Royal International Tattoo this week followed by the Farnborough air show next week. As of July 2, the single-leg transatlantic crossing of the foursome was on hold, as the single British F-35B slated for the show remained on the ground at Eglin AFB, Florida. The other three F-35Bs, operated by the U.S. Marine Corps, had arrived at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, the departure point for their historic Atlantic crossing.
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Russian Su-25s to Iraq

Jul 07, 2014
The Iraqi defense ministry has taken delivery of 10-12 Sukhoi Su-25 ground-attack aircraft from Russia. The Su-25s are expected to become operational soon, but late last week, it was not clear exactly how many had been received or who will fly them. It is unlikely that Iraqi pilots will have had enough time to adapt to the type, although the Iraqi air force previously flew the model during Saddam Hussein’s rule.
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U.S. Navy Aircraft Awards

Jul 07, 2014
The U.S. Navy awarded about $5.6 billion in aviation transactions at the end of June. Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems received a $3.6 billion modification to change the advanced acquisition contract for E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes to a multiyear, fixed-price-incentive-firm target contract. The contract modification further provides for procurement of 25 full-rate-production E-2Ds. Work is expected to be completed in August 2021. Meantime, Boeing received a $1.94 billion fixed-price-incentive-fee contract for full-rate production of 11 Lot 38 F/A-18E Super Hornets and 33 EA-18G Growlers.
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Cloud Stealth

Jul 07, 2014
The U.S. Navy last month tested how radar-absorbing, carbon-fiber clouds can prevent a missile from detecting and striking its maritime target, Navy officials say. The Navy tested the manmade clouds, called maritime obscurant generator prototypes, to assess their tactical effectiveness for anti-ship missile defenses. The systems and tactics were tested off Guam under a variety of at-sea conditions using unidentified assets from the Army, Navy and Air Force to evaluate how the radar-absorbing, carbon-fiber clouds can protect naval assets as part of a layered defense, officials say.
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Mars Request

Jul 07, 2014
Mars One, the Dutch nonprofit with ambitious plans to start a human colony on the red planet in the mid-2020s, has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for a range of engineering payloads suitable for the robotic lander it hopes to dispatch in August 2018. The lander and its landing area are intended to serve as the staging site for the organization’s first settlers. The 17-page RFP seeks responses from the private sector, academia and nonprofits prepared to compete for 44 kg (97 lb.) of total lander payload availability.
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NASA Facing Cleanup Bill

Jul 07, 2014
NASA faces $1.1 billion in environmental cleanup liabilities from decades of rocket testing and other research activities, according to the agency’s inspector general. But NASA’s entire budget for such work could be overwhelmed by a single project: restoration of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory northwest of Los Angeles. Working with California officials, NASA has committed $200 million in 2016-17 to the cleanup of the former rocket-testing facility shared with the U.S. Air Force, which is more than the agency’s entire environmental management budget of $153 million.
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NASA Launches Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2

Jul 07, 2014
NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 cleared initial power and communications checkouts following a nominal liftoff aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket from a foggy Vandenberg AFB, California, early July 2. On its way to a 438-mi.-high, Sun-synchronous orbit, the satellite began a two-year, $468 million primary mission to assess carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the Earth’s atmosphere and the influence of greenhouse gases on climate change.

Obituary

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Southwest Airlines Founder Rollin King Dies

Jul 07, 2014
It is quite a telling experience to try and search for information about Rollin King on Southwest Airlines’ website. In the “Officers” category of the company’s official online history presentation, King is only mentioned once: “Rollin W. King, a founder and former president of Southwest Airlines, has been named Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of Panama Air International” (Nov. 26, 1991).

Up Front

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Opinion: BAE Has Run Out Of Strategic Options

Jul 08, 2014
How a ‘star of the show’ turned into a lackluster performer

Leading Edge

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Robotics Explored For Disaster Response, Cockpits

Jul 09, 2014
Performing complex human tasks in stressful human environments is key to Darpa robotics

Reality Check

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Opinion: Arianespace Facing Shake-Up To Compete With SpaceX

Jul 10, 2014
In the coming months, Europe’s space community will have to admit it must prepare to pay a high price for a major strategic error.

Airline Intel

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IATA And ICAO Launch Flight-Tracking Drive

Jul 08, 2014
Regulators and industry strive to close flight-tracking ambiguities

In Orbit

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What Spaceflight Planning Can Teach Us On Earth

Jul 08, 2014
Life support in space holds lessons for the Earth

Washington Outlook

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Inhofe: Reduce ‘Unfair Practices And Regulations’ For Private Pilots

Jul 07, 2014
Two years after he ushered his “Pilot’s Bill of Rights” into law to bolster private pilots’ positions during federal enforcement actions, the Capitol’s leading everyman-aviator advocate, Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), wants to further amend the list.
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The Shrinking Obama War-Related Budget Request

Jul 07, 2014
Long dreaded by the defense industry, a significant ramping down of war--related supplemental budgets has begun with the Obama administration’s outline of its fiscal 2015 request. The White House submitted a summary in late June—although not yet actual legislation—to lawmakers of its Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) budget for the year starting Oct. 1.

Research & Development

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NASA Plans Tests Of Distributed Electric Propulsion

Jul 10, 2014
Light aircraft are early targets for the efficiency and safety benefits touted for electric propulsion
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Closing In On Cruise-Efficient VTOL UAS

Jul 08, 2014
Propulsion revolution starts small, with prototype hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff UAS

Air Transport

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Sukhoi Eyes Superjet Stretch Plan For 2015

Jul 08, 2014
Sukhoi is looking for ways to make the Superjet more competitive
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China United Plans To Become Budget Carrier

Jul 08, 2014
China should have four budget airlines by year-end
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Boeing Aims To Build 747-8s Faster

Jul 08, 2014
Boeing hopes further improvements will make the 747-8 more attractive for passenger airlines

Defense

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U.K. Tornadoes Getting Collision Warning Systems

Jul 08, 2014
Slow action on collision-warning systems cost lives, says U.K. Military Aviation Authority
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Dutch Halt NH90 Deliveries After Unlucky 13

Jul 08, 2014
Corrosion issue presents a major setback for complex NH90 project

Face to Face

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Lockheed CEO On Defense And Space Endeavors

Jul 07, 2014
Lockheed Martin Chairman, President and CEO Marillyn Hewson sat down outside Washington with AW&ST Editor-in-Chief Joseph C. Anselmo and Senior Pentagon Editor Amy Butler to talk about the issues facing the company and its programs.

Rotorcraft

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Sikorsky: Combat Rescue Helo Competitively Priced

Jul 09, 2014
Combat Rescue Helicopter to benefit from maturity, scale of Sikorsky’s UH-60M program

European Fighter Upgrades

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U.K. Gears Up For Typhoon Enhancements

Jul 09, 2014
U.K. sets course for Typhoon ground-attack capability
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Neuron Tests Moving To Sweden In 2016

Jul 07, 2014
Franco-British UCAS agreement at Farnborough uncertain
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Meteor, Cruise Missiles Top Europe’s Shopping List

Jul 11, 2014
Fighters rearm for the 2020s and beyond
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New Avionics For Gripen, Typhoon And Rafale

Jul 07, 2014
Europe revamps fighter systems and sensors
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Why Euro-Canards Are Still A Factor

Jul 11, 2014
Modernizing Europe’s premier combat aircraft

Eastern Europe Military Modernization

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Why The Ukraine Crisis Gets On European Nerves

Jul 07, 2014
Russia’s actions provoke defense rethink
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Europe: Who’s Responding To Russia, Who’s Not

Jul 07, 2014
Russia’s actions provoke defense rethink
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Eastern European Countries Update Militaries

Jul 07, 2014
How Poland is reacting to Russian aggression
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Southeastern Europe’s Response To Ukraine Crisis

Jul 07, 2014
Neighbors southwest of Ukraine are taking varying measures in response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea
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Militaries Seek New, Networked Anti-Air Missiles

Jul 07, 2014
Situation in Ukraine renews interest in modern air defenses
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Aegis Ashore On Track Despite Russian Consternation

Jul 07, 2014
Romania is ready to receive Aegis Ashore in 2015

Aerospace Calendar

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Conferences & Exhibitions

Jul 07, 2014
July 16—Farnborough Civil Manufacturing Briefings, Farnborough (England) air show. Oct. 7-9—MRO Europe, Madrid. Nov. 4-6—MRO Asia, Singapore. Nov. 19-20—A&D Programs, Litchfield Park, Arizona. Feb. 2-3—MRO Middle East, Dubai. April 14-16—MRO Americas, Miami.
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Upcoming Events

Jul 07, 2014
July 14-20—Farnborough air show. www.farnborough.com/airshow-20124 July 16-18—Quantum Control User Group Annual Conference. San Diego. www.quegroup.camp7.org/events?eventId= 803805&EventViewMode=EventDetails July 19—Washington Island (Wisconsin) Lions Club’s 61st Annual Fly-In Whitefish Boil. Washington Island Airport. Call Gregg Gaura at 920-847-2070.

Viewpoint

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Opinion: 3-D Printing Helps Tell Novelty And Innovation Apart

Jul 09, 2014
3-D printing: evolution, not revolution