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Air Force Bell Helicopter Textron 430 (1) Bell Helicopter Textron OH-58A (8) Bell Helicopter Textron UH-1H (3) Bell Helicopter Textron UH-1H Huey II (8) CASA C-212-400 (3) Enaer T-35B (7) Hughes Helicopters OH-6A (1) Schweizer 333 (4) Army Bell Helicopter Textron OH-58A (9) Robinson Helicopter Co. R22 (4) Robinson Helicopter Co. R44 (2)
Joseph A. Bannister (see photos) has been promoted to principal director and Ronald L. Owens to associate principal director of the Computer Science and Technology Subdivision of The Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, Calif. Bannister was network chief engineer supporting the Transformational Satellite Communications System, while Owens was systems director in the Ground Systems Dept. of the Computer and Systems Engineering Subdivision. Jeffrey H. Smith has been reappointed to the board of trustees.
Brenda L. Dingus is among the nine Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists who have been named Fellows of the American Physical Society. She was selected for "her pioneering work on understanding the highest energy gamma-ray emission from gamma-ray bursts." The others are: Michael R. Fitzsimmons, for "his work in elucidating the magnetization reversal processes in exchange bias systems using polarized neutron reflectometry"; George T.
Like Continental Airlines and AirTran Airways (AW&ST Jan. 8, p. 15, p. 18), United Airlines forecasts a "modest" operating loss in its fourth-quarter 2006 financial report. United says snowstorms at its two biggest hubs, Chicago and Denver, forced cancellation of about 3,900 mainline and regional flights, and reduced revenue by nearly $40 million. On the cost side, the snowstorms drove United's capacity in North American operations down 1.5% in December, increasing unit expenses.
Lockheed Martin has won a $654.9-million contract for fiscal 2007 for production and deployed support for the Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile program. The contract includes reentry system hardware and operations and maintenance to support for the program on submarines and onshore.
Now that the U.S. military is spending more on spare parts to repair worn weapons--and less on big new weapon systems--BAE Systems is launching a strategic initiative to change with the times. "I call it a special mission to power our way into being a successful 'readiness and sustainment' company," says Jeffrey A. Cook, vice president in charge of the new initiative for the Electronics & Integrated Solutions (E&IS) segment at BAE Systems.
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As they continue to navigate through a prolonged weak market, commercial communications satellite operators and the manufacturers of their spacecraft are eagerly awaiting the return of a balance between geostationary telecommunications capacity and demand. Expected late in this decade, a rebound cannot come fast enough for manufacturers.
Here is my spin on your list of six issues that demand action in 2007 (AW&ST Jan. 1, p. 66): *The broken U.S. military. The U.S. military is broken because we are doing too much for too many countries and people all over the world. The U.S. has 4.5% of the world's population, yet our military spends more than half of the world's military dollars. That ratio is way out of balance. It is time to bring our military-industrial complex back down to Earth and encourage or force our friends and allies to pick up their pro-rata share of defense costs.
