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International Civil Aviation Organization has fixed Dec. 22 for the first-ever trial of the Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) over India, the Bay of Bengal and South Asia. During the trial, all westbound flights crossing defined points in the specified flight information regions will be required to participate in the ATFM operational trial. The ATFM arrangement means all civil flights will be able to use airspace of countries in the region, which will not only help domestic airlines reduce ground delays during rush hours, but also cut flight times and fuel waste.
Christian Duhain has been named head of Amsterdam-based EADS International, the corporate marketing organization of EADS. He succeeds Jean-Paul Gut, who is now chief operating officer for marketing, international and strategy. Duhain was senior vice president-South Asia and Pacific for EADS International.
Net income for Aeroports de Paris grew 83.1% to 89.6 million euros ($107.5 million) in the first half of 2005. Year-on-year revenue grew to 932.2 million euros, a 5.4% increase.
E.C. (Pete) Aldridge, Jr., has been named to receive the 2005 Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy from the Washington-based National Aeronautic Assn. The trophy is awarded "for significant public service of enduring value to aviation in the United States." Aldridge's career includes 18 years in the Defense Dept., most recently as undersecretary for acquisition, technology and logistics. He was Air Force secretary under President Reagan and has been chief executive of The Aerospace Corp. and president of McDonnell Douglas Electronics Systems Co.
David Jan Steele has become vice president of Delta Solutions & Strategies of Colorado Springs. He was a member of the Air Force Senior Executive Service responsible for managing acquisition and sustainment of command and control systems within Norad's Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center.
Swiss International Air Lines is facing continued cost-cutting pressure from its new shareholder, Lufthansa. Lufthansa's Chairman and CEO Wolfgang Mayrhuber confirmed in an interview with a Swiss newspaper that the takeover contract between the companies includes an exit clause. But, "I'm convinced that we will not [exercise] this option," he says.
USAF Lt. Col. (ret.) James E. Bradley (Westmoreland, Kan.)
In "Profiling Noise" (AW&ST Sept. 5, p. 44), Michael Mecham states: "Boeing's test site is a former B-47 bomber Strategic Air Base . . . ." The Glasgow, Mont., base never had B-47s. Air Defense Command F-101s and Strategic Air Command B-52Ds were stationed there. I spent five years at Glasgow from 1963-68 on a B-52D crew. Prior to SAC, the F-101 was stationed there. The base was closed in 1968 and used only as a dispersal alert base until the Cold War ended. Boeing began active use of Glasgow after Mount St. Helens spewed ash on Moses Lake (Larson AFB, Wash.).
Northrop Grumman has received a $64-million contract to help the U.S. Air Force find and qualify technical experts in air defense. The company will hire personnel for the Air Force's intelligence collection and analysis requirement. Also included is operational planning, training, exercise planning and execution, computer systems and network management. Cubic Applications is Northrop's teammate.
Piaggio Aero Industries aims to introduce a new aircraft that offers greater capability than the P.180 twin-pusher turboprop. The new type, currently designated the P1XX, is anticipated for 2010--the P.180 will likely be upgraded and retained. The feasibility study for the project is now focused on finding suitable industrial and financial partners. Birthing the aircraft will likely require upfront spending of 500 million euros ($605 million), which is more than Piaggio can generate on its own.
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Michael D. Maples has been nominated for promotion to lieutenant general and appointment as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency in Washington. He has been vice director of the Joint Staff.
Jerry B. Agee (see photo) has been named corporate vice president and president of the Mission Systems Sector of the Los Angeles-based Northrop Grumman Corp. He was deputy sector president.
A French court investigation of the Air France Concorde accident is finally entering into a critical phase of the years-old inquiry. Although it was set up to determine who bears the legal responsibilities for the July 2000 crash, the scope has been broadened: Investigation judge Christophe Regnard is now wondering whether the Franco-British supersonic transport was allowed to keep its type certification long after serious technical weaknesses were suspected.
Raytheon and Lockheed Martin have reached an out-of-court settlement on a teaming arrangement for the next increment of the Distributed Common Ground Station. Raytheon sued its DCGS partner, Lockheed Martin, after the latter opted to team with rival Northrop Grumman for an upcoming block upgrade competition, raising concerns at Raytheon about protecting proprietary information.
We have numerous recent airline retirees who were once military pilots, often in combat roles. They are generally in excellent health and have logged thousands of hours.
Ongoing operations are exposing the cracks in Britain's airlift capacity, with the threat of further problems in 2006. Availability issues with the Royal Air Force's (RAF) L-1011 Tristar tanker transport and, to a lesser extent, with the Lockheed Martin C-130s, are causing difficulties. Moreover, the pending deployment of additional British forces to Afghanistan next year will place further demands on the RAF's airlift assets.
Allegations that the U.K. is snuggling up to Europe at the expense of its "special relationship" with the U.S. provoked a swift and sharp rebuttal from British Defense Secretary John Reid. In the Center for Policy Studies paper "The Wrong Side of the Hill," the London-based think tank contends there is a "secret realignment of U.K.
Capturing an airfield is only half the battle, turning it into an operational asset is the other. Securing Basra International Airport during Operation Telic provided British forces with a potential air bridge into the Iraqi theater, dependent on establishing an air traffic control (ATC) capability at the airfield.
JetBlue's new Embraer 190s will play a major role in the company's route expansion plans from Boston's Logan International and the carrier's home base, New York-JFK International. The low-cost carrier plans to add up to 10 daily Boston-New York nonstops beginning Nov. 9. It will add new daily Boston-Austin, Tex., services beginning Jan. 19 and New York-Richmond, Va., flights beginning Mar. 31. JetBlue says the Boston-JFK services will open up new connections, including Phoenix, San Diego and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Matthew Boucher and Veronica Clifford have become members of the Titusville-Cocoa (Fla.) Airport Authority board of directors. They succeed Craig Rastello and Russell Alarie, who have resigned.
Smiths Detection began showing a prototype of its passive millimeter- wave body-scanning machine last week at the Inter Airport Europe 2005 trade show in Munich. The Tadar machine can find contraband such as weapons and explosives, and is designed for use in airports, federal buildings, prisons and embassies. It will enter production in 2006.
Rolls-Royce developers are looking deep into their research base to identify technologies that may be ready for use on the Trent 1700 the company will build for the Airbus A350. Rolls this month was able to close negotiations with Airbus to become the second powerplant offering on the new twin widebody, joining General Electric whose GEnx has already scored its first customer commitments.
The U.S. Air Force is launching an education outreach effort for foreign militaries to ensure that during future military operations, the U.S. and its allies will dominate the skies over a battlefield.
