Bryan Teed has been appointed vice president-program management for Messier-Dowty's Toronto-based Business and Regional Aircraft Div. Tim Whittier has been named director of marketing and business development. He succeeds Allan Harvey, who has retired. Shirley Tousignant has become vice president-finance and Barry Wohl vice president-human resources and administration.
Cramped in a small container carried on a KC-130, a group of U.S. Marine Corps officers and enlisted personnel played an important role directing the service's attack and lift helicopters to ensure timely close air support, medical evacuation and resupply of ground forces operating inside Iraq.
The elimination of Iraq as a military power has given Israeli leaders perhaps as many as five years during which they can slash military spending, in part by decommissioning or reorganizing up to 10 air force squadrons equipped with older aircraft.
NASA is making decisions that will shape future human spaceflight activities even before it receives recommendations from the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) next month, driven by the demands of the International Space Station for a return to shuttle flights as rapidly as safely possible.
Given the success of the B-1 and B-52 bombers as loitering, rapid-response, interdiction platforms, perhaps USAF should consider the following: Configure a KC-135 to carry and launch Lockheed Martin MLRS/Polar rockets through two trapeze mechanisms (for redundancy) that would extend above or below the fuselage. These would mount the four round boxes developed for Polar and could be reloaded in flight from a simple set of overhead tracks inside of the cabin.
The "Super Sett" abrasive precision endmills and inserts are designed for profile, plunge and chamfer milling applications. The endmills are "mini"-dia. PCD endmills featuring "coolant thru" for improved tool performance. The product also provides axial adjustment on each pocket, enabling adjustments of ±0.0001 in. of desired set height. Depths of cut up to 0.75 in. are possible with the product, which utilizes replacement blades. The company also offers a standard endmill stock program for endmills with diameters of 1-2 in.
The commercial off-the-shelf Hawkeye single-slot VME radar acquisition and scan converter is used for airborne command and control consoles, air traffic control and air defense systems. The 6U VME module has a main board and two PMC cards providing scan conversion and radar acquisition capability in a single slot. Radar video may also be received over a network connection using built-in 10/100 Base-T networks.
Robert H. Bishop, professor and holder of the Myron L. Begeman Fellowship in Engineering, has been named chairman-designate of the Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Dept. at the University of Texas at Austin. He will succeed David Dolling, professor of aerospace engineering, who will return to teaching and research.
SIMPLIFY, SIMPLIFY United Airlines last week began streamlining its boarding process system-wide, with the exception of a few international locations, with a "group" method the airline claims is 30% faster than traditional row callouts. Passengers will be asked to board by group: first-class first, followed by business-class, the last 10 rows of economy and "all other passengers." As a visual aid boarding passes will be stamped with a number in large bold text.
IBM, BAE Systems and Steria are offering a cooperative bid for the British Defense Ministry's defense information instruction program. The multibillion-dollar program will support the British military's information technology infrastructure.
Americans' candor will always puzzle me. For Kevin A. Capps, the U.S. doesn't have to request authorization for "overflight of other countries by American ICBMs armed with conventional weapons" (AW&ST May 26, p. 6). That implies that other nations would have to request permission to overfly the U.S. On the same page, Darrell Wooten finds it normal that the U.S. uses GPS, but he would deny the right to others to develop their own system. The U.S.
Macdonald, Dettwiler and Associates' information systems subsidiary, Dynacs, will provide inspections, reviews and audits of suppliers for the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center under a one-year option valued at up to $2.7 million.
This film for parts packaging provides better protection and easier wrapping than paper, according to the company. Cor-Pack VpCI EX film is co-extruded using three layers to provide desirable properties for packaging metal parts. Utilizing proprietary extrusion and fabrication technology, the product is a high-density film that includes patented vapor phase corrosion inhibitors to provide protection against moisture and corrosive attack from metal parts, multi-metal electrical assemblies and electronic components.
Paul H. Tate has been promoted to senior vice president/chief financial officer from vice president and Thomas W. Nunn to vice president-aviation safety and security from director of aviation safety and regulatory compliance for Frontier Airlines. Former U.S. Sen. Hank Brown has been appointed to the board of directors. He is president/CEO of the Daniels Fund and a former president of the University of Northern Colorado.
Richard L. Clayton (see photo) has become president of Textron Fastening Systems, Troy, Mich. He succeeds Joachim (Jake) Hirsch, who has resigned. Clayton has been president of Textron Industrial Components.
The D-Greeze AC 2603 aqueous concentrate removes a range of organic soils from ferrous and non-ferrous metal surfaces. It targets soils such as greases, lubricating oils, waxy films and honing, bending and stamping oils, as well as drawing compounds. The dilution ratio can be adjusted to provide maximum efficiency. The product is designed to reduce surface tension so that the bond between soil and metal surface can be broken. Reduced surface tension enables the cleaner to pull soils away from the surface and emulsify the oils.
BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE HAS BEGUN FLIGHT-TESTING the Thales-based Bombardier Enhanced Vision System (BEVS) for eventual installation in the company's long-range Global Express business jet. The 24-month development program is scheduled to achieve certification in the first quarter of 2005, according to Bombardier. BEVS, which will be standard equipment on the Global Express, uses an infrared sensor to provide pilots with improved visibility during IFR approaches and while taxiing at unfamiliar airports under conditions of low visibility.
While many airlines are reporting increases in summer bookings, traffic and system-wide data for the January-June 2003 period still reflect a downturn due to the war in Iraq, severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and a weak economic recovery overall, according to Standard & Poor's, a sector of The McGraw-Hill Companies.
The AP-400 UltraWand ultraviolet inspection kit is designed for use in field locations such as line maintenance stations. The 4watt UV probe measures 1 in. in diameter, and is 6 in. long. It delivers a typical peak 365nm UV intensity of 5,500 microwatts per square centimeter at the light source and more than 1,500 microwatts per square centimeter at 1in. The probe provides more than 40 hr. of inspection time on eight D-cell alkaline batteries. Also included is a 10-ft. power cord as well as a 10ft.
Recent U.S. combat operations have seen E-2Cs fly missions approaching their maximum endurance. Now Navy officials believe those long-lasting operations are the norm and they want to modify the carrier-based airborne early-warning system accordingly. Service officials are mulling an upgrade to the E-2C fleet to provide an inflight refueling capability. Unrefueled, the aircraft flies about 5 hr. Adding refueling should allow mission endurance to be increased by at least 2-3 hr., with crew endurance now the limiting factor.
MAKING PROGRESS A Russian Progress unmanned resupply spacecraft carrying 5,300 lb. of cargo docked with the Russian Pirs airlock module on the International Space Station June 11, three days after its launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on a Soyuz booster (right). The spacecraft--designated Progress M110--is the 11th Progress to make an automatic docking with the ISS. Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, the ISS Expedition 7 commander, and astronaut Edward Lu, the science officer, will start unloading the spacecraft this week, and later will use it as an orbital dumpster.
ATK has won a $17.6-million contract from Boeing Air and Missile Defense Systems, Huntsville, Ala., to manufacture components for the Israeli Arrow II interceptor missile.
The company has produced a series of off-axis, high-resolution and reflective collimators. Applications are in IR target projectors, target simulation and Flir testing and calibration. The Telescope-Off-Axis-Newtonian (TOAN) laboratory-quality collimator features Zerodur off-axis reflective optics, aluminum hardware and flexured mounts. The TOAN series is available with a range of f/numbers and clear apertures from 4-16 in. The off-axis design eliminates central obscuration. These factory aligned collimators can be adapted to user systems.
The planned delivery of an A318 to Frontier Airlines by Airbus this summer will prove once again that the French manufacturer can replicate the same cockpit instrumentation, operational procedures, performance and pilot ratings common to its other single-aisle line of transports.
European Space Agency managers will seek more money to advance their plans for a life-seeking robotic Mars lander, but until the German government agrees to join the effort, ESA's long-term goal of a role in human Mars exploration seems stymied.
