Frank Quintavalle has been promoted to director from manager of e-commerce client relations and Jim Nelson to director of e-commerce integration solutions from a product line manager for Worldspan of Atlanta. John James has been appointed director of e-commerce business development for the Americas and Stacy Cantrell director of e-commerce programs. James was head of strategic, product and communication marketing for the XTRA On-Line Corp. Cantrell was director of content programming and operations for Cox Interactive Media's MP3Radio.com.
Karen K. Clegg has been named vice president/general manager of Honeywell Defense and Space and Garrett E. Mikita president of Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc., both in Columbia, Md. Clegg was president of Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, while Mikita was vice president/general manager of Honeywell Supply Chain Services.
If anyone needs further evidence of how important Web collaboration is becoming in aerospace, look no further than Structural Dynamics Research Corp. At the Paris air show, SDRC will unveil TeamCenter, its entry in the race to build collaborative product management systems that use the Web as a computing medium.
The development and deployment schedules of the FAA's Stars program remain at risk and the cost continues to increase, according to FAA and Transportation Dept. officials.
Jack Vance has been named vice president-quality assurance and Robert P. Kaplan, a former member of Canada's Parliament, to the board of directors of Advanced Aerodynamics&Structures Inc., Long Beach, Calif.
These brushless motors are electronically commutated and have long motor life because there are no mechanical brushes to wear out. Hall effect sensors, built into the motor, provide feedback to the control electronics. By assembling the motor so the coils are outside the rotor, good heat dissipation and high overload capacity is attained. Continuous output power is 80 watts, maximum speed is 25,000 rpm. High-energy neodymium magnet use results in a high-torque capability in a small package. The motors are CE-approved for the European market.
UAL Corp.--parent company of United Airlines--plans to purchase 35 business jets from General Dynamics Corp.'s Gulfstream Aerospace, blurring the lines between business and commercial aviation and opening a new chapter in the remarkable evolution of aircraft fractional ownership. The $1.25-billion transaction includes a long-term maintenance agreement.
Bill Freeman has become director of sales and marketing for Southwest Companies Inc., Tulsa, Okla. He was sales manager for the Accessory Services Div. of Curtiss-Wright Flight Systems, Gastonia, N.C.
Xantrex Technology programmable power supplies were selected by NASA to test and repair electronic equipment on the International Space Station and visiting space shuttles. The 1,000-watt programmable power supplies (Xantrex model XHR, 150 volts, 7 amps) were launched in March on Discovery. The ISS's main power is generated from a solar photovoltaic array at 120VDC, which the Xantrex units convert to variable voltage levels required to test the electronic equipment, including avionics, that will be on the station.
Robert M. Chiusano has been appointed executive vice president/chief operating officer for government systems and Neal J. Keating executive vice president/ COO for commercial systems for Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Chiusano was vice president/general manager for government systems, while Keating held those posts in air transport systems.
The Series 9000 sensor is designed to determine the proximity of a piston inside a cylinder. The ultra-small magnetic proximity sensor is available in both solid-state electronic and reed styles, and is designed to mount on a variety of cylinders. It is used in applications in which the pistons have a very short stature and require a diminutive sensor. For added strength, the unit's electronics are housed in a rugged 20%-glass-filled module.
John K. Loh has been appointed manager of field service for the Dassault Falcon Jet Corp., Teterboro, N.J. He was senior field representative. Loh succeeds Bill Vonder Linden, who has become manager of spares technical programs.
CITATIONSHARES IS EXPANDING ITS OPERATIONS to markets east of the Rocky Mountains. According to the company, which sells fractional shares in Cessna Citation-series business jets, flights in the new region will begin Aug. 1. John Hall, senior vice president of sales and marketing, said expanding to the Central U.S. is part of the company's overall growth plan for fractional ownership and is a direct result of customer input and demand for air travel there. Cessna Aircraft Co. and TAG Aviation launched CitationShares in July 2000.
Randy C. Parsley has been appointed business development manager for Pratt&Whitney Liquid Space Propulsion, West Palm Beach, Fla. He succeeds Carl Pignoli, who has retired.
Not only is Airbus' new A380 reshaping the market for wide-body transports, it is also proving to be a watershed of sorts for aircraft equipment suppliers. Until now, Airbus has relied heavily on suppliers from Europe, except for hardware items that were not readily available from European manufacturers. This policy has allowed local equipment makers to grow and prosper along with the European airframer.
Bob Cantwell (see photos) has been appointed chief financial officer, Tom Martin vice president-sales and Kim Reade director of marketing, all for Boeing subsidiary Aeroinfo Systems, Richmond, British Columbia. Cantwell was director of business planning for Canadian Airlines and Martin director of aerospace and defense for i2 Technologies. Reade held marketing posts at IBM and GE Capital.
Arthur P. Garner, 3rd, has been promoted to president/chief operating officer of Orincon Industries of San Diego from president/COO of the company's defense operating unit.He will be succeeded by Terry Magee, who has been director of that unit's Navy programs.
Comair and its pilots' union settled on a tentative contract last week on the last day of a three-day negotiating session that may have brought an end to the 12-week-old strike. The Master Executive Council, which is the ruling body of the Air Line Pilots Assn. unit at Comair, and the pilots' negotiating committee endorsed the agreement, a sign that it meets at least some of the pilots' goals. Details were scarce, but MEC Chairman J.C. Lawson said the pact ``differs substantially'' from two previous proposals, which the pilots rejected overwhelmingly.
As we walk the ramps and talk in the chalets at the Paris air show this week, it will be natural to reflect on the state of this increasingly global aerospace industry. I can't help but wonder whether we may be witnessing a turning point in aerospace and aviation--the beginning of seismic shifts from U.S. dominance to European parity and then perhaps preeminence.
Cathay Pacific and Tenzing Communications gave a public demo of a satellite-based high-speed onboard data network in a Boeing 747 first-class cabin mock-up that will be the first of its kind to enter revenue service, according to the partners. Rollout of the 11-Mbps. service will begin in the third quarter, and all Cathay aircraft are to be fitted by the end of 2003, the partners said. Tenzing will also start up on Singapore Airlines and Virgin Atlantic later this year (AW&ST Apr. 2, p. 21).
An advanced melt mixer that calculates and displays a resin's flow rate has been introduced by Tinius Olsen Inc. Standard equipment with the basic MP600 consists of operating tools, piston rod and orifices. Modularity permits greater automated testing, such as control of multiple units, from a single PC. Weights and reference thermometers are available for all standard and custom applications.
Pioneer New Media Technologies Inc. and Delta Air Lines will install 500 50-in. plasma display panels (model PDP-502MX) in the Delta terminals at Los Angeles, New York (JFK), Atlanta, Washington, Salt Lake City, Cincinnati and Dallas airports. The project is scheduled for this fall. Most of the plasma displays will be installed in the gate area of each Delta terminal and will provide current alerts about weather, flight status, passenger stand-by status and number of minutes until departure.
David Hipschman has been named editor-in-chief of Cessna Owner and Pipers, the official publications of the Cessna Owner Organization and Piper Owner Society. He was editor of the Forum, a daily newspaper serving Fargo, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn.
