John Mark Garrett has become branch manager at Washington Dulles International Airport for Sage Parts Plus, Farmingdale, N.Y. He was director of aftermarket sales for the TUG division of Stewart and Stevenson.
Two teams led by Hochtief and IVG have agreed to make a joint offer for Berlin's new international airport that is scheduled to open in 2007. The Hochtief team, which includes Frankfurt Airport, was removed from the competition earlier this year because of bidding irregularities (AW&ST Mar. 6, p. 17). German courts, however, would look favorably on collaboration between Hochtief and IVG.
William H. Cunningham, former chancellor of the University of Texas, has been named to the board of directors of Southwest Airlines. He succeeds Walter Mischer, Sr., who has retired. Rhonda Cronk has been appointed station manager at Tucson, Ariz. She was manager of staff planning. Christina Nation has become marketing manager for the Baltimore/Washington area. She was base coordinator there.
Georgetta A. Wolff has become vice president/assistant general counsel and counsel for the Northrop Grumman Corp. Integrated Systems Sector in Dallas. She was associate sector counsel for Air Combat Systems. She succeeds W. Burks Terry, who has been promoted to corporate vice president/general counsel.
Another criticism of program underfunding was leveled last week against NASA's Mars Surveyor Program for the loss of the Mars Polar Lander and Mars Climate Orbiter last year (AW&ST Apr. 3, p. 40). The space agency's inspector general said NASA is not properly using its own office of Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) in Fairfax, Va., to run outside assessments of software development programs through full-mission life cycles.
While many other carriers are struggling to stay in the black, or swimming in red ink, Lufthansa is enjoying one of its most profitable years. After posting an operating profit last week of 794 million euros ($681 million) for the first nine months--a 50.7% jump over the same period last year--the German airline revised its estimate sharply upward for the full year. Operating earnings are now expected to grow 40% in 2000-01, which is substantially more than the 10% increase that was forecast at the beginning of the fiscal year (AW&ST May 15, p. 40).
After considerable soul-searching, Russia will take the 14-year-old Mir space station out of service. Following a recommendation from industry specialists, and approved by the Russian Aviation and Space Agency, the spacecraft will be permitted to fall into the Pacific Ocean on Feb. 26-28. The government has allocated 750 million rubles (about $27 million). A Progress M supply ship will be launched in December to deliver fuel to keep Mir in correct orbit until February.
Teresa B. Vanhooser has been appointed manager of payload operations and integration for the Flight Projects Directorate at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. She was manager of the Multiuse Payload Group in the directorate's Payload Operations and Integration Dept.
An Antonov An-24 twin-turboprop slammed into a field and exploded 2 mi. from Luanda International Airport in Angola shortly after takeoff on Nov. 15, killing at least 34 passengers and five crewmembers. No explanation has yet been given for the crash, which killed all on board. The Ukrainian-built aircraft was registered in Angola and chartered by the Angolan company Asa Pesada for a domestic flight. The crew consisted of four Ukrainians and an Angolan. Two weeks ago, on Oct. 31, an Antonov An-26 crash- ed in northeastern Angola, killing 48 people on board.
Fearful the U.S. may be losing its edge in intelligence satellites, a congressionally mandated panel is urging Presidential-level attention to the situation and the establishment of a new office to champion and execute advanced technology projects.
Theresa A. Smith has become project manager and Wendy L. Wilke director of projects for the transportation services business of Ross and Baruzzini of St. Louis.
An F-16 collided with a small civilian aircraft about 20 mi. from MacDill AFB, Fla., on Nov. 16. The Air Force pilot ejected and survived, but one person was killed in the light aircraft. The civil aircraft fell in pieces onto a golf course, while the F-16 crashed into woods a few miles away and started fires.
Las Vegas might not be the optimum place to gamble on a startup carrier. But after only 17 months in operation, it appears that the bet is paying off for National Airlines and its risk-taking CEO and president, Michael Conway.
New stealth coatings for the B-2 have been shown to cut low-observable maintenance time by more than half while reducing the bomber's already small radar reflection and making it less vulnerable to low-frequency radar, according to tests completed for Northrop Grumman late last month.
With the use of GPS navigation so ubiquitous that it shows up in wristwatches and new cars, not to mention combat aircraft and precision guided weapons, it was inevitable that small, cheap devices to jam the satellite signals would follow. A 1-watt jammer can deny some kinds of GPS access out to 50 mi. But now Lockheed Martin researchers have developed an antijamming device that will first appear on the Air Force's Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile early next year--and not a minute too soon, they say.
Rozalie Schachter has been named president of Herley Wireless Technologies Inc., Lancaster, Pa, and Allan Coon president of its Microwave Products Group. Howard Eckstein has been promoted to senior vice president from vice president/general manager of the Space and Communications Group, John Kelley to senior vice president from vice president/director of corporate development and Mitchell Tuckman to senior vice president from president/general manager of General Microwave.
A U.K. government airport competition review has decided that BAA can continue to operate London's three largest airports--Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted. The private airport operator will continue to be subject to economic regulation, with plans for modifications to the current regulatory regime. In addition, the review permits airlines to trade takeoff and landing slots, but new ones would be auctioned off. The U.K. will forward its case for an open market in airport slots to the European Commission, which is reviewing the current policy.
David W. Shaw has become president of the BFGoodrich Co.'s Aviation Services Div., Everett, Wash. He was vice president/general manager of in-production business for the company's Aerostructures Group in Chula Vista, Calif.
Sherman Adams has been named chief operating officer/general counsel and Matthew Stasior chief financial officer of Toronto-based CharterHub Inc. Mike Aymong, John Bradley and Douglas Carty have been appointed to the board of directors. Aymong is executive vice presi- dent-sales, marketing and customer service of Group Telecom, and Bradley is one of its founders and chief scientist. Carty was senior vice president/chief financial officer of Canadian Airlines.
The U.S. Navy is interested in giving its fighters an all-weather bombing and reconnaissance capability with the prospect of such a system being fielded on the F-14 in the near future.
A pie chart on p. 90 in the Nov. 13 issue incorrectly reported the number of respondents to a PRTM/Aviation Week survey concerning who expects preferred supplier relationships to be strengthened by B2B activities. The correct response is 36%.
U.S. Navy Capt. (ret.) T. Ladson Webb, Jr., has become vice president-marketing and international operations for the Engineered Arresting Systems Corp., Aston, Pa. He was chief aviation officer for the Navy's Program Office for Aircraft Carriers.
Joe Hoffman (see photos) has been named president of the Phoenix-based Aviation Communications and Surveillance Systems unit of the L-3 Communications Corp. Other recent appointments are: Bill Pollak, vice president-sales and support; Don Schumann, director of airline and original equipment manufacturer marketing; Larry Clark, director of business and general aviation marketing; Tom Dooling, director of military and helicopter programs; and Jeff Quackenbush, director of customer support.
