THE ADVANTAGES OF A STRONG, open-system architecture were evident in June Boeing integrated a new Raytheon radar into the mission system when Boeing integrated a new Raytheon radar into the mission system on its Joint Strike Fighter avionics flying laboratory in just 11 days. It was then flown in Boeing's 737 flying laboratory, where it successfully operated in air-to-air and air-to-ground modes, according to Boeing officials.
With the airline industry poised for possible structural change, the most likely takeover candidates are seeing the prices of their stock move higher. Last Wednesday, for example, Northwest Airlines shares jumped 2 1/8, to close at 37 7/8. Such moves reflect growing anticipation among investors of a possible transaction announcement.
Bob Pergler has become director of business development for government programs of Turbomeca/Microturbo, Grand Prairie, Tex. He was business development manager for the Raytheon Systems Co.
Lori Perine has become deputy to the associate director for technology in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. She was senior policy adviser for computing, information and communications for the National Science and Technology Council.
Indonesia's rebounding passenger traffic and weakened incumbent airlines are giving rise to startup carriers, but analysts predict the entrants face significant survival risks.
Jeff Bland has become deputy manager of the NASA X-33 Program Office in Palmdale, Calif. He was manager of the NASA resident office at Pratt&Whitney, West Palm Beach, Fla.
Carolyn Ezzell has been named managing director of the Delta Shuttle. She was director of airport customer service field operations for the Western U.S. for Delta Air Lines. She succeeds Bill Crumbley, who was promoted to managing director of field operations for inflight service.
Gregory Griffin and William Dobbs (see photos), senior principal systems engineers for Lockheed Martin Sanders, Nashua, N.H., have each received Lockheed Martin's 2000 Nova Award, the company's highest recognition for achievement. Griffin was honored for work on the fast direction-finding function for the F-22. He led development of an approach to improve performance of the aircraft's electronic warfare radio frequency subsystem against several emitters.
In the story on side-stick controllers and active control inceptors (AW&ST May 15, p. 59), the name of BAE Systems' teammate--Stirling Dynamics--was misspelled.
Failure of the National Missile Defense prototype to intercept a target vehicle on its third attempt was a surprising setback for the program, although Defense Dept. officials have indicated the incident probably will not have a significant impact on future NMD development. The reason for early optimism as officials sifted through telemetry data last week was that the problem--failure of the kill vehicle to separate from its second stage--was unrelated to the ground-based interceptor's primary mission.
X-38 Vehicle 131R arrived at NASA Dryden Research Center on July 11 in the 25-ft.-dia. hold of the Johnson Space Center's Super Guppy aircraft. Vehicle 131 was the first X-38 prototype and flew three flights at Dryden before being shipped to Johnson to be modified into V-131R, which more closely resembles the shape for NASA's proposed Crew Return Vehicle for the International Space Station. V-131R is to make a captive-carry flight under the wing of NASA's B-52 this summer, and be dropped free by year-end.
A private equity investor and Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates have made combined investments of up to $450 million in ICO-Teledesic Global, a holding company planning to provide wireless Internet satellite communications services. Clayton, Dubilier&Rice (CD&R) has committed $150 million to the venture, with the option of investing up to an additional $200 million at a later date. Gates, one of Teledesic's two primary founding investors, plans to invest $100 million through his private entity, Cascade Investment.
Peter Lund, former president/CEO of CBS, and James Cornelius, chairman of Guidant Corp., have been named to the board of directors of the Hughes Electronics Corp., El Segundo, Calif.
Michael Wolf has become executive vice president of Textron Lycoming, Williamsport, Pa.. He was vice president-quality assurance, materials and customer support.
Transport Canada has revised its disclosure policy to allow the naming of any corporate offender found guilty of, or accepting administrative sanctions for, violating Canada's aeronautic legislation. The rule change will ``allow for greater openness and transparency'' and make air carriers more accountable, according to Transport Minister David Collenette. The names are to be published along with a summary of the offense and resulting sanctions at Transport Canada's Web site.
Edmund Kamm has been named Chicago-based vice president of the Northern U.S. Div. of the Sabre Holdings Corp. He was director of business planning and operations for the Latin America and Caribbean Div.
Bowing to intense U.S. pressure, Israel has scrapped the pending sale to China of a Russian A-50 aircraft fitted with an Israeli-developed Phalcon airborne early warning system which has been a source of friction between the two nations.
Frankfurt Airport is evaluating the EyePass iris recognition system for controlling employee access to restricted areas. The noninvasive technology requires a 1-sec. glance into a camera for the system to recognize an authorized employee. A simple digital video camera image of the iris is all that's required for registration, according to Hans W. Gutsch, president and vice chairman of EyeTicket Corp., which is marketing EyePass. Every iris is unique and EyePass identification affords the highest accuracy of any biometric method, according to the McLean, Va.-based company.
The recently formed Coalition for a Global Standard on Aviation Noise is working to support a worldwide certification standard for noise reduction under the auspices of the International Civil Aviation Organization. The Washington-based coalition is made up of airlines, aircraft/powerplant manufacturers, airports and labor groups, and is headed by Gerald L. Baliles, former governor of Virginia and former chairman of the National Airline Commission. According to the group, ICAO is the only effective body to oversee this critical issue.
R. Lynn Bondurant will be the director of education for the X Prize Foundation in St. Louis. Bondurant was educational programs officer in the External Programs Directorate at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.
An AeroCaribe Jetstream twin turboprop crashed in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas on July 8, killing all 19 people on board, according to the Associated Press. The aircraft went down in a mountainous area 2 min. after pilots reported they were deviating slightly from their planned route due to bad weather. The flight data recorder was recovered and the data are being analyzed.
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Robert David Shadley (see photo) has been named vice president-Army operations of Alliant Techsystems of Minneapolis. He was deputy chief of staff for logistics at Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces Command, Ft. McPherson, Ga.
