Susan Solomon, senior scientist at the Aeronomy Laboratory of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, Colo., has won the National Medal of Science. She received the U.S.' highest science honor for her work on the causes of the Antarctic ozone hole. James W.
IHS Engineering, a Denver-based technical information company, has launched an Internet catalog service that allows engineering and procurement professionals to locate products offered by more than 16,000 international manufacturers. Called CatalogXpress, the new collection enables searches by part, mod-
Praised was heaped last week on Walt Coleman, and rightfully so. Coleman retired Mar. 30 after a career that began with seven years of active-duty flying U.S. Navy Martin P5Ms and concluded with seven years as head of the Regional Airline Assn. In between, he flew and managed for Pan American World Airways and worked at the Air Transport Assn. His successor as president of the Aero Club here, Rachel Trinder of the law firm Zuckert, Scoutt&Rasenberger, summed up that career nicely at the club's luncheon last week.
Operational U.S. military units already reliant on space-based systems will soon be receiving more-sophisticated capabilities emerging from Air Force, Army and Navy development laboratories. But these are not limited to a few space technology-intensive gadgets springing from the minds of clever scientists. Instead, warfighters will often be using off-the-shelf equipment and software, combined and packaged innovatively to quickly benefit operational forces.
Paul Sanderson has received the 1999 Elder Statesman in Aviation award from the National Aeronautic Assn. He was honored for his aviation industry career, which dated from the World War II years until his retirement in 1997. Sanderson or his organizations have trained pilots for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command. He developed pilot training courses, films and other educational materials for major manufacturers of general aviation aircraft before merging his company with the aeronautical mapping company Jeppesen.
The U.S. Navy's Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center has chosen The Titan Corp. to research, design and develop support for electromagnetic radiation systems for the Navy and other government agencies in a $29-million award contract.
Computer Sciences Corp. has been selected as one of two companies awarded contracts worth $150 million by NASA's Ames Research Center. CSC will support air traffic management research.
The House last week approved a $12.6-billion emergency spending bill that sets the stage for a fight with the Senate. The bill includes $4 billion for defense, more than $1 billion to fight drug trafficking and $24 million to cover National Transportation Safety Board expenses related to the EgyptAir 990 and Alaska Air 261 crash investigations. The tab for the EgyptAir probe already exceeds $17 million. But some senators call the measure too generous. Administration officials are worried the Senate-House debate could delay the money.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is starting a project to develop a long-range, high-speed but quiet reconnaissance aircraft with the hope that its technologies could benefit other areas, including commercial supersonic transport.
India is being touted as a bright star in information technology, with the potential to be ``a second China'' for Western investors if its large infrastructure gaps can be bridged. The world's largest democracy--one billion people--is attempting to leapfrog into infotech (IT) and software preeminence along a broad front, from military modernization and commercial aviation to mushrooming ventures in e-commerce.
William J. Hannigan, president/CEO of the Sabre Holdings Corp. of Fort Worth, has been appointed chairman. David A. Schwarte has been named general counsel/executive vice president. James F. Brashear, who has been deputy general counsel, also will be senior vice president/ corporate secretary. Schwarte was a director of the Fort Worth law firm of Kelly, Hart&Hallman, which specializes in technology and aviation law and litigation. He succeeds Andrew B.
In ordering 94 Canadair Regional Jets and securing options for 406 RJs including two new 40- and 44-seat versions, Delta Air Lines has set the stage for a decade of growth providing air service to small- and medium-size markets.
XM Satellite Radio is racking up commercial partners and expanding investor support as it heads toward a launch next year of its 100-channel, satellite-based digital radio service to drivers and other customers in North America. In the past several months the Washington-based firm has signed agreements with major equipment manufacturers and distributors and tapped equity markets for about $200 million.
Patricia Summers has become vice president-compensation and benefits for the Los Angeles-based Northrop Grumman Corp. She was vice president-performance, rewards and benefits for Foundation Health Systems Inc., Woodland Hills, Calif.
A high-ranking executive of the Saab Aircraft/BAE Systems Gripen program says he expects the Chilean government to decide within the next year among the three candidates for the country's new fighter program. Hans Kruger, senior vice president and general manager of the Gripen program, indicated during a press briefing at FIDAE that Chile could order both single- and two-seat models. The other two aircraft types in the competition are the Lockheed Martin F-16 and Dassault Mirage 2000-5.
LanChile expects to take delivery this year of the first four of at least 25 Airbus A319/A320s the airline ordered or optioned two years ago (AW&ST Mar. 30, p. 58) in addition to two of the seven A340-300s ordered by the carrier. According to John J. Leahy, senior vice president-commercial of Airbus Industrie, LanChile will take delivery next year of eight A319/A320s and two more A340s; six A320s and two A340s in 2002; and seven A320s and one A340 in 2003.
Richard McAdoo has been appointed vice president-corporate safety and compliance for Atlantic Southeast Airlines. He was director of flight safety and quality assurance for US Airways.
In the early 1990s, in the aftermath of the Persian Gulf war and the collapse of the Soviet Union, the U.S. Air Force produced a white paper entitled ``Global Reach, Global Power.'' That slogan reflected the recognition that, in the long term, substantial portions of U.S. military power deployed abroad would be returning to North America.
