Paul A. Martino has been named vice president-sales and marketing of Ixthos Inc., Leesburg, Va. He was director of sales and marketing at Cetia Inc., Cambridge, Mass.
CNA's ``Pogo'' flexible tooling system is finding increasing use in aerospace manufacturing as operational experience increases and the technology is adapted to perform new tasks.
Japan's Aerospace Industry Council will recommend to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) to formally terminate development work on YS-X, a 100-seat indigenous jet transport. Future efforts should instead concentrate on development and production of advanced, high-quality aircraft components and systems, the advisory committee said. Japan and Boeing previously had studied joint development of a 100-seat transport, possibly using fuel-efficient propfan engines, designated the 7J7.
, has received a contract from the U.K. Ministry of Defense to provide aircrew and maintenance training services for British Army WAH-64 Apache attack helicopters. The 30-year contract is potentially worth 650 million pounds ($1.1 billion).
Raytheon Training Inc. has won a $150-million, 10-year contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide for logistics support for the Training System in support of the B-2 aircraft.
Raytheon Systems Co. will manufacture and install monopulse secondary surveillance radars for the FAA's Air Traffic Control Beacon Interrogator replacement program. With all options, the contract is worth $180 million.
Ron Kato has become Seattle-based regional business manager for Hydro-Aire Inc., Burbank, Calif. He was Northwest sales representative for Aeroquip-Vickers.
Robert K. Mock, dean of professional studies at Metropolitan State College in Denver and former chairman of its Aerospace Science Dept., is scheduled to receive the William A. Wheatley Award of the University Aviation Assn. The award recognizes contributions to the establishment of relationships between educational institutions and the aviation industry.
Coleman Research Corp. has received a $20-million contract from the U.S. Army to provide three threat-representative ballistic missiles for the Army's Consolidated Theater Targets program.
LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY WILL HAVE a supercomputer with the world's highest sustained performance when ``Blue Mountain'' is fully installed in November. The 3.1-teraflop Silicon Graphics computer is organized into 48,128 shared-memory multiprocessors. The lab claims the 1.5 trillion bytes of shared memory is also the largest installed for one system. Blue Mountain will give the New Mexico facility the ability to predict the performance of nuclear weapons with greater confidence, since testing is no longer allowed.
Martin J. McDonnell has become vice president/controller of Air Express International Inc., Darien, Conn. He was chief financial officer of LEP North America. McDonnell succeeds Walter L. McMaster, who has retired.
David A. Ramsay has been named vice president-human resources for Rolls-Royce North America, Reston, Va. He held the same position at Rohr Inc. of San Diego.
April 1995 Near Tallahassee, Fla. Cruising at 25,000 (FL250), pilots reported airspeed drop from 180 to 140 kt., pitch up to 5 deg. nose-up, with only trace ice observed on wing leading edge. With activation of boots, airspeed rose and pitch decreased. Oct. 16, 1994, Near Elko, Nev.
Life at American Airlines ``after Crandall''--after the departure of long-time head Robert L. Crandall--is slightly different in tone now that Donald J. Carty has taken over, but big changes are not in store at the nation's second-largest carrier.
The Greek Merchant Marine will acquire four AS 332C1 Super Puma helicopters worth $60 million for search and rescue work. The rotorcraft, to be delivered in late 1999-mid-2000, will be equipped with Bendix 1500B radar, Thomson-CSF Clio Flir and Sextant Nadir Mk.2 autonomous navigation system with Sfim 155 autopilot.
John R. Gover has been appointed managing director/CEO of Robotic Vision Systems Europe Ltd., Redditch, England. He was director/general manager of Intermec Technologies UK Ltd.
The European airline industry foresees a healthy 1998 but is worried about a decelerating traffic growth rate and the impact of the Asian regional crisis on the long-haul route system. Despite growing concerns, European carriers have not yet suffered unduly from the Asian downturn, and expect to maintain this position, assuming additional market segments remain unaffected. The Pacific Rim's hardest hit countries, such as Malaysia, Indonesia, South Korea and Thailand, remain relatively small markets for the Europeans.
U.S. Air Force officials have told the General Accounting Office they intend to scrub the planned procurement of three GPS Block 2F satellites in Fiscal 2000 due to a lack of money. The three are among 15 new GPS spacecraft the Air Force had planned to buy between 2000 and 2004 as part of a $369-million multiyear procurement. Air Force officials won't say, however, whether they intend to cancel the spacecraft for good, or simply bump back their procurement plan by one year.
A planned pogo actuator-based universal assembly fixture (UAF) provides a single programmable work-holding tool for aircraft skin riveting operations. Benefits include reduced tooling costs and increased part accuracy and machine utilization, according to Larry R. Cook, president and CEO of CNA Manufacturing Systems of Redmond, Wash.
The Indonesian Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission (AAIC) has revealed more details of the last minutes of SilkAir Flight 185. The crash killed 104 passengers and crew last December 19.
