Fred Graffam has become interim CFO of DigitalGlobe, Longmont, Colorado. He succeeds Yancey L. Spruill, who has resigned. Graffam has been vice president-financial planning and analysis.
Richard Nevill has been appointed vice president of the Customer Services Div. of Aircelle, Le Havre, France. He was head of customer support and services for AgustaWestland Helicopters.
A version of this article appears in the September 15 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology. Obituary: Noel W. Hinners, a U.S. space scientist who helped explore the Moon, Mars and beyond, died Sept. 5 in Littleton, Colorado. He was 78 and had been suffering from complications of basal cell carcinoma.
Eric Boelzner has been named senior director for supply chain and production control for Jet Aviation St. Louis. He was senior manager of cost control for the Dassault Falcon Jet Corp. facility in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Andrew Arcuri has been named New York-based assistant manager of the rapid response team for Duncan Aviation. He was a field service engineer-senior technical support specialist for Honeywell Aerospace.
AW&ST: What technical milestones are coming up at Orbital Sciences Corp. and Thales Alenia Space between now and the June 2015 launch of the first Iridium NEXT satellites?
An industry proposal made in June has apparently succeeded in toppling a next-generation rocket design that European governments approved in 2012 and had hoped to begin developing next year.
