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.
A version of this article appears in the September 8 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology. Helicopter operator Bristow has accepted the first of 11 Sikorsky S-92 helicopters to be used on an 11-year U.K. government search-and-rescue contract. The Long SAR contract will begin in April 2015 and will see Bristow operate 22 helicopters, 11 S-92s and 11 AgustaWestland AW189s from 10 bases at civilian airports and airfields. They will replace the Sea King helicopters flown by the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.
A version of this article appears in the September 15 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology. I feel qualified to comment on the editorial “Still Some Explaining To Do” ( AW&ST Aug. 11/18, p. 74) because of my 50-year career in government and industry, most of it developing and fielding fighter/bomber engines. My aggregate data on single-engine fighters support some universal truths:
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.
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?
A version of this article appears in the September 8 Issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology. Sept. 23-24—Brazing Symposium, Phoenix. Oct. 7-9—MRO Europe, Madrid. Nov. 4-6—MRO Asia, Singapore. Nov. 19-20—A&D Programs, Litchfield Park, Arizona. Jan. 13-14—MRO Latin America, Argentina. Feb. 2-3—MRO Middle East, Dubai March 5—Laureate Awards, Washington. April 14-16—MRO Americas, Miami.
