Aviation Week & Space Technology

Look for it later, or now?

Tight government budgets and commercial potential drive tiny spacecraft to powerful capabilities

Core stage preparations continue as momentum builds for test and assembly of first SLS

Numerical simulation set to expand beyond aircraft design, into lifetime monitoring

Continental Motors is changing its status on the global aviation stage at breakneck speed.

From on-demand to mass transit, aviation looks to technology to widen its appeal

In a sweeping review, Finmeccanica weighs units to be kept or discarded

UCAV feasiblity study renews French-British aerospace industry cooperation

Order cut derails premium long-haul foray

There is no autopilot for sustaining the industry’s culture of innovation

Long-feared A&D workforce transition has begun—with a twist

Cutting-edge work lures A&D talent

If minority outreach were a business project, it would have been shut down by now

Semiconductor technology is reaching fundamental limits, and the next step is not yet clear

Rising stars in aerospace and defense

Numerous questions must be answered before we can be confident that the most costly weapons procurement in history is back on course.

David Glass (see photo) has become manager of FlightSafety International’s Learning Center in St. Louis, a regional operations manager and overseer of the Learning Center in Seattle. He was manager of the Houston Learning Center and has been succeeded by Jeremy Pisell (see photo), who was assistant manager of the Tucson (Arizona) Learning Center. Glass follows Angie Gremard, who is now relationship manager for FlightSafety’s regional airline customers and an assistant manager in St.

Tameika N. Hollis (see photo) has become vice president-engineering, manufacturing and logistics for the Advanced Concepts and Technologies Div. of Northrop Grumman Corp.’s Baltimore-based Electronic Systems sector. She was director of passive radio-frequency programs in the Intelligence, Surveilllance and Reconnaissance and Targeting Systems Div.

Todd “Leif” Ericson (see photo) has joined Mojave, California-based Virgin Galactic’s cadre of space pilots. He is former commander of the USAF Operations and Maintenance Group.

Gytis Gumuliauskas has become CEO of Air Lituanica, succeeding - Erikas Zubrus, who will now be a consultant on strategic affairs. Gumuliauskas was chief operations officer.

Francis S. Blake has been named to the board of directors of Delta Air Lines. He is chairman/CEO of The Home Depot.

USAF Gen. Herbert J. Carlisle has been named commander of Air Combat Command (ACC), Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. He has been commander of Pacific Air Forces/air component commander for U.S. Pacific Command/executive director of the Pacific Air Combat Operations Staff, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Lt. Gen. Lori J. Robinson has been nominated for promotion to general and to succeed Carlisle. She has been ACC vice commander. Maj. Gen. James K.

Jonas Butautis has been named CEO of Tallinn-based Air Maintenance Estonia.

Jamie Graham has been appointed director of business development for KippsDeSanto & Co., Tysons Corner, Virginia. She was manager of business development for the corporate and securities-technology practice of law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman.

Patricia Cooper has been named Washington-based vice president-government affairs and policy for Intelsat, effective Aug. 25. She has been president of the Satellite Industry Association.