Aviation Week & Space Technology

Tokyo eyes additional large aviation-capable ship

Commercial Crew bidders hint at future directions as NASA selection looms

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cutting-edge work lures A&D talent

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.

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.

USN Cmdr. Anthony Jaramillo has succeeded USMC Lt. Col. David “Angus” Walsh as manager of Navair’s Specialized and Proven Aircraft Program Office, which has employees at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina; NAS Jacksonville, Florida; and NAS Patuxent River, Maryland. Jaramillo was director of Navair’s Technical Data and Engineering Service Center. Walsh is now assigned to the Marine Aviation Detachment at NAS Patuxent River.

Sir Roy McNulty has been appointed chairman, Andrew Swaffield chief executive and Andrew Lavery chief financial officer of the London-based Monarch Group. McNulty was a non-executive director and Swaffield was managing director of Monarch Airlines and had been managing director of Avios Group Ltd. McNulty also is chairman of London Gatwick Airport.

Alain Charmeau (see photos) has been nominated as CEO and Marc Ventre as chairman of the Airbus Group and Safran Space Launcher Joint Venture. Charmeau is head of space systems operations within the Airbus Defense and Space Div. Ventre is deputy CEO and chief operating officer of Safran.