Jonathan Archer has become director of engineering and airworthiness for the Washington-based General Aviation Manufacturers Association. He was an associate with Booz and Co., working on projects for the FAA and Joint Planning and Development Office.
Carl Trustee (see photo) has been appointed as vice president of Landing Systems Solutions for the Aerospace Group of Crane Aerospace & Electronics, Lynnwood, Washington. He was head of the Central Engineering Group at Parker Aerospace.
Johann Panier (see photo) has been named CEO of U.S.-based Barfield Inc., which Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance recently acquired. He was head of business development for AFI KLM E&M.
Mark A. Caylor (see photos) has been named corporate vice president/president of Enterprise Services/chief strategy officer and Stephen C. Movius corporate vice president/treasurer of Falls Church, Virginia-based Northrop Grumman Corp. Caylor adds the chief strategy officer role. Movius continues as vice president-investor relations.
S hawn Kling has been named president of Universal Asset Management , Memphis, Tennessee. He has been chairman of Gulf Strategic; a member of the boards of directors of Global Energy & Lighting and Red Arrow Logistics; and strategic adviser to Dynamis Energy. Greg Brinkerhoff has been appointed chief financial officer.
USN Rear Adm. Jesse A. Wilson, Jr., has become director of the Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense Organization on the Joint Staff, succeeding USAF Brig. Gen. Kenneth E. Todorov. Wilson was executive assistant to the chief of naval operations and interim deputy director of the 21st Century Sailor Office.
Boeing will assemble the 787-10, the third and longest 787 derivative, exclusively at its Charleston, South Carolina, facility, making it the first of any Boeing commercial model to be completed away from the U.S. West Coast. The decision was widely expected, since the 110-ft. midbody section of the 787-10 will be 10 ft.
With about 3,000 built, and around 400 still in operation around the world, the L-39 Albatros jet trainer was a major success for Czech manufacturer Aero Vodochody.
The first two of four U.S. Air Force Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) satellites—developed under contract with Orbital Sciences Corp. in secret—are now operating in “near geosynchronous” orbit (GEO) as a “neighborhood watch.”
Boeing has completed the main wing spar of the 279th and final C-17, marking the start of assembly for the last military airlifter to be made at its Long Beach, California, facility. The aircraft, which will be completed with the shutdown of the line in 2015, is one of 10 still unsold. Boeing says it is confident of placing all 10 by the end of the year with unspecified customers in the Middle East and possibly elsewhere. Other potential takers include India, which received its sixth C-17 on July 28. The Indian air force has 10 C-17s on firm order.
Tunisia wants to purchase a fleet of heavily armed Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, as the country modernizes its armed forces. The deal with the North African country could be worth $700 million, according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which notified the U.S. Congress of the possible program July 23. Tunisia has requested 12 UH-60Ms along with a large quantity of AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, 2.75-in. Hydra unguided rockets and the integration work that could turn some of those unguided weapons into guided ones.
