Dante Lauretta has been named a science adviser to Planetary Resources Inc., Redmond, Washington. He is a professor of planetary science at the University of Arizona and principal investigator of Osiris-REx, NASA’s first asteroid sample return mission.
Tom Eaton has become Washington-based vice president-international sales for Telesat. He succeeds Nigel Gibson, who will be leaving the company. Eaton has been president of Harris CapRock Communications and was executive vice president-global sales and marketing of PanAmSat and vice president of global sales and customer support at Intelsat.
Michael Cassel has been appointed director of global corporate citizenship for Boeing’s corporate offices in Chicago plus the Great Lakes region. He was chief of staff for the company’s state and local government operations team.
Greg Johnson has been appointed Hayward, California-based director of business development for Meridian. He was an executive with TWC Aviation, San Jose, California.
USAF Brig. Gen. (ret.) John R. “Bob” Ranck has been appointed to succeed Buddy Sams as Washington-based senior vice president-government programs and sales of the Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., Savannah, Georgia. Sams plans to retire at year-end.
A version of this article appears in the September 15 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology. 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.
Jeremy Bennett has been named Huntsville, Alabama-based manager of business development for Summit Aviation. He was director of flight operations for Wyle at the U.S. Army Redstone Test Center in Huntsville.
USAF Lt. Gen. Tod D. Wolters has been named deputy chief of staff for operations, plans and requirements at USAF Headquarters at the Pentagon. He has been commander of the Twelfth Air Force (Air Forces Southern) of Air Combat Command (ACC), Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona. Brig. Gen. VeraLinn Jamieson has been nominated for promotion to major general and has been director of intelligence at ACC Headquarters, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia. Brig. Gen. Paul H. Guemmer has been appointed commander of the Jeanne M.
Calvin Martin has been named general manager of Cutter Aviation’s Colorado Springs location. Russell “Buck” Myers has become the company’s avionics supervisor.
Harvey Ticlo has been appointed senior vice president-corporate strategy, business development and integration of Advent Aerospace Inc., Rye, New Hampshire. He was vice president/general manager of its Cabin Innovations Div., Lewisville, Texas. Steve Jourdenais has become senior vice president for the Interiors Group, which comprises Cabin Innovations and Jormac Aerospace. He was president of Jormac Aerospace, Largo, Florida.
Tracy Gallo has been promoted to vice president-flight operations from director of flight training for SkyWest Airlines. He succeeds Klen Brooks, who will be retiring.
Chari Kinney (see photo) has become Seattle-based vice president-sales for Plexus Planning of the U.K. She was an executive with BDM Enterprise Solutions & Consulting Services.
Brad Busse has been named to the board of directors of Denver-based Bye Aerospace Inc. He is president of Busse Ventures and was an executive with RBC Capital Markets.
Naveen C. Rao has become counsel to the aviation subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. He has been in private law practice with Squire Patton Boggs and previously Jones Day.
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. (lower half) Robert V. Hoppa has been named director of U.S. Africa Command, based in Stuttgart, Germany. He has been deputy chief of staff for intelligence at International Security Assistance Force Headquarters and deputy director for operations and support for United States Forces-Afghanistan.
Patrick Mills has been appointed chief mechanical engineer within the Airborne Power and Control Div. of Astronics Advanced Electronic Systems, Kirkland, Washington. He was an engineer for the Eaton Corp.
Because I work at a civil airport, I was particularly intrigued by the “Managing Wildlife Hazards” coverage ( AW&ST Sept. 1, pp. 34-43). The increased FAA attention seems deeply involved in data/statistical analysis, and the effort is certainly moving in the proper direction.
A version of this article appears in the September 15 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology. Sept. 29-Oct 3—International Astronautical Congress. Toronto. See www.iafastro.org Oct. 5-10—33rd Digital Avionics Systems Conference. Colorado Springs. See www.aiaa.org/EventDetail.aspx?id=22435 Oct. 15-16—International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight. Las Cruces, New Mexico. See www.aiaa.org/EventDetail.aspx?id=23330
Pentagon acquisition chief Frank Kendall’s review of the much-delayed U.S. Navy Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (Uclass) system is now slated for early October after having been shifted numerous times. The program has drawn scrutiny for its requirements prioritized around continuous intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and limited strike capabilities to the fleet. Some believe the Navy should focus more on penetrating—or stealthy—strike.
A classified U.S. government mission dubbed CLIO reached its target orbit Sept. 16 in a mission from Cape Canaveral that forced a delay of the first flight test of NASA’s planned Orion crew exploration vehicle. Liftoff of the Atlas V 401 from Space Launch Complex 41 came at 8:10 p.m. EDT. United Launch Alliance says the spacecraft—reportedly built by Lockheed Martin on an A2100 bus for an undisclosed federal agency—achieved “accurate delivery” to orbit.
