An industry proposal made in June has apparently succeeded in toppling a next-generation rocket design that European governments approved in 2012 and had hoped to begin developing next year.
Peter Saunders has been named an independent non-executive director of London-based Air Partner plc. He also is a non-executive director of the Canadian Tire Corp. and succeeds Chuck Pollard.
Daniel Faber has been promoted to CEO from chief operating officer of Houston-based Deep Space Industries. He succeeds David Gump, who has become vice chairman/director of marketing and communications.
Scott Plumb has been named Switzerland-based senior vice president-sales for the Jetcraft Corp. He has been an executive with Textron Aviation, Beechcraft, Vistajet, Airbus and Gulfstream.
Joshua Spangrud (see photo) has become a senior supervising engineer in the San Francisco office of Parsons Brinckerhoff, where he will be a manager for airport improvement projects.