Chris Huskamp (see photo) has become executive vice president-business and technical development for the IBC Advanced Alloys Corp., Wilmingon, Massachusetts. He has been a consultant to the company, working on components for the Lockheed Martin F-35.
Jim Kramer (see photo) has been appointed vice president-sales, marketing and communications at International Launch Services, Reston, Virginia. He succeeds Dawn Harms, who has left the company.
USAF Maj. Gen. Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy has been nominated for promotion to lieutenant general and assignment as deputy commander of United Nations Command Korea/deputy commander of U.S. Forces Korea/commander of Air Component Command South Korea and U.S. Combined Forces Command/commander of the Seventh Air Force, Pacific Air Forces, Osan AB, South Korea. He has been director of operations at Headquarters U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii. Maj. Gen. Steven L.
Eric Stallmer has been named president of the Washington-based Commercial Spaceflight Federation. Stallmer has been vice president-government relations at Analytical Graphics Inc. and was president of the Space Transportation Association.
Diane Daegele (see photo) has been appointed vice president-business management for the Unmanned Systems Div. of the Northrop Grumman Corp. ’s Redondo Beach, California-based Aerospace Systems sector. She was director of business management for the company’s Space Systems.
Paul Martin has become president of the Aerospace and Industrial Divs. of Oxford Performance Materials Inc., South Windsor, Conn. He was head of military and government activities for the Sikorsky Aircraft Co. and had been executive vice president of the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works.
Brian Perry has been appointed president of Mercury Defense Systems, Cypress, California. He was vice president/general manager of Mercury’s Services and Systems Integration group.
David Weingart (see photo) has been appointed Washington-based executive vice president of GRA Inc. He was director of strategic initiatives at the FAA and had been chief of staff to its administrator.
John L. Plueger has been named to the board of directors of Wichita-based Spirit AeroSystems Inc. He is president/chief operating officer of the Air Lease Corp. and was CEO of the International Lease Finance Corp.
Joseph DeMartino has been named chief operating officer of St. Louis-based LMI Aerospace Inc. He was a consultant to the aerospace industry and had held executive positions with GKN Aerospace, also in St. Louis.
Kevin Trosian has become vice president-corporate development and investor relations for Los Angeles-based Global Eagle Entertainment. He held a similar position at Mindspeed and had been vice president-finance and investor relations at Power-One.
James Lackey (see photo) has been appointed executive director of the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. He was director of engineering.
Paul Gregorowitsch has been named CEO of Oman Air. He succeeds Wayne Pearce, who has left the company. Gregorowitsch was chief commercial officer of Air Berlin and had been CEO of Martinair and an executive at KLM.
Werner Rothenbacher has become managing director/senior vice president-technical of Airberlin Technik. He succeeds Marco Ciomperlik, who has become chief restructuring officer for the Airberlin Management Board. Rothenbacher was senior vice president-technical operations at Etihad Airways.
Ryan Hartman has been named president/CEO of Boeing subsidiary Insitu , Bingen, Washington. He was senior vice president-programs and succeeds Steve Morrow , who is retiring.
“The ‘A’ Word” ( AW&ST Aug. 11/18, p. 40) notes that the U.S. is spending billions of dollars to develop unmanned autonomous aircraft and other robotic machines. If I was a cash-strapped enemy of the state, I would be spending my limited funds on developing software that would allow me to take control of the aircraft in flight and send it back to destroy its base of operations.
Northrop Grumman has unveiled a vertical-launch, horizontal-landing reusable booster design for the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency’s XS-1 experimental spaceplane.
