The McDonnell Douglas YC-15, a prototype test aircraft of the 1970s, was slated to make its first flight since 1977 yesterday at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. McDonnell Douglas said that after flights there, the YC-15 will return to Long Beach, Calif., for an eight-year advanced technology test program.
Michael J. Houterman has been named president. Harold E. McDonnell has been named executive vice president and a vice president for commercial operations. Paul Bachar has been named executive vice president, international. Wah L. Lim has been named vice president for technology and development.
James R. Sides, who heads propulsion operations, and Howard Huelsman, who directs the automotive products unit, have each been elected to the post of corporate vice president.
Lockheed Martin Corp. will build Interactive Defensive Avionics System/Multi-Mission Advanced Tactical Terminals for U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) MH-53J Pave Low IIIs. Lockheed Martin's Federal Systems Div., Owego, N.Y., received a $9.5 million AFSOC contract to deliver 12 of the systems, according to the company. It said that over the next 18 months, it will also upgrade 17 AP- 102A mission computers and 20 symbol generators.
IBM, AT&T Tridom and The Sabre Group have signed a $140 million contract with Russia's International Technology Corporation-Sirena (ITCS) to develop an advanced airline reservations and management system for airlines in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY COMMERCIAL&GOV'T SYSTEMS Edward J. Evenski has been appointed manager of precision optics, Image Acquisition Systems (IAS). He replaces David Crowe who retired from the company.
HEROUX INC., Montreal, won a $30 million contract from Messier-Dowty to make the landing gear structures for Bell Boeing's civil tiltrotor aircraft, the BB-609. The contract is for 250 sets, with first deliveries in 1999.
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION Deborah Beron-Rawdon is the first women to receive the position of MDC Fellow. She is being honored for her technical and design achievements on widebody commercial jetliner interiors.
A technology demonstration aboard NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia that could lead to improvements in the cooling of satellites and better images from infrared sensors is one of the victims of the Shuttle's aborted mission. A heat pipe designed to cool satellites internally to 60 degrees Kelvin (-351 degrees Fahrenheit) is returning from orbit without having been tested in space. A spokeswoman for the U.S. Air Force's Phillips Lab confirmed yesterday that the demonstration will be rescheduled for a later mission.
ENCORE COMPUTER SYSTEMS, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., working with Thomson-CSF, sold five Encore RSX computer systems to the U.K. Royal Air Force. The systems will be used to upgrade three types of RAF simulators
Robert A. Lutz, vice chairman of the board of Chrysler, has been elected to the board of directors. Biggs Porter has been appointed vice president-business management for Commercial Aircraft Div. Judith W. Northup has been promoted to vice president-materiel operations for Commercial Aircraft Div.
Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) programs for the three-month period ending Dec. 31, 1996, are detailed in the following table, released by the Dept. of Defense (DAILY, April 9). Dollar figures are in millions. Current Estimate Changes this Quarter Cost Cost Weapon Base Base Then Base Then System Year Year $ Year $ Qnty Year $ Year $ Qnty ARMY
EDO, College Point, N.Y., won a $1.3 million contract from the Royal Norwegian Air Force Material Command to produce the Maritime Headquarters System for the NATO Ship Shore Ship Buffer (SSSB) program.
NASA spaceflight planners have drafted a $200-300 million plan to build the International Space Station without relying on Russia, which appears to be holding onto its role as the principal U.S. partner in the multinational project by the skin of its teeth.
BOMBARDIER, Montreal, unveiled plans for a $50 million (Canadian) aircraft completion center in Dorval for the design and installation of custom interiors for the Global Express aircraft. The 415,000-square-foot plant will be completed in November 1997. The first Global Express will arrive in December, and the plant will employ 400 people by late 1998.
The Board of Governors has voted EIA treasurer John Major to the newly created post of co-vice-chair, to serve along with current vice-chair Gil Amelio.
The House National Security Committee at this time plans no hearings on legislation to repeal the writeoff of merger-related costs in defense contracts, committee sources said. "As of today, no hearings are planned," one said. Reps. Christopher Smith (R-N.J.) and Bernard Sanders (Ind.-Vt.), along with 14 backers, indicated in a letter to HNSC procurement chairman Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.), that they felt they had a commitment from Hunter to hold hearings.
GKN Westland Aerospace acquired the assets of BP Chemicals Advanced Materials Div. in a deal worth about 9 million pounds ($14.5 million). Sales in 1996 were 14.6 million pounds ($24 million), mainly from nacelle components and wing panels for customers such as Airbus, Lockheed Martin and Rolls Royce.
A Progress resupply capsule carrying critical supplies, tools and repair parts docked with Russia's Mir orbital station right on time yesterday, easing fears the three-man Mir crew would have to abandon the aging station. Live television pictures from space showed the Progress capsule lining up with its docking target on Mir as it inched to contact with the Mir docking port. Mir has been maneuvering to keep the port, exposed to space since an unsuccessful attempt to redock a Progress capsule there last month, in shadow and protect its airtight seals.
