The Bush Administration plans to examine whether changes in the law are needed to improve the licensing process for satellite exports, Deputy Secretary of Defense-nominee Paul Wolfowitz wrote in a document released at his Senate confirmation hearing yesterday.
John F. (Jack) Stocky has been appointed chief technologist of the New Millennium Program, where he will help to identify and flight-test new technologies beneficial to future space science and earth science missions.
Northrop Grumman Corp. announced it has provided European Union regulatory authorities with the necessary filings related to its pending acquisition of Litton Industries Inc. The time period required to complete the EU regulatory review would have expired on March 23. Northrop Grumman and Litton announced last year that they signed a definitive agreement under which Northrop Grumman will acquire Litton in a transaction valued at about $5.1 billion (DAILY, Dec. 22, 2000).
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is eyeing the use of water as a propellant for satellites. The effort is being explored under the Orbital Express program, in which the Pentagon agency is developing systems for routine unmanned refurbishment and on-orbit refueling of satellites. Water, according to DARPA, could be a replaceable fluid for orbiting satellites because of its "potential as a simple, non-hazardous, energy efficient propellant."
Robert Hickman has been appointed senior vice president of its operations in Australia. Nuria Fernandez has been named senior vice president of its Global Transportation Division.
NASA's next Mars orbiter, the 2001 Mars Odyssey, due to launch in April will not only map the Martian surface but will also measure the amount of radiation future astronauts will face there. Among the experiments onboard Odyssey will be the Mars Radiation Environment Experiment, given the acronym MARIE by NASA. The four kilogram, breadbox-sized experiment will measure radiation on the way to Mars as well as radiation while Odyssey orbits the planet.
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Jones yesterday downplayed news reports that said the MV-22 suffered three undisclosed major hydraulic leaks in the past few years. Jones said hydraulic problems are common among aircraft, including the CH-46, which the MV-22 is supposed to replace. "Like all other airplanes, sometimes things will go wrong. It doesn't mean that it's catastrophic," Jones told The DAILY yesterday after speaking at a seapower conference on Capitol Hill.
William J. Lynn, former Comptroller of the Department of Defense, has joined the firm as a vice president and will direct defense and aerospace activities and will also serve as a principle in SwannStreet Ventures LLC, the investment arm of DFI.
Israel Aircraft Industries has delivered a converted and upgraded Boeing B707-300 aircraft, containing an advanced aerial refueling system, to the Israel Air Force, the company announced.
Paul Cofoni has been promoted to president of CSC's Federal Sector effective March 1. Mary Jo Morris has been promoted to president of CSC's Technology Management Group effective March 1.
Richard M. "Dick" Carlson has been awarded the AHS Alexander A. Nikolsky Honorary Lectureship. The lecture will be delivered at the 57th AHS Annual Forum and technology Display in Washington, D.C. on May 10th. The Lectureship is awarded to "an individual who reflects the highest ideals, goals and achievements in the field of helicopter and V/STOL aircraft engineering and development."
The experimental X-31 aircraft flew again last weekend as part of the U.S.-German Vectoring ESTOL - Extremely Short Take-Off and Landing - Control Tailless Operation Research (VECTOR) program, EADS Military Aircraft, the German industrial partner within the program, reported Monday. The first flight for the new test phase took place February 24. Several taxi trials were conducted in January. The first flight test phase is scheduled for about six weeks.
Richard E. Ashooh has been named vice president, Public Affairs, for its Information&Electronic Warfare Systems unit headquartered in Nashua, N.H. Paul Clark has been named new sector vice president, C-130 Avionics Modernization Program. He will serve as Sector Capture Team leader. Edward Katkic has been named new sector vice president, Strategic Planning. He will be responsible for Sector strategic planning, mergers and acquistions.
Anthony Thornton, senior manager of strategy deployment, received the Black Engineer National Achievement Award in the Professional Achievement category. Andre Thornton, an operations engineer and currently the project lead for a digital manufacturing technology initiative, received a Special recognition Award.
Qatar Airways has ordered two A380s and five A330-200s plus three options, Airbus said yesterday. The A380, launched in December, has received 66 firm orders from nine customers plus 54 options, Airbus said. Both Qatar A380s will be delivered in the last quarter of 2007 and deliveries of the A330s will begin in April 2002, replacing A300-600Rs. Airbus said the A380 has "won every single competition for very large aircraft so far."
Joseph I. Murli has been appointed vice president, manufacturing of Kamatics Corporation, a subsidiary of Kaman Corporation and John K. Stockman has been appointed vice president, finance.
Boeing said several airlines are evaluating a commercial version of the military's C-17 following a briefing by President Harry Stonecipher and other top Boeing officials, who briefed representatives of more than 40 companies and institutions. The conference was held in the last week of January in Long Beach an attracted more than 150 people, including executives "from many of the world's leading freight forwarders and cargo airlines," Boeing said.
Elizabeth Mathews, director of the language Institute at the Daytona Beach campus, has taken a leave of absence from the university to serve an 11-month appointment with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) at its headquarters in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
LEVIN'S PLANS: Senate Armed Services Committee ranking Democrat Carl Levin (Mich.) has decided to run for a fifth Senate term in 2002, according to his office.
