_Aerospace Daily

David Conrad has joined the company as vice president of Business Development.

Jervin C. "Chris" Carter has been promoted to director of engineering at the St. Louis Downtown-Parks Airport operations.

Triana, the satellite Vice President Gore proposed placing at the L1 neutral gravity point to capture a whole-Earth image of the sunlit planet for the Internet, could wind up costing NASA as much as $220 million, a tenfold increase in the total program cost cited by some at the U.S. space agency less than two years ago when the program started, according to the NASA Inspector General's Office.

House members voted 419-0 yesterday for a bill linking future payments to the Russian Space Agency for International Space Station work to a presidential certification Iran has not exported technology for missiles and weapons of mass destruction to Iran. The unanimous floor vote came less than a week after the House Science Committee unanimously adopted bill language under its jurisdiction governing Station payments (DAILY, Sept. 10), while the House International Relations Committee adopted the remainder of the legislation.

LOCKHEED MARTIN Joint Strike Fighter team has shipped a full-scale model of its JSF aircraft to a radar measurement facility in California, where it will undergo final assembly in preparation for radar signature testing. The model, called SigMA, for Signature Measurement Aircraft, will be used to demonstrate the radar cross section compliance of Lockheed Martin's JSF Preferred Weapon System Concept.

Emery Wilson, formerly manager of public relations, has joined Hughes Electronics Corporation as manager of media relations. Diana Ball replaces Wilson as manager of public relations.

Anthony J. Tether has been retained as senior technology advisor.

Boeing is playing up the strong performance of its precision guided munitions and seems determined for the time being to wait for the fighter and bomber business to come around. The company has already designed several major changes into its successful Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) and Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missile (CALCM) programs, according to Mike Marks, who heads up Boeing's Air Force aircraft and munitions programs.

John Klineberg has been named president Space Systems/Loral and vice president of Loral Space&Communications. Klineberg succeeds Robert E. Berry, who been appointed chairman of SS/L and continues as senior vice president of space technology at Loral.

David R. Lindskog has joined the company as senior vice president-general counsel.

Raymond W. Boushie has been appointed president, Crane Aerospace.

ISRAEL AND THE U.S. signed a letter of offer and agreement on Sept. 10 providing for Israel's purchase of 50 new F-16 fighters, Lockheed Martin said yesterday. Israel chose the F-16 over the Boeing F-15 as its new fighter in July. The total program is worth about $2.5 billion to Lockheed Martin and its suppliers. The agreement gives Israel an option to buy 60 more F-16s that would bring the total program value to $4.5 billion, if exercised for the full 110 aircraft. All of the 50 F-16Is will be two-seat versions powered by the Pratt&Whitney F100-PW-229 engine.

Michael Storey has been appointed president and chief executive officer by the board of directors.

Gunter Kappler has been named senior vice president of engineering, replacing Reinhold Birrenbach who is moving into an advisory role with Fairchild and Dornier.

Paul Zamprelli has been named sales representative for the Aerospace and Defense Group.

RAYTHEON Chairman and CEO, Daniel Burnham, suffered minor injuries Friday when he fell off a horse in Wyoming, a company spokeswoman said yesterday. "He's fine," said Toni Simonetti. The 52-year-old Burnham "did sustain some injuries from the fall." He has two broken ribs, a broken wrist and minor cuts and bruises, Simonetii said, confirming a Bloomberg story. "He's banged up a little bit but...he's still running the business."

Suzanne Finney has been promoted to account manager, Air Transport Group in the company's Sales and Marketing Department.

Sheldon A. Buckler will become chairman of the board, effective January 1, 2000, replacing Donald M. Alstadt, who will retire after 55 years with the company. In the interim, Buckler will serve as vice chairman.

Wayne Swann has joined the Applied Physics Laboratory to establish the laboratory's first Office of Technology Transfer.

Thomas I. Bradley has been appointed vice president-finance. He succeeds Janet L. McGregor, who was named vice president and treasurer for Lockheed Martin Corporation.

Larry Murray has been named director of technical support for turboprop and jet aircraft. Mark T. Provost has been named director of support engineering.

Robert Mehrabian has been named president and chief executive officer of its aerospace and electronics segment.

Charles L. "Chuck" Curry will join the company as senior vice president with responsibility for product development and field engineering.

Ed Ewing has been appointed chief executive office of the corporation, replacing Dick Wells, who will serve as vice-chairman of the corporation upon his retirement in 2000.

The Federal Communications Commission today will consider whether to approve Lockheed Martin's application to acquire 49% of Comsat, a move some lawmakers want to prevent. But before the FCC makes its decision, some lawmakers have demanded some answers. House Commerce Committee Chairman Tom Bliley (R-Va.) is trying to put the brakes on the deal this week by insisting the FCC answer a number of questions about the issue before giving Lockheed Martin the approval it wants.