ACeS ASIA Cellular Satellite CYBER Building 5th Floor, JI. Kuningan Barat No. 8Jakarta 12170, IndonesiaTel. (62-21) 520-9810; Fax (62-21) 520-9811www.acesinternational.comACeS 1/Garuda 1 Mobile communications. Orbital location is 123° E geosynchronous. Carries 140 spot beam transponders, C-band and L-band. Satellite is jointly owned with Jasmine International Overseas Ltd., Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications, Philippines Long Distance Telephone Co. and PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara.
Thank goodness Capt. Chesley B. (Sully) Sullenberger, 3rd, of US Airways Flight 1549 had things that are totally or almost missing from the new generation of pilots on which the airlines are draping the four gold bands (AW&ST Jan. 19, p. 16): •A military background. A stint in the military teaches and/or reinforces crucial values when things go badly. Discipline, calm and courage matter as much or more than anything else. Lose these and everything will get worse.
Air Force Aerospatiale AS365N (6) Agusta AB205 (5) Agusta AB212 (24) Agusta AB412EP (8) Agusta AS61A4 (2) Airtec-Aircraft Tech Ind. CN-235 (4) BAE Systems Hawk 65 (25) BAE Systems Hawk 65A (15) Bell Helicopter Textron 412SA (8) Boeing 737-700BBJ (2) Boeing 737-800 (1) Boeing 747SP (2) Boeing 757-200 (1) Boeing E-3A (7) Boeing F-15S (69) Boeing KE-3A (6) Boeing MD-11 (2)
Mitsubishi Aircraft said Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corp. will design and manufacture slats, flaps, belly fairings, rudders and elevators for the 70-90-seat Mitsubishi Regional Jet.
Air Force Aerocomp Comp Air 7SI (6) Bell Helicopter Textron 206 (5) Bell Helicopter Textron UH-1H (16) Cessna 172 (8) Hawker Beechcraft 350ER (3) Jordan Aerospace Indus. (JAI) Sama Ch2000 (8) Lockheed C-130E (3) Mil Mi-17-1V (9) Mil Mi-171 (4) Seabird Aviation Australia SB7L-360 (2)
The crystal ball is especially cloudy as this industry cycle begins its downward turn. It is hard to forecast the fortunes of one sector of the wider market when governments around the world are trying to save their economies from collapse. Call it momentum or inertia, the velocity aerospace has built up in the past four years should carry the industry past the middle of this year and perhaps into 2010. But what happens next in government and commercial markets depends on factors beyond the industry’s control.
Altair Gos NPO (Moscow) produced for nearly every Soviet ship-mounted surface-to-air missile (SAM) and missile-artillery system, including the Rif, Shtil, Klinok, Kashtan and S-300F Fort (SA-N-6). It continues to be the main integrator for naval air defense missile systems. Its recent products offered for export are the Gibka turret with Igla SAMs and the Rif-M.
Michael A. Taverna (Paris), Alexey Komarov (Moscow)
A pair of satellite purchases by domestic and overseas operators, both involving Thales Alenia Space, highlight the increasing integration of Russia’s satcom industry into the global marketplace.
