US Airways has provoked a showdown in its takeover attempt of Delta Air Lines, raising the stakes for the bankrupt carrier's creditors by $1 billion in cash and increasing their equity share of the proposed new Delta to 49%.
Despite a decision from the U.S. Army to shelve its Class II and III unmanned aerial system (UAS) programs, Aurora Flight Sciences, one of the affected contractors from the Class II program, is already eyeing another customer. The Navy and Marine Corps are considering a small, tactical UAS for reconnaissance, and Aurora has been one of the contractors responding to inquiries on such a requirement.
1200 E. Algonquin Road Elk Grove Township, IL 60007, USA Code: UA Employees: 56,861 www.united.com Tel. (847) 700-4000 Fax (847) 700-4081 Ownership: 100% publicly traded Executive Management Chairman, President & CEO Glenn F. Tilton Executive VP & CFO Frederic F. Brace Executive VP & COO Peter D. McDonald Executive VP Marketing, Sales & Revenue John P. Tague
The USAF will conduct a Technology Readiness Review on Jan. 24 of Boeing's sole-source work on the Focused Lethality Munition, which combines the bomb casing of its 250-lb. Small-Diameter Bomb with a new explosive fill designed to contain damage in a small radius. A U.S. Centcom-sponsored Joint Concept Technology Demonstration, with first flight test this summer, and purchase of 50 weapons, is planned thereafter (see p. 412). The first units are slated for delivery in April 2008.
The evolving strategic environment places a premium on operations with allies and partners. With networking, we can form a "global security enterprise." Interconnected operations among our partners in Afghanistan and Iraq provide an early illustration. Another is the concept of a networked, multi-partner 1,000-ship navy, advanced by the U.S. chief of naval operations.
9955 AirTran Blvd. Orlando, FL 32827 USA Code: FL Employees: 7,800 www.airtran.com Tel. (407) 251-5600 Fax (407) 251-5727 Ownership: 100% publicly traded Executive Management Chairman of the Board & CEO Joe Leonard President & COO Robert Fornaro Senior VP, Finance & CFO Stan Gadek Senior VP, Operations Stephen Kolski
Air Force Aero Technologies of Australia F/A-18A (54) Aero Technologies of Australia F/A-18B (17) BAE Systems Hawk 127 (33) Boeing 707-320C (4) Boeing 737-700BBJ (2) Bombardier Challenger CL604 (4) De Havilland Australia PC-9 (63) De Havilland Canada DHC-4 (10) General Dynamics F-111C (17) General Dynamics F-111G (7) General Dynamics RF-111C (4) Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 (12) Lockheed AP-3C (18) Lockheed C-130H (12)
Provided with the Assistance of Alexander Velovich (Russian Correspondent, Forecast Interational)
The painful process of restructuring Russia's aircraft industry gained momentum in 2006 with the special decree signed by President Vladimir Putin in February and issued in April entitled "The Strategy for Developing the Aircraft Industry to the Year 2015."
PO Box 20706, Atlanta, GA 30320, USA Code: DL Employees: 47,000 www.delta.com Tel. (404) 715-2600 Fax (404) 715-5042 Ownership: 100% publicly traded Executive Management CEO & Director Gerald Grinstein Executive VP Operations Joe Kolshak Executive VP & CFO Edward Bastian COO James F. Whitehurst Executive VP of Sales and Customer Service Lee Macenczak Chairman John F. Smith, Jr.
Air Force Bell Helicopter Textron 430 (1) Bell Helicopter Textron OH-58A (8) Bell Helicopter Textron UH-1H (3) Bell Helicopter Textron UH-1H Huey II (8) CASA C-212-400 (3) Enaer T-35B (7) Hughes Helicopters OH-6A (1) Schweizer 333 (4) Army Bell Helicopter Textron OH-58A (9) Robinson Helicopter Co. R22 (4) Robinson Helicopter Co. R44 (2)
Joseph A. Bannister (see photos) has been promoted to principal director and Ronald L. Owens to associate principal director of the Computer Science and Technology Subdivision of The Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, Calif. Bannister was network chief engineer supporting the Transformational Satellite Communications System, while Owens was systems director in the Ground Systems Dept. of the Computer and Systems Engineering Subdivision. Jeffrey H. Smith has been reappointed to the board of trustees.
Brenda L. Dingus is among the nine Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists who have been named Fellows of the American Physical Society. She was selected for "her pioneering work on understanding the highest energy gamma-ray emission from gamma-ray bursts." The others are: Michael R. Fitzsimmons, for "his work in elucidating the magnetization reversal processes in exchange bias systems using polarized neutron reflectometry"; George T.
Like Continental Airlines and AirTran Airways (AW&ST Jan. 8, p. 15, p. 18), United Airlines forecasts a "modest" operating loss in its fourth-quarter 2006 financial report. United says snowstorms at its two biggest hubs, Chicago and Denver, forced cancellation of about 3,900 mainline and regional flights, and reduced revenue by nearly $40 million. On the cost side, the snowstorms drove United's capacity in North American operations down 1.5% in December, increasing unit expenses.
Lockheed Martin has won a $654.9-million contract for fiscal 2007 for production and deployed support for the Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile program. The contract includes reentry system hardware and operations and maintenance to support for the program on submarines and onshore.
