Economists love smooth. They hate rough. They like soft landings, abhor recessions. All of which is why economists have their fingers crossed about the next couple of years. By all indications, the world in which the aviation and aerospace industries conduct their business will be stable and untroubled, but the economists are watchful.
Daniel Berlin, CEO of Arkwin Industries Inc., Westbury, N.Y., has received the Leroy R. Grumman Award from the Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, N.Y., for his "leadership, professional excellence and integrity in preserving the spirit of aerospace discovery for the past 55 years since founding Arkwin."
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James D. Royston has become executive vice president of Houston-based Spacehab Inc. He has been senior vice president/general manager of the Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary.
House Democrats and Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered the goods on their first legislative pledge: passing homeland security legislation 299-128 that enacts most unfulfilled recommendations from the 9/11 commission. But the White House says it can't support the legislation in its present form, and the Office of Management and Budget has "serious concerns" about several provisions, including one that would phase in requirements over the next three years to inspect all cargo on passenger aircraft to the same degree passengers and their luggage are screened.
Steady traffic growth, the broad impact of globalization, new types of aircraft and demands of ever-tightening security are wielding strong influences on airports.
Healthy sales of transports to expanding airlines in Asia and equally strong sales of corporate aircraft, including very light jets, will help drive annual aero-turbine production to more than 10,000 units by 2011. Also contributing to this increase of 1,000 engines over the estimate for 2010 is a strong market for both military and civilian helicopters. Total engine production is expected to peak in 2013, and then begin a decline as the cyclical process is repeated.
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Provided with the Assistance of Alexander Velovich (Russian Correspondent, Forecast Interational)
ARSENYEV AVIATION CO. PROGRESS (Arsenyev) is in relatively good shape due to a diverse product line. Hopes for financing its main product, the Kamov Ka-50 rotorcraft, have been revived, with the defense ministry expected to order a dozen for the GRU Spetnaz support role. The company manufactures the Mil Mi-34 light helicopter, which has been exported to Kazakhstan and Nigeria; overhauls Mil Mi-24/35 attack helicopters, which it built until 1989; builds parts for the Be-103 amphibian; and produces Moskit 3M-80E supersonic anti-ship missiles, which are exported to China.
