While recent airline crashes in Asia are creating pressure for improved tracking of flights, other initiatives to prevent crashes are arguably more important.
Scaled Composites’ Speaks I would like to take exception to the unsupported assertion by Graham Warwick in “Designer Aircraft” (AW&ST Dec. 15/22, 2014, p. 16) that since Scaled Composites was acquired by Northrop Grumman in 2007, “its priorities have shifted.”
Navy tweaks littoral combat ship, NASA environmental missions may face more scrutiny, media experiments with UAVs and Ashton Carter returns to the Pentagon.
David C. Wajsgras (see photo) has been appointed president of Waltham, Massachusetts-based Raytheon’s Intelligence, Information and Services, succeeding Lynn A. Dugle, who plans to retire. Wajsgras has been corporate vice president/CFO and will be succeeded by Anthony F. “Toby” O’Brien (see photo). O’Brien has been vice president/CFO of Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems and was vice president-finance for Raytheon Airline Aviation Services and CFO of the then-Raytheon Aircraft Co.
ULA expects its first—and possibly only—Orbital Sciences Cygnus capsule to arrive in Florida late this summer for a launch targeted for the last quarter of the year. Orbital Sciences has an option for a second flight in 2016.
The three-year, $916 million SMAP mission will give weather forecasters in agricultural regions an early warning signal for drought and allow better near-term flood warnings.
Senior Avionics & Safety Editor John Croft looks at the airliner flight deck of the future, which might feature one seat in the cockpit for a captain and one on the ground, occupied by a “super dispatcher” or first officer.
Senior Avionics & Safety Editor John Croft looks at the airliner flight deck of the future, which might feature one seat in the cockpit for a captain and one on the ground, occupied by a “super dispatcher” or first officer.
Diverse customs and regulatory procedures, small fleet sizes create challenges for Latin American MRO providers, despite steady growth of local carriers.
Transaero Airlines faces an uphill battle to survive as it grapples with myriad problems that encompass everything from political unrest, plunging oil prices and management missteps.
Finally back on strong financial footing, Air Canada plans to spend the next several years regaining the international share it lost in the past decade as it battled key labor unions, dealt with high airport costs and weathered delivery delays for important new aircraft.
Despite its failure to thwart NASA’s selection of Boeing and SpaceX for commercial crew vehicles, Sierra Nevada will proceed with development of Dream Chaser.
