Aviation Week & Space Technology

Eric John has become president of Boeing Korea. He succeeds Pat Gaines, who plans to retire in September. John was a career member of the U.S. Senior

Alan Gershenhorn has been appointed executive vice president/chief commercial officer for Atlanta-based UPS . He was chief sales, marketing and strategy officer.

July 16—Farnborough Civil Manufacturing Briefings, Farnborough (England) air show. Oct. 7-9—MRO Europe, Madrid. Nov. 4-6—MRO Asia, Singapore. Nov. 19

July 14-20—Farnborough air show. www.farnborough.com/airshow-20124 July 16-18—Quantum Control User Group Annual Conference. San Diego. www.quegroup.camp7.org/events?eventId= 803805&EventViewMode=EventDetails July 19—Washington Island (Wisconsin) Lions Club’s 61st Annual Fly-In Whitefish Boil. Washington Island Airport. Call Gregg Gaura at 920-847-2070.

The U.S. Export-Import Bank, the official export credit agency of America, is in the fight of its life. Established in the Great Depression to create jobs by aiding the export of American products via loan guarantees and insurance, Ex-Im, as it is known, has been rechartered or reauthorized by Congress 16 times. Those extensions have come nearly always by voice vote or unanimous consent of lawmakers.

Scorpion is slated to depart from Wichita July 1 for its long trip to the U.K.

Boeing is introducing an automated 737 wing assembly process that is designed to reduce flow time by more than one-third as part of the company’s plan to increase monthly production rates to 47 and beyond, and to prepare for the introduction of the MAX at gradually increasing rates.

Almost-space tourists with $75,000 to spare will be able to see a view something like this remote-control fisheye photo taken during a 5-hr., 1/10

Marking India’s next milestone in its efforts to establish an effective nuclear triad, sea trials of the indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant are

n F-35A that caught fire last week—a mishap that prompted a fleetwide halt to flight operations—was one of the newer of the stealthy jets delivered by

An article that appeared on page 30 of the June 23 issue should have said the French state is the largest single shareholder in Arianespace, Europe’s

Rolls-Royce is to modify the lift fan systems on already-delivered Lockheed Martin F-35Bs to incorporate changes from flight testing and bring the

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has rejected a protest by Raytheon and Norway’s Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace over the Defense

An article on page 38 in the June 23 issue incorrectly identified the commander of the space shuttle mission that delivered the Hubble Space Telescope to orbit. The mission, STS-31, was commanded by Loren J. Shriver. Charles Bolden, who is now NASA administrator, was the mission pilot.

Marking India’s next milestone in its efforts to establish an effective nuclear triad, sea trials of the indigenous nuclear submarine INS Arihant are

The search strategy working group (SSWG) investigating the loss of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370) has used overlapping results from new analyses

Cessna has received FAA type certification and begun deliveries of the upgraded Cessna Citation X+, with improved Rolls-Royce AE3007C2 engines and new

Aerojet Rocketdyne has finished testing the J-2X rocket engine for NASA. But the company probably will have to put the Apollo-heritage upper stage

Ground force technology aims at mobility

Development of Asia’s low-cost carriers, such as Tigerair, is one of the big unknowns affecting the order backlog strategies of Airbus and Boeing.

International political and security developments are casting a shadow on this year's Farnborough International Airshow.

Without the boost of military funding, large airship builders look for commercial backing

Ryanair threatens legal action against French publisher for defamation; in an unrelated matter, the airline defends its national benefits pay-in

Indian army wants its own AH-64 helicopters

India has long sought to increase its ability to manufacture defense equipment to end its reliance on imported weapons, and newly elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to build on that goal as well as capitalize on India’s defense export potential.