Aviation Week & Space Technology

Capt. Charles “Bart” Roberts has been appointed vice president-flight operations for JetBlue Airways. He was chief pilot and managing director of flight operations at American Airlines.

Mike Powell has become group finance director of London-based BBA Aviation, effective July 1. He has been chief financial officer of AZ Electronic Materials and had been group finance director of Nippon Sheet Glass Co.

Steve Pitts (see photo) has been named general manager of Parker Aerospace’s Fort Worth-based Stratoflex Products Div. He was at different times vice president for the Boeing and U.S. Air Force business segments at Honeywell International, and had been general manager of its Commercial Aerospace Navigation Products Div.

Daniel D. Faoro has become vice president-membership services and business development, for the Arlington, Va.-based Aerospace Industries Association. He was vice president/assistant to the president of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.

Mark Roscio has been promoted to president/CEO from senior vice president-sales and marketing and Scott Kokosa to chief financial officer from vice president-finance for Numet Manufacturing Techniques, Orange, Conn.

Capt. Craig Drew has become vice president-flight operations for Southwest Airlines. He succeeds Capt. Chuck Magill, who is now vice president

B en Palmer has been appointed director of European strategy and business development, Jon Anderson director of business development for C4ISR-land, maritime and civil, and Simon Cooper director of business development for C4ISR-air, all based in London for the Northrop Grumman Corp.

Alex Min has become chief marketing and sales officer of Terrafugia Inc., Woburn, Mass. He was vice president-business development at Textron Defense

USAF Maj. Gen. Samuel A. Greaves has been nominated for promotion to lieutenant general and assignment as commander of the Space and Missile Systems

Space solar power is free; getting it will not be cheap
Space

Jeff Carr has been promoted to president from vice president-aerospace communications of the Griffin Communications Group of Houston.

Mark Middleton and Stuart Smith have become directors of business development for freight for London-based Air Partner: Middleton for Asia-Pacific and

Patrick Coulter (see photos) has been promoted to director of business development for commercial training from manager of the Toronto Learning Center for FlightSafety International. He will be succeeded by Tasneem Hashmi, who has been the center’s assistant manager. And following Hashmi will be Suren Meras, who has been promoted from director of training.

June 10-11—MRO Baltics, Eastern Europe & Russia (BEERs), Sheraton Warsaw (Poland). July 16—Farnborough Civil Manufacturing Briefings, Farnborough

June 16-20—2014 Eurosatory. Paris. www.eurosatory.com/ June 16-20—20th AIAA/CEAS Aero-acoustics Conference. Hyatt Regency Atlanta. www.aiaa.org

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Air Transport

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Andy Card is a former U.S. transportation secretary and White House chief of staff.
Air Transport

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Improved monitoring of flights will not be enough to prevent a repeat of MH370

By Guy Norris
Although the new Air Force One is likely to be a 747-8, the integration strategy remains up in the air

The U.S. Air Force is rattled about the state of American rocket propulsion.
Defense and Space

By William Garvey
One airline’s business aviation success

By Byron Callan
Defense cultural change needs to earn support
Defense and Space

Science closing in on extraterrestrial life
Space

With Europe in the critical path, NASA targets joint Orion mission