Aviation Week & Space Technology

Sir Timothy Anderson has been named a non-executive director of Fly be. He was director-general of the U.K. Military Aviation Authority and had been assistant chief of the Royal Air Force Air Staff. Alan Smith expects to retire as a non-executive director on Aug. 31. Maunu Visuri has been appointed managing director of Flybe Finland. He has been CEO of Nordic Global Airlines and had been an executive with Finnair. Jochen Schnadt has become interim director of white label business development.

Strong first-quarter results for U.S. carriers

U rsula English has been appointed vice president of Chicago-based Boeing’ s Environment, Health and Safety organization. She succeeds Kim Smith, who is now vice president of Attack Helicopter Programs for Boeing Defense, Space and Security. English was director of supplier management for the Commercial Aviation Services business of Boeing Commercial Airplanes and has been director of supplier management on the 787 Dreamliner mid-body team.

As manufacturing proceeds, Comac confirms C919 certification will slip to 2017

Rankings of publicly traded aerospace and defense contractors are the result of a composite scoring of four equally weighted performance categories that place significant emphasis on operating excellence.

Army rejects are redeployed for protection, profit

With next-gen rocket in its sights, Japan improves H-IIA for commercial missions

JAXA may get ocean-surveillance job with its new space-law assignments

Higher-than-expected labor rates and overhead contributed to an F-35 price increase last year

Airbus is closing a costly chapter with redesigned EC225 gearbox component

ISS utility is growing on its users

Pentagon and primes alike are ratcheting up the squeeze on supply chains

European aerospace suppliers face huge risks despite booming order books

"The goal is rapid turnover in feasibility demonstrations. Many will fail, but that is what it takes to effect real change."

What do airlines look for in an MRO provider?

Industry seeks FAA approval of synthetic-vision landing ‘credit’

Momentum is swelling for ground-aided GPS landing systems

Sub-assemblies come together as Embraer closes on initial airlifter production contract

U.S. Army aviation revamp retains FVL and prompts change in training

One of China’s biggest airlines is keen on budget aviation and more independence

Airbus plans to raise A320 capacity to 186 to better establish the aircraft among LCCs

Taxi guidance applications are on tap for business and commercial aviation

More aircraft are added to Boeing 787-9 certification program as initial handover looms

Fake secrecy clouds Growler debate

Human performance limitations drive next-generation cockpit design