July 17-23, 2006
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Thursday, July 20, 2006
Raytheon welcomed the three members of the Statesville (North Carolina) Christian School rocket team to London Thursday, a trip the company sponsored as part of winning the Team America Rocketry Challenge in May.
Will Cobb, Myles Dunlap, and Michael Goetz travelled to London with their coach Doug Knight. Raytheon officials welcomed them and took them to the London Eye, a huge observation wheel along the River Thames that gave them a bird's-eye view of the city.
The team was scheduled to attend the air show Friday during Farnborough's International Youth Day. The event includes about 1,000 students aimed at attracting youths to aerospace careers. That is the same goal of TARC, the world's largest rocket contest AIA holds near Washington, D.C.
The team won the fourth-annual TARC with a near perfect launch. In addition to the trip to the air show, the students won $10,000 in cash and savings bonds.
The winning TARC team from Statesville Christian School in London. From left Michael Goetz, Myles Dunlap, and Will Cobb in front of the London Eye. |
From left, Myles, Michael, and Will, with Parliament and Big Ben in the background |
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Boeing displayed a 777-300 ER with Taiwan airline EVA Air colors at Farnborough.
A Sentry HP unmanned aerial vehicle made by DRS Technologies.
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| Two views of the Northop Grumman Global Hawk high altitude endurance unmanned aerial vehicle. |
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Wednesday, July 19, 2006
AIA leaders met with their international counterparts Wednesday and agreed to establish a new initiative on aerospace business ethics that is expected to lead to a global code of conduct in the industry.
AIA President and CEO John Douglass and Executive Vice President of Defense and International Affairs Mark Esper represented U.S. industry at the meeting with other members of the International Coordinating Council of Aerospace Industries Associations.
AIA officials proposed the idea at last year's Paris Air Show, basing it on the successful Defense Industry Initiative, a domestic U.S. business ethics program.
Douglass said the international ethics program will avoid problems before they start and create a level playing field worldwide while establishing a postive climate for the aerospace workforce.
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NASA Administrator Michael Griffin tries out a seat in the Boeing C-17 Globemaster cargo aircraft at Farnborough Wednesday. |
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AIA President and CEO John Douglass visits with officials with Omega Air abord the KDC10-MPTT tanker aircraft. |
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A Boeing B1-B Lancer bomber makes a fly-by at the air show. |
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Exhibitor Spotlight
 Left to right, Louis Giusto, Carmen Giusto, Peter Rettaliata, and Mary Rettaliata at the Air Industries Machining Corp. booth.
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 Brian Mosdale at the Nylock booth.
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 BJ Shramm and Cecelia Haviland at the HITCO booth.
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 Hugh Quigley (center) talks to some colleagues at the DynaBil Industries booth.
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 Charles O'Donnell at the Ferguson Metals booth.
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 Juergen Funke, left, and Sebastien Grospeaud at the TMX Aerospace booth.
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 Ronald Saks, sitting, and Richard Darrow at the LMI Aerospace booth.
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 Drew Lomas at the IML booth.
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Tuesday, July 18, 2006
AIA joined U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom Robert Tuttle at a reception for hundreds of industry guests at Winfield House, the ambassador's residence, Tuesday night. AIA Chairman Ronald Sugar (left) of Northrop Grumman shares a laugh with the ambassador.
AIA and partner TriPolus held a briefing Tuesday to discussed a planned trade mission to India in December as well as the ramifications of offsets if that nation chooses a U.S. source for new fighter jets and other platforms.
Varun Nikore, AIA director of supplier management, said the visit will go to the Indian center of government Delhi as well as the aerospace hub in Bangalore.
AIA partner TriPolus, an international consulting firm, briefed participants on the issue of trade offsets for major foreign purchases of defense and civilian aircraft and equipment. Mayank Patel, President of TriPolus, also presented statistics on the recent remarkable economic success in India. Specifically, the recently evolving offset polices expected in India were discussed in depth as it relates to impending purchases of military fighters, helicopters and other large ticket items. The government of India is expected to be release a revised and highly anticipated procurement policy in the next several weeks which will affect future defense purchases.
Mayank Patel of TriPolus addresses the participants of the India trade briefing Tuesday. |
Northrop Grumman Chairman and CEO Ronald Sugar led two other top officers at U.S. aerospace firms in a face-to-face meeting with two of their European counterparts at the Farnborough International Airshow Tuesday.
The CEO Dialogue included discussions the first steps toward establising an ongoing international roundtable on business ethics, which would coordinate efforts to establish global ethics standards. In addition, participants agreed the U.S. export controls system is in desperate need of modernization.
EADS CEO Tom Enders led the European contingent, with Dassault CEO charles Edelstenne also attending. AIA President and CEO John Douglass took part, as well as European counterpart Francois Gayet, secretary general of the AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe.
AIA President and CEO John Douglass gives a gift of an AIA Farnborough hat to Francois Gayet, secretary general of ASD, as CEO's from some of the top aerospace companies in the U.S. and Europe look on. |
The two sides of the CEO Dialogue enjoy a light moment. From left: David Calhoun of General Electric, William Swanson of Raytheon, Ronald Sugar of Northrop Grumman, and John Douglass of AIA. Facing them are, from top to bottom: Francois Gayet of ASD, Tom Enders of EADS, and Guy Rupied of GIFAS, the French aerospace industries association. |
AIA President and CEO John Douglass represented the industry in a meeting at Farnborough with ranking officials from three U.S. agencies regarding the future of U.S. air transportation.
Lisa Porter, NASA's associate administrator for aeronautics; David Sampson, deputy secretary of the Commerce Department; and Marion Blakey, FAA administrator, met to discuss strategies to promote the Next Generation Air Transportation System.
All three agencies are involved in the effort through the Joint Planning and Development office. Industry input is coming through the NGATS Institute, a new organization under the AIA-affiliated National Center for Advanced Technologies.
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| Boeing showcased two advanced unmanned aerial vehicles at Farnborough. The X-45N is designed to be able to take off from and land on aircraft carrier decks. The smaller Scan Eagle A, which is seen silhouetted by the sun, is a long-endurance surveillance platform. |
John Douglass and Commerce Deputy Secretary David Sampson discuss some of the aircraft in the Defense Department corral with Capt. Rod Lokey, a Boeing pilot.
A Northrop Grumman Fire Scout unmanned aerial vertical takeoff vehicle, showcased at Farnborough.
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Monday, July 17, 2006
The Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft takes off at the Farnborough International Airshow Monday. |
Several AIA company products were at the forefront of the first day of flying at Farnborough International Airshow Monday.
One highlight was the Bell-Boeing V-22 Osprey, the tilt-rotor aircraft made for the U.S. Marine Corps. The Osprey prompted much interest with a morning and afternoon flight.
Both the Lockheed Martin F-16 C/D Fighting Falcon and the Boeing F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet fighter jets also performed aerobatics, and the Raytheon T-6B trainer took to the air.
AIA President and CEO John Douglass took part in the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the U.S.A pavilion and a meeting with Ken Krieg, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, along with member company representatives.
AIA officials also met with an Indian aerospace trade group to discuss future working relationships and took several members of the U.S. congressional delegation on tours in the corral of U.S. military aircraft.
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AIA President and CEO John Douglass talks to Air Force Secretary Mike Wynne at the Defense Department corral. |
A rotor blade of the Sikorsky UH-60L Blackhawk helicopter is silhouetted against the sky. |
AIA President and CEO John Douglass talks to a Boeing F/A-18 E/F pilot in the U.S. Defense Department corral. |
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Sunday, July 16, 2006
AIA President and CEO John Douglass greets Sen. Ted Stevens on his arrival to Farnborough Sunday. |
Sen. Ted Stevens and Congressman C.W. "Bill" Young led congressional delegations to the Farnborough International Airshow Sunday as AIA hosted the groups one day before the show officially opened.
The delegations spent most of their time touring the U.S Defense Department corral, which is showcasing a wide variety of military aircraft during the show -- one of the largest aviation events in the world. The groups also toured some of the commercial aircraft that were set up early, including a Boeing 777-300 ER. Several high-ranking officials with AIA companies greeted the delegations, including and Boeing Chairman, President, and CEO Jim McNerney; Raytheon Chairman and CEO William Swanson; Honeywell Chairman and CEO David Cote; and Northrop Grumman Chairman and CEO Ronald Sugar, who is serving as AIA's Chairman this year.
Sen. Thad Cochran discusses the Lockheed Martin C-130J with crew members from his home state of Mississippi. |
AIA Legislative Affairs Director Jana Denning was the liaison to the delegations, which toured the show separately. FAA Administrator Marion Blakey joined the Senate delegation, which included Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), and Pat Roberts (R-Kan.).
Young was the only House member to tour the corral on Sunday. Additional members of the House delegation, including Congressman Robin Hayes (R-N.C.) and Congressman John Sweeney (R-N.Y.) toured the show on Monday.
Both groups saw a wide range of aircraft, including the Sikorsky UH-60LBlackhawk helicopter, Boeing F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet fighter, and the Lockheed Martin C-130J transport. The delegations also toured a Boeing C-17 Globemaster and saw a presentation marking the plane's achievement of 1 million flying hours.
Sen. Ted Stevens greets a Sikorsky Blackhawk helicopter crewman. |
Sen. Ted Stevens (with hat on) and Air Force Lt. General (ret.) Tom McInerney talks to with FAA Administrator Marion Blakey in front of a Sikorsky Blackhawk helicopter. |
Jim Albaugh, president and CEO of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems and AIA Governing Board member, welcomes Sen. Ted Stevens to the C-17 Globemaster display. |
Congressman Bill Young greets an F-18 Super Hornet crew member, with a C-17 engine in the background. |
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 A Lockheed Martin F-16 C/D Fighting Falcon looks to be mostly engine from behind.
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 The cargo hold of a Boeing C-17 Globemaster is visible through a circular window in sleeping quarters behind the cockpit.
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 A Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet nose and wing seem to overlap the massive wing of a Boeing C-17 Globemaster.
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 Crew members gather at the rear cargo loading area of a Lockheed Martin C-130J.
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AIA President and CEO John Douglass greets SJAC President Takatoshi Hosoya during a reception Sunday. |
AIA held its annual reception with the Society of Japanese Aerospace Companies as well as hosted the dinner for the U.S. President's Representative in London Sunday night.
The SJAC reception included AIA President and CEO John Douglass and Northrop Grumman Chairman and CEO Ron Sugar, who is serving as AIA's chairman this year. SJAC President Takatoshi Hosoya lead the Japanese delegation.
Congressman C.W. "Bill" Young was the president's representative, leading dignitaries and AIA company representatives at the dinner Sunday night.
Marion Blakey addresses Society of Japanese Aerospace Companies Chairman Mototsugu Ito as well as AIA President and CEO John Douglass, Northrop Grumman Chairman and CEO Ron Sugar and his wife Valerie during the SJAC reception in London. |
AIA President and CEO John Douglass greets Gov. Jeb Bush and his wife Columba prior to the AIA President's Representative dinner Sunday night. |
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