Lockheed Martin has appointed Christopher E Kubasik to the position of president and COO. The appointment was announced by company CEO and chairman Bob Stevens who said Kubasik will “take operational excellence to an even higher level as we support our customers in their global security missions.” The appointment is effective January 1 2010.

Australian cabling company Cablex and Australian Aerospace have signed a contract for Cablex to provide skilled labour to Australian Aerospace’s MRH 90 helicopter production facility at Brisbane Airport. The agreement will see at least nine Cablex AMEs installing electrical harnesses on Australian Army and Navy MRH 90s alongside their Australian Aerospace colleagues. “The strong relationship

The RAAF’s second A330 based KC-30A tanker flew for the first time following its conversion to tanker configuration by Qantas Defence Services (QDS) at Brisbane last Thursday. The aircraft, the first of four to be modified to tanker standard by QDS, made the flight after performing a rejected takeoff and check at Brisbane. It was

Air New Zealand recorded a rise in load factor across all its major markets during September as it made a number of capacity cuts to match lower demand. Compared to September 2008, the carrier saw a 1.2 per cent fall in passengers carried, resulting in a 6.8 per cent fall in RPKs. However, with capacity

The General Aviation Manufacturers’ Association (GAMA) and the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) published a new survey conducted by Harris Interactive on October 15 which shows that some portrayals of business aviation are inconsistent with the realities experienced in the US. The survey found that the typical company using private aviation is a small or

Boeing has announced three management changes at its Boeing Capital Corporation and Boeing International subsidiaries. BCC president Walt Skowronski announced on October 16 that he will retire at the end of the year, with Mike Cave to take on the leading role at BCC. As a result, Shep Hill will assume Cave’s responsibilities as senior