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Lockheed Martin Exec Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Women in Aerospace Honors Julie Sattler in Tuesday Ceremony

The Women in Aerospace (WIA) national organization presented its 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award to Julie A. Sattler, a vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (SSC), during a ceremony Tuesday in Washington, DC.

Klyde Morris (11.07.11)

No Cheap Chinese Knock-Offs For Klyde...

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Landlord Sells FAA's Regional Office In Renton

Agency Will Stay At Least Five Years, But Wants More Space

The FAA has a regional headquarters in Renton, Washington, in Boeing's neighborhood, and 1,400 employees work there. The FAA says it needs more space, and now the owner of the office building has sold out to a new landlord.

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (11.07.11): Precision Runway Monitor (PRM)

Precision Runway Monitor (PRM) Provides air traffic controllers with high precision secondary surveillance data for aircraft on final approach to parallel runways that have extended centerlines separated by less than 4,300 feet. High resolution color monitoring displays (FMA) are required to present surveillance track data to controllers along with detailed maps depicting approaches and no transgression zone.

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (11.07.11)

Aero Linx: Aviation Rescue Swimmer (AIRR) Jumping out of a helicopter to pluck crewmembers out of frigid waters. Rappelling to reach survivors at a remote crash site. Coming to the aid of civilians stranded in the midst of a hurricane. The motto of the Aviation Rescue Swimmer (AIRR) community is "So Others May Live." When lives are on the line, Navy Aviation Rescue Swimmers (AIRRs) are exceptionally adept at answering the call. These brave men and women embody the courage of America’s Navy – readily going into harm’s way to complete their rescue missions in some of the most extreme environments imaginable.

Aero-News: Quote Of The Day (11.07.11)

"If surface habitats were short-term, that doesn't mean we should be glum about prospects for life on Mars, but it says something about what type of environment we might want to look in... The most stable Mars habitats over long durations appear to have been in the subsurface. On Earth, underground geothermal environments have active ecosystems." Source: Bethany Ehlmann, assistant professor at the California Institute of Technology and scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, lead author of a study that suggests that if life ever existed on Mars, the longest lasting habitats were most likely below the Red Planet's surface.