Tue, Jul 27, 2010
AIA And ASD Reaffirm Trans-Atlantic Industry Cooperation In
Wide-Ranging Discussions
Industry leaders from the Aerospace and Defence Industries
Association of Europe (ASD) and the Aerospace Industries
Association of America (AIA) exchanged views on how to expand their
close collaboration in a wide variety of areas during a meeting at
the Farnborough International Airshow Tuesday morning.
CEOs of some of the largest and most influential aerospace
companies on both sides of the Atlantic discussed ongoing efforts
among manufacturers, operators and national aviation authorities to
come up with an international standard for operations near volcanic
ash. CEOs affirmed support for continued research and testing of
volcanic ash effects. However, until real-time, calibrated ash
detection systems are aboard aircraft, manufacturers continue to
recommend avoidance of visible ash.
Concerning air traffic management systems, CEOs agreed that a
commitment to interoperability between the future European and U.S.
systems, SESAR and NextGen respectively, should be made as early as
possible via collaboration between industry and aviation
authorities on both sides of the Atlantic. To that end, CEOs
concurred that industry and regulators should engage proactively in
a coordinated effort to ensure ATM technology harmonization.
Additional topics discussed during the dialogue included export
control modernization in the United States and Europe, mitigating
the environmental impact of aviation and expanding industry
commitment to ethical business practices.
“This meeting was extremely productive, and we have set a
clear course of action to meet these very important
challenges,” Scott Donnelly, Chairman of the Board of
Governors, AIA and President & CEO of Textron said. “We
look forward to even closer cooperation with our European partners
on these issues in the future.”
Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, President of ASD and Chairman &
CEO of Finmeccanica, agreed. “Transatlantic cooperation is
essential to tackle environmental and technological challenges that
are common to the US and the European aerospace industries,”
he said.
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