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appointments

Air MArshAl r.J. Duckworth

Air Marshal R.J. Duckworth took over as Air Officer-in-Charge Personnel at Air Headquarters Vayu Bhawan, Indian Air Force, on October 1, 2020.

Air MArshAl VikrAM singh

Air Marshal Vikram Singh took over as Senior Air Staff Officer, Headquarters Western Air Command, Indian Air Force, on October 1, 2020.

Air MArshAl r.D. MAthur

Air Marshal R.D. Mathur took over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Training Command, Indian Air Force, Bengaluru, on October 1, 2020.

Air MArshAl AMit DeV

Air Marshal Amit Dev took over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Air Command, Indian Air Force, Shillong, on October 1, 2020.

Air works

On August 30, 2020, Air Works - India’s largest, independent MRO and well-diversified aviation services provider, announced the appointment of Dr Haseeb A. Drabuas, an Independent Director on the Board of the Company.

Boeing

On September 9, 2020, the Boeing Company named Ed Dandridge as the company’s Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer, effective September 28, 2020.

On September 17, 2020, the Boeing Company announced the following appointments, effective October 1, 2020: •  B Marc Allen as Chief Strategy Officer and Senior

MILITARY SUCCESSFUL TEST-FLIGHT OF ABHYAS

Successful test-flight of Abhyas - High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT), was carried out on September 22, 2020 by the Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from the Interim Test Range at Balasore in Odisha. During the trials, two demonstrator vehicles were successfully test flown. The vehicle can be used as target for evaluation of various missile systems. Abhyas is designed and Vice President, Strategy and Corporate Development, reporting to President and CEO David Calhoun. Christopher Raymond as the company’s Chief Sustainability Officer, a newly created position reporting to Executive Vice President, Enterprise Operations and Chief Financial Officer Greg Smith.

BoMBArDier

On September 8 this year, Bombardier announced today the following key leadership appointments at its Tucson and Fort Lauderdale service facilities, effective immediately: •  Marc Beaudette, who previously led the Bombardier

Tucson Service Centre, has been appointed General

Manager of the Fort Lauderdale facility. •  Michel (Mike) Menard has been appointed as the General Manager of the Tucson Service Centre.

PilAtus

At an extraordinary, meeting of shareholders, two top Swiss entrepreneurs, Hansueli Loosli and Lukas Gähwiler, were elected to join the Board of Directors of Pilatus, the leading Swiss aircraft manufacturer.

sAFrAn

Safran has made a number of appointments in the company’s management cadre as under: •  Olivier Andriès has been named Executive Vice President, effective September 10, 2020. He will succeed

Philippe Petitcolin as Chief Executive Officer of Safran on January 1, 2021. •  Jean-Paul Alary has been appointed Chief Executive

Officer of Safran Aircraft Engines, effective September 10, 2020. •  Cédric Goubet has been named Chief Executive Officer of Safran Landing Systems, effective September 10, 2020. He succeeds Jean-Paul Alary and is a member of the Group’s Executive Committee. •  Vincent Caro has been named Chief Executive Officer of Safran Nacelles, effective September 10, 2020. He succeeds Cédric Goubet and becomes a member of the

Group’s Executive Committee.

developed by Aeronautical Development Establishment. The air vehicle is launched using twin underslung booster. It is powered by a small gas turbine engine and has MEMSbased Inertial Navigation System (INS) for navigation along with the Flight Control Computer (FCC) for guidance and control. During the testing phase, the user requirement of flying altitude of five km, vehicle speed of 0.5 Mach, endurance of 30 minutes and 2g turn capability of the test vehicle were successfully achieved. 