Norman Augustine, chair of the review committee and former chief executive of aerospace giant Lockheed Martin, said members would offer broad options to President Obama.

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The chief executive of Italian aerospace and defence firm Finmeccanica has been arrested on corruption charges.

BBC: Finmeccanica's Giuseppe Orsi held on corruption charges

Airbus parent EADS is moving toward the nomination of former French aerospace executive Ranque as its new chairman.

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The company is the brainchild of former NASA scientist Barney Pell, aerospace executive Robert Richards (who is CEO) and Intelius and Infospace founder Naveen Jain.

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If SpaceX managers are able to meet "even half of their mission goals, that would be a huge success, " according to Jeff Greason, chief executive of XCOR Aerospace, a space-transportation start-up.

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The White House has asked Norman Augustine, a former aerospace industry executive, to lead a review of Nasa's manned activities and report by August.

BBC: Obama reviews post-shuttle plans

"Three years ago everybody was scared and not knowing what would happen tomorrow, " says Allen Samuel, executive director of the 55-member Aerospace Components Manufacturers trade association in Rocky Hill, Conn.

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Joseph Finder's latest corporate thriller, Power Play, is a finely crafted excursion into the dark heart of executive-suite skullduggery, this time set in an aerospace company.

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He was a top candidate for the Boeing CEO job last year but the company went outside instead to select aerospace veteran Jim McNerney, then the 3M Co. chief executive.

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The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) has announced that FAA Administrator Marion Blakey will become its new chief executive Nov. 12, replacing the organization's retiring CEO, John Douglass.

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