FEDS CRACK DOWN ON PHONY AIRCRAFT PARTS, AVIATION WEEK & SPACE TECHNOLOGY REPORTS.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 10, 1995--Aviation Week & Space Technology reports in its February 13th edition that federal authorities are cracking down on phony spare parts Spare parts, also referred to as Service Parts is a term used to indicate extra parts available and in proximity to the mechanical item, such as a automobile, boat, engine, for which they might be used. Spare parts are also called “spares. being sold unbeknownst to the nation's airlines. A California parts broker who specialized in landing gear sales, James L. Daniele, has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison and fined $250,000. He pleaded guilty to selling unapproved un·ap·proved adj. Not approved or sanctioned: an unapproved vaccine; an unapproved protest march. spare parts for commercial aircraft. A federal judge also ordered an additional fine that could reach $15 million, or equal to the value of Daniele's seized business property and parts inventory Noun 1. parts inventory - an inventory of replacement parts inventory, stock list - a detailed list of all the items in stock . Two California machine shop owners received lesser penalties. (page 36) The current issue also contains the following: NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. UPHEAVAL -- The nation's space agency is in for big changes. NASA's budget is going to be cut from previous plans by $5 billion during the next five years. Space chief Dan Goldin says, "When this is over, NASA will be a profoundly different agency." Goldin says he will shut down facilities, perhaps entire centers. Programs will be canceled, operations privatized and employees given new buyout offers. The goal is to make NASA more of a research and development agency. That's exactly what House Speaker Newt Gingrich wants. (page 28) R&D DROUGHT -- The House Science Committee's ranking Democrat, Rep. George E. Brown, Jr. (Calif.), is disappointed with his President's research and development budget. Brown says Clinton's Fiscal 1996 request would inflict a 3% real decline in total federal R&D budget authority. What really has Brown worried, though, is the historical trend. He says combined civilian and defense R&D relative to gross domestic product (GDP GDP (guanosine diphosphate): see guanine. ) has plunged by 64% and 62% respectively during the past 30 years. Clinton's latest request would fall below 1% of GDP, the lowest level since 1958. Brown is skeptical GOP lawmakers will shore up the request: "I'm afraid the situation will only get worse after the new Congress gets through with it." (page 23) PEA DELIVERS -- Exactly 30 days after an impromptu safety summit in Washington, Transportation Secretary Federico Pea released the Aviation Safety Action Plan to achieve zero accidents. Running the gamut from pilot training to satellite navigation, Pea presented 173 initiatives last week, with 104 of them to take effect by Sept. 30. The centerpiece is a landmark pact among the FAA, airlines and labor groups to allow data recorded during flight to be shared freely and analyzed by all three parties. The FAA agreed not to use the data for regulatory enforcement against airlines or pilots. (page 23) SPY PIX -- The CIA CIA: see Central Intelligence Agency. (1) (Confidentiality Integrity Authentication) The three important concerns with regards to information security. Encryption is used to provide confidentiality (privacy, secrecy). will soon ask President Clinton to approve the declassification de·clas·si·fy tr.v. de·clas·si·fied, de·clas·si·fy·ing, de·clas·si·fies To remove official security classification from (a document). de·clas of vintage spy satellite photos taken during the 1960s. They would be made available through the National Archives National Archives, official depository for records of the U.S. federal government, established in 1934 by an act of Congress. Although displeasure concerning the method of keeping national records was voiced in Congress as early as 1810, the United States continued . The agency also recently declassified de·clas·si·fy tr.v. de·clas·si·fied, de·clas·si·fy·ing, de·clas·si·fies To remove official security classification from (a document). de·clas many top secret National Intelligence Estimates. Aviation Week & Space Technology, published by McGraw-Hill, Inc., is the world's leading journal for technology, business and operations in the global aviation, aerospace and defense industries. EDITORS: AWST AWST Aviation Week & Space Technology (magazine) AWST Australian Western Standard Time AWST Angewandte Wissenschaft Software und Technologie GmbH (Austrian science and technology contractor) editors will lead a discussion based on the magazine's latest two-part special report, "Automated Cockpits: Who's In Charge?" in CompuServe's online "Convention Center" on February 16 at 9 p.m. EST. For details, check CompuServe's "What's New" or the AVSIG bulletin board. CONTACT: Eileen Gabriele McGraw-Hill, Inc. 212/512-3852 |
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