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Alenia North America, Washington, D.C., has appointed James R. Meltsner vice president, government relations and communications.

Aitech Rugged Group, Chatsworth, California, has appointed Moshe Tal chief executive officer.

Harris Corporation, Melbourne, Florida, has named Sherry Covell vice president of intelligence programs for its IT Services business.

Jean-Pierre Talamoni has been appointed director of international development at EADS, Paris, France.

After some growing pains and a shake out period, will a true democracy with all its flaws and opportunities emerge, or will it be hijacked by a small core group of extremists? Or will it just be more of the same old story?

Commanding generals at major U.S. Air Force commands are being briefed on a plan to provide standardized, cross-domain command and control training. Beginning this summer, the Air Force will likely begin standardized training courses on command and control of air, space and cyber resources.

It’s been talked about and in the planning stages for years. But for the first time, the “dial tone in the sky” has been advanced into use with enhanced capabilities via a software upgrade. Industry predicts that this step will lead to the ubiquitous use of communications via satellite.

The U.S. Coast Guard is helping Mexico’s navy respond to emergencies at sea with a search and rescue system that maximizes data and resources. Computers in new maritime rescue coordination centers will feature the software that uses an animated grid model to project where floating persons or objects might be located.