Dutch Space signs space contracts to a value of more than 50 M euro
December 15, 2010 at 11:39 am | Posted in Space Law Current Events | Leave a commentby Sara M. Langston with the blog faculty
Source: ASD News
Noordwijk - Under the watchful eye of Minister Verhagen, Dutch Space signed two large space contracts this afternoon, together worth more than 50 million euro. For the supply of solar panels for 14 satellites of the European navigation system Galileo, Dutch Space signed an agreement amounting to more than 20 million euro with the German prime contractor OHB-System; as prime contractor of the Dutch space instrument TROPOMI, Dutch Space signed a contract worth more than 30 million euro with the European Space Agency ESA for development activities that Dutch Space shall realise together with foreign suppliers. This contract is a milestone in the realisation of the TROPOMI instrument and comes over and above the Dutch government’s previously budgeted contribution to TROPOMI, a project being realised in a close collaboration between industry (Dutch Space, SME), knowledge institutes (TNO) and science (KNMI, SRON)…more
Iran upset over EU refusal to refuel its airplanes
December 15, 2010 at 11:28 am | Posted in Aviation Law Current Event | Leave a commentby Sara M. Langston with the blog faculty
Source: Space Mart
Iran has filed a grievance with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) over several EU countries’ refusal to refuel its airliners, a spokesman for the UN agency said Monday.
ICAO president Roberto Kobeh outlined the complaints in a letter to the European countries in question on November 26, ICAO spokesman Denis Chagnon told AFP.
At least five nations — Britain, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland and the Netherlands — suspended refuelling of Iranair jetliners some weeks ago, according to Iranian media.
The decision was taken in support of UN sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, even though sanctions adopted by the European Union do not include such measures.
Chagnon denied Iran television reports that the ICAO has asked that Iranair refuelling be resumed immediately.
“This is an issue that must be resolved by the ICAO member states themselves. In other words, Iran must secure agreements from the various parties to refuel its jetliners,” he said.
The ICAO has asked the EU countries to supply it with any additional information in the case, he added. So far, none has been forthcoming.
Bolivia and China sign deal to build telecommunication satellite
December 15, 2010 at 11:24 am | Posted in Space Law Current Events | Leave a commentby Sara M. Langston with the blog faculty
Source: Space Mart
Bolivia and China have signed a deal to build a 300-million-dollar communications satellite to be launched into space within three years, officials here said Tuesday.
The agreement was signed on Monday by officials from the Bolivian Space Agency and the China Great Wall Industries Corporation (CGWIC), along with government officials from each country.
Once launched, the satellite is expected to greatly improve telecommunications in Bolivia, one of Latin America’s poorest and least developed countries.
Library: A Round-up of Reading
December 14, 2010 at 4:33 pm | Posted in Library | Leave a commentArticles
75/4 Journal of Air Law and Commerce:
J. David Grizzle, Amanda K. Bruchs, Robert A . Hawks & Lisa A. Holden, Navigating the Turbulence of Competing Interests: Principles and Practice of the Federal Aviation Administration, p.777
Jon Kettles & Ashley Sissell, The Causal Connection Question in Aviation Insurance Coverage,p.829
Charles E. Smith, Air Transportation Taxation: The Case for Reform, p.915
Air & Space Law, Volume 35, Number 4/5, August/September 2010:
# Leading Articles
# Ruwantíssa Abeyratne, Responsibility and Liability Aspects of the Icelandic Volcanic Eruption, p.281# Ludger Giesberts and Guido Kleve, Compensation for Passengers in the Event of Flight Delays, p.293
# Brendan McGivern, Aircraft Subsidies and WTO Rules: The Airbus Decision, p.305
# Case Note
# Adrienne L. Lee, Canadian Court Rules that a Disruptive Passenger Is Not Entitled to Receive an Airline’s Investigation File, p.317# Simon Liddy and Robert McGregor, Update on Australian Travel Agent Class Action, p.321
# Conference Reports
# David Learmount, Criminalization of Air Accidents: The Solutions May Be Forged in Europe, p.325# Michail Vagias, European Regional Rounds of the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition 2010, Gyor, Hungary, 27-30 April 2010, p.331
# Ram S. Jakhu and Stephan Hobe, Report on the International Interdisciplinary Congress on Space Debris, p.333
# Peter van Fenema, The International Institute of Space Law in 2010, p.337
# Pre-Announcement
# Second International Air Law Moot Court
Annals of Air and Space Law, Volume 35, Part I, 2010:
# I. AIR LAW/DROIT AÉRIEN
# A. LEADING ARTICLES/ARTICLES DE FOND
# ALAN KHEE-JIN TAN, The 2004 Damascus Agreement Liberalizing market access and ownership rules for Arab air carriers, p.1# QIAN CHELA, Legal aspects of aircraft financing in China, p.19
# STUART R. FRAENKEL, MICHAEL G. MCQUILLEN ANTHONY U. BATTISTA, & URBAN OLSON, Collecting, preserving and presenting evidence in domestic and foreign aircraft accident cases, p.51
# D. BRUCE GARROW & KATHERINE L. AYRE, The recovery of non-pecuniary damages in Canada: The cap on recovery, jury trials, and other unique considerations for general damage awards, p.75
# CHARLES E. SCHLUMBERGER, Are alternative fuels an alternative? A review of the opportunities and challenges of alternative fuels for aviation, p.119
# STEFAN A. KAISER, Sovereignty in the air: From national security to the Single European Sky, p.153
# RUWANTISSA ABEYRATNE, The Unlawful Interference Compensation convention of 2009 and principles of state responsibility, p.177
# JAE WOON LEE, The regime of compensable damage in the modernized Rome conventions: Α comparison between article 3 of the general risks convention of 2009 and article 17 of the Montreal convention of 1999, p.213
# KUALA WEI (DAVID) CHEM, Stripped and safer? Issues of privacy and security surrounding the full body scanner, p.231
# B. SHORTER ARTICLES, COMMENTS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS/DES ARTICLES PLUS COURTS ET COMMENTAIRES
# PETER ATEH-AFAC FOSSUNGU, Separation of powers in public international law: is the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) out of or within the United Nations system? A critique of ICAO assembly elections, p.267# JIMENA BLUMENKRON, A prospective analysis of the evolution of ICAO’s Universal Safety Oversight Audit Programme beyond 2010, p.297
# JULIE ATWELL, Report of the rapporteur on the development of new legal instruments for the suppression of unlawful acts against the safety of civil aviation: Special sub-committee of the legal committee on the preparation of one or more legal instruments addressing new and emerging threats, p.323
# ALEJANDRO PIERA & MICHAEL GILL, Unruly and disruptive passengers: do we need to revisit the international legal regime?, p.355
# II. SPACE LAW/DROIT SPATIAL
# GEORGE S. ROBINSON & CHARLES E. SMITH, Quantum physics and the biology of space law: The interstitial glue of global support fοτ space migration and a proposed commercial management infrastructure, p.367# RANJANA KAUL, Liability implications of the use of global navigation satellite systems (GLASS) fοτ communication, navigation, surveillance/air traffic management (CNS/ ATM) in civil aviation – with special focus on India, p.411
# DIANE HOWARD, One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor: Α comment on the failed MDA/ATK transaction, p.441
# III. BOOK REVIEWS/CRITIQUES DE LIVRES
# Mark Andrew Glynn, GEORGE LELOUDAS, Risk and liability in air law, p.453# Michael C. Mineiro, THOMAS GANGALE, The development of outer space: sovereignty and property rights in international space law, p.457
# Michael Dodge, FRANCIS LYALL & PAUL Β. LARSEN, Space Law: Α treatise, p.461
Blogs
PODCAST: Kevin Pomfret, Executive Director, Centre for Spatial Law and Policy, Discusses GEOINT Policy and Law Trends – Got GEOINT?
Guest blogger FAA Randy Babbitt: FAA seeks your help to curb laser incidents – Fast Lane
CR passes House, with an interesting shuttle provision – Space Politics
Virginia Spaceport May Gain Funding in Congressional Continuing Resolution – Spaceports
Drudge – India wants apology for TSA patdown of diplomat… – Y’all Politics
Spatial Law and Policy Update (December 8, 2010) – Spatial Law and Policy
TSA Threats of Retaliation for Refusal of Intrusive Body Searches are Empty Rhetoric – Aviation & Airport Development Law Blog
Briefs: Dragon’s impact on space policy; COTS plans – RLV and Space Transport News
Wanted: Space Strategy – DoD Buzz
Aviation: Tax breaks will boost industry
December 14, 2010 at 4:18 pm | Posted in Aviation Law Current Event | Leave a commentby Sara M. Langston with the blog faculty
Source: The Wichita Eagle
General aviation trade groups are urging Congress to quickly pass a tax agreement that they say will boost the industry by doubling the federal tax break for businesses making capital investments.
The tax proposal, first outlined by the White House, would permit 100 percent depreciation of capital investments by businesses during 2011, retroactive from Sept. 8, 2010.
It also would include accelerated or “bonus” depreciation of 50 percent during 2012. A bonus depreciation extension through the end of this year has already been signed into law.
Purchases include aircraft, engines, avionics and other upgrades. Because of longer lead times, buyers of non-commercial aircraft will have an extra year to put the plane in service and qualify for the extra depreciation.
A second provision in the proposal is a two-year extension of a research and development tax credit. Its extension will encourage technical advancements and sustain economic growth in the industry, GAMA said…[more]
Save the date: 5th IAASS Conference, Paris October 17-19, 2011
December 14, 2010 at 4:05 pm | Posted in Space Law Current Events | Leave a commentby Sara M. Langston with the blog faculty
Source: ESA
Fifth IAASS Conference
A Safer Space for a Safer World
Versailles, Paris
17-19 October 2011
Conference Main Topics
• Designing safety into space vehicles
• Safety on long duration manned missions
• Safety of extravehicular activities
• Launch range safety (current and future)
• Space debris remediation
• Spacecraft re-entry safety
• Payload safety
• Nuclear safety for space systems
• Human factors and performance for safety
• Safety critical software design and IVV
• Safety risk management
• Probabilistic risk assessment
• Organisational culture and safety
• Regulations and standards for safety
• Space-based safety critical systems
• Space traffic control
• Operations safety
• Space materials safety
• Safe & Rescue
• Commercial human spaceflight safety
• Lessons learned from space accidents and clause callsContributed papers are welcome. Papers will be selected on submitted abstracts. The abstract (approximately 500 words) should clearly outline the papers’s major elements of interest and its originality. All abstracts should be submitted by 30 May 2011.The authors will be notified of the selection outcome by 30 June 2011. For Abstract submissions click here.
For more information about the conference please click here.
Save the date: Legal Aspects of Aircraft Lease Agreements, London, March 1, 2011
December 14, 2010 at 9:50 am | Posted in Aviation Law | Leave a commentby Sara M. Langston with the blog faculty
Source: AeroPodium
Legal Aviation Workshop
LEGAL ASPECTS OF AIRCRAFT LEASE AGREEMENTS
Tuesday 1st March 2011
London, UK
Hosted by Cozen O’Connor
Agenda (PDF) Registration (PDF)
9.00 Registration & Networking Coffee
9.30 Welcome and Introductions
9.45 - Introduction to Aircraft Lease Agreements
- Types of Lease Agreements
10.15 - Aircraft Lease Agreements and Contract Law
- Brief Overview of Contract Formation
and Enforcement
11.00 Networking Coffee Break
11.30 - Operating Leases (“Dry”)
- Standard Terms and Conditions
- Negotiating Issues
13.00 Networking Lunch
14.00 - Operating Leases (Continued)
- Term Sheet Preparation (Practical Exercise)
15.00 - Review Term Sheets
15.30 Networking Coffee Break
16.00 - Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance & Insurance
(“ACMI” – “WET”) Leases
- Standard Terms and Conditions
- Negotiating Issues
17.00 - Term Sheet Preparation (Practical Exercise)
17.45 - Review Term Sheets
18.00 - Questions and Wrap-Up
18.30 End of Workshop
Concorde crash: Continental Airlines found guilty of involuntary manslaughter
December 14, 2010 at 9:10 am | Posted in Aviation Law Current Event | Leave a commentby Sara M. Langston with the blog faculty
Source: msnbc.com
PONTOISE, France — A French court found Continental Airlines and a mechanic at the airline guilty on Monday of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the 2000 Concorde crash that killed 113 people.
The accident led to the supersonic airliner being grounded for good.
Continental pledged to appeal and branded the verdict as “absurd,” saying it showed the French authorities’ determination to shift the blame from Air France, which operated the jet and was owned by the French government at the time.
The court in the Paris suburb of Pontoise ruled that the Houston-based airline must pay 1.08 million euros ($1.43 million) to Air France for moral damages and damages to its reputation.
It also fined Continental 200,000 euros ($265,000) and one of its mechanics, John Taylor, was fined 2,000 euros ($2,650). Taylor was further handed a 15-month suspended prison sentence.
All other defendants, including Taylor’s now-retired supervisor Stanley Ford and three French aviation officials, were acquitted.
The verdict exposes Continental to claims that could run to tens of millions of dollars…[full story]
Federal Register: Allocation and Designation of Spectrum for Fixed-Satellite Services in the 37.5-38.5 GHz, 40.5-41.5 GHz and 48.2-50.2 GHz Frequency Bands – Proposed Rule
December 14, 2010 at 9:01 am | Posted in Space Law | Leave a commentby P.J. Blount with the blog faculty
The FCC published a proposed rule on Allocation and Designation of Spectrum for Fixed-Satellite Services in the 37.5-38.5 GHz, 40.5-41.5 GHz and 48.2-50.2 GHz Frequency Bands (PDF) in December 13, 2010 Federal Register (75 Fed. Reg. 77602):
SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission published a document in the Federal Register of November 22, 2010, concerning a request for comment on technical rules for satellite systems in the 37.5-42.5 GHz band. The document contained incorrect proceeding numbers and incorrect language regarding the filing of comments on information collection requirements.
NASA And German Aerospace Center Sign Civil Space Agreements
December 13, 2010 at 9:57 am | Posted in Space Law Current Events | Leave a commentby Sara M. Langston with the blog faculty
Source: SpaceRef.com
WASHINGTON – NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Chairman of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) Executive Board Johann-Dietrich Worner signed a framework agreement for cooperative activities in aeronautics, exploration and the peaceful use of space Wednesday at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The agreement is intended to enhance cooperation between the two agencies during the next decade.
“Many space missions and projects can only be carried out through international cooperation, for example, with NASA, because of their great complexity and the associated costs,” Worner said. “This is why DLR, as Germany’s national space agency and research center, is endeavoring to set up bilateral collaborations such as this.”
Bolden and Worner also signed an agreement making DLR a NASA Lunar Science Institute associate partner. The institute brings together scientists from around the world to conduct collaborative research in lunar science.
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