January 29, 1962

MISSILE ENGINEERING

Chrysler Increasing Missile, Space Work

MANAGEMENT

Bliss Enlarges Its Aerospace Activities

AIR TRANSPORT

Cab Faced with Vital Merger Decision

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MISSILE ENGINEERING

Chrysler Increasing Missile, Space Work

Detroit—Chrysler Corp’s missile experience, once derived almost entirely from negotiated contracts with the U. S. Army, is now ranging across the field of space technology and weapons development for National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the three military services.

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MANAGEMENT

Bliss Enlarges Its Aerospace Activities

New York—Bigger slice of the aerospace market is a major result of a toplevel management shakeup in the E. W. Bliss Co., Canton, Ohio. This move is representative of what appears to be some reversing of the trend of the last few years of diversification out of the aerospace field into commercial areas.

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AIR TRANSPORT

Cab Faced with Vital Merger Decision

American-Eastern combine would have wide effect on troubled industry; opposition, close scrutiny due.

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AIR TRANSPORT

Hughes-twa Dispute Status of Trustee

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MANAGEMENT

Un Studying International Reserve Pool

United Nations, N. Y.—Makeshift basis on which the United Nations was forced to gather aircraft, troops and equipment for the Congo operation has convinced UN military advisers that the traditional military measures of prior planning and preparation must be established in the world organization if similar crises are to be met successfully in the future.

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Manned Space Surveillance System Urged

Concept for a manned, global surveillance system in which orbiting space vehicles would gather military intelligence with a mixed array of electronic and photographic sensors was outlined to high Air Force officials at a recent briefing at Rome Air Development Center by two avionics companies.
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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Israel Helicopters Fly Rescue Missions

Tel Aviv—Israel’s air force helicopter squadron equipped with Sikorsky S-58s and aging S-55s is filling a major auxiliary role as an emergency ambulance rescue service for residents of this sometimes sparsely settled, largely desert country.

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MANAGEMENT

Merger Debates Dominate Ias Meeting

Consolidation with ARS possible by mid-1962; committee established to draft recommendations.

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Usaf Expands Bioastronautics Capability

Brooks AFB, Tex.—Major buildup of facilities and personnel, geared to expanding USAF’s in-house bioastronautics capabilities, is under way here at the headquarters of System Command’s newly formed Aerospace Medical Division.

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Capsule Window Valuable Orientation Aid

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