April 30, 1956

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HUMAN FACTORS

Navy Integrating Flight System in Pilot Capsule

Chicago—An interchangeable and ejectable nose section capsule bearing the pilot and all sensing, interpreting and communicating organs of a new integrated flight control system has passed a feasibility study by the Office of Naval Research and Douglas Aircraft Co. and is moving into the development phase.

By Russell Hawkes10 min

AVIONICS

Military, Airlines Push Single Sideband

An old idea, made practicable by new techniques, will double the number of ground-air communications channels now available in the congested high frequency (2 to 30 mc.) band. Called “Single Sideband,” or SSB for short, it also will improve intelligibility under adverse conditions and provide a several-fold increase in effective power and range.

By Philip J. Klass8 min

FINANCIAL

Navy Contracts

Following is a list of unclassified contracts of $25,000 and over as released by Navy Contracting Offices: BUREAU of AERONAUTICS, Washington 25, D. C. Aerojet-General Corp., Azusa, Calif., rocket motors, (new), 150, rocket motors (with Gov’t furnished chambers), 348, NOas 56-197-f (MA-36-5449-55), $386,580.

MISSILE ENGINEERING

Supersonic 28-in. Ramjet in Production

Marquardt's experience with ramjet powerplants is among the most extensive in the industry. Early subsonic engines developed by the company powered missiles, drones and piloted aircraft in a variety of installations. One of these engines was a 30-in. diameter unit, test-flown under a Douglas B-26 used as a fiying test-stand.

By Irving Stone5 min

FINANCIAL

Usaf Contracts

Following is a list of unclassified contracts for $25,000 and over as released by Air Force Contracting Offices: HEADQUARTERS AMC, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Glenn L. Martin Co., Baltimore 3, Md., mobile trainingunit, (PR H-222320), $145,000.

SAFETY

Services Standardize Search and Rescue

Washington—The first official manual governing aircraft emergency procedures over water for both civil and military aircraft will be distributed this week by the U. S. Coast Guard. Compiled with the assistance of the Navy and the Civil Aeronautics Administration and bearing the additional endorsement of the USAT, the 115-page manual outlines and standardizes overwater search-and-rescue procedures for the Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard and U. S. civil airliners on overseas flights.

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