January 22, 1962

January 22, 1962

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Nimbus Undergoes Tough Prelaunch Tests

By George Alexander12 min

FINANCIAL

Defense Lists Top 500 R&d Contractors

MANAGEMENT

Kennedy Asks $51.6 Billion for Defense

By Larry Booda10 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Nimbus Undergoes Tough Prelaunch Tests

Valley Forge, Pa.—Nimbus meteorological satellite, which will become the operational outgrowth of the experimental Tiros project, is moving through a rigorous test program at the new General Electric Missile and Space Vehicle Department center here in preparation for a first orbital flight expected late this year.

By George Alexander12 min

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FINANCIAL

Defense Lists Top 500 R&d Contractors

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MANAGEMENT

Kennedy Asks $51.6 Billion for Defense

Fiscal 1963 request emphasizes limited war forces, is $8 billion higher than last Eisenhower budget.

By Larry Booda10 min

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MANAGEMENT

Nasa Fund Requests Total $3.9 Billion

By Edward H. Kolcum9 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Faa to Probe Finances of Supplementals

Washington—Federal Aviation Agency has warned it will explore the financial foundation of each supplemental airline and judge the quality of its management before issuing the annual operating certificates that enable all such carriers to stay in business.

By David H. Hoffman6 min

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Vc.10 May Eventually Land Automatically

London—Vickers VC.10 jet transport automatic control system, built into the four-jet transport around proven components, is a duplex autopilot with initial capability for automatic flareout and development possibilities for zero visibility automatic landings.

By Herbert J. Coleman6 min

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Letters

Convention Recruiting We read with a great deal of interest your article in the Dec. 25 issue (p. 51) of AVIATION WEEK on the improvement of technical conventions. We feel your conclusions make sense and deserve much thought by the parties involved.
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MANAGEMENT

Impact of Boeing Profit Ruling Weighed

By Katherine Johnsen6 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Major Shifts Asked in Airway Users Tax

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Oao Star Trackers Have High Reliability

First design details on Kollsman Instrument Corp.’s star trackers, being developed for the Grumman Orbiting Astronomical Observatory, show calculated system errors of less than half a minute of arc, a reliability factor of 0.915 over a year’s operation, and a total power drain of less than 0.1 watts per tracker.
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