December 15, 1962

December 15, 1962

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PICTURE CREDITS

Message From the Publisher

Concerning This Issue

By Robert W. Martin

SPACE TECHNOLOGY

NASA Foresees $5.5-$7 Billion Budgets

By Edward H. Kolcum

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PICTURE CREDITS

Cover—Charles McLaughlin, Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp.; 56—Aviation Week; 57— Viron Div., Geophysics Corp.; 58—General Electric; 59—NASA/USAF; 60—McDonnell Aircraft Corp.; 61—(top) NASA/USAF, (bottom) Lockheed-Georgia Co.; 63—NASA; 64—(top) PFC Paul Wilkes, Army, (bottom) Douglas Aircraft Co.; 65—United Technology; 67—USAF/USIS; 71— Hughes Aircraft; 72—Antenna Systems, Inc.; 73—Lockheed Electronics; 78—American Airlines; 79—British Aircraft; 83—Piper Aircraft.
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Message From the Publisher

Concerning This Issue

AVIATION WEEK & SPACE TECHNOLOGY is proud to present a Buyers Guide Issue which combines perceptive reports on the key facets of aerospace procurement with a roll call of aerospace companies in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Western Europe, plus the most comprehensive compilation of sources for products and services available to the aerospace industry.

By Robert W. Martin

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

NASA Foresees $5.5-$7 Billion Budgets

National Aeronautics and Space Administration foresees a gradual leveling trend in the amount of money it will receive to conduct the U. S. space program, but the budget anticipated in the immediate future continues to place the space agency in the category of big business.

By Edward H. Kolcum

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MILITARY PROCUREMENT

DOD Begins Incentive Systems, Combines Some Buying

Washington—Two actions taken in the past year by the Defense Dept. will greatly affect procurement policies of the entire department and the individual services. First was the establishment of the Defense Supply Agency (DSA). The second was the initiation of changes in the Armed Services Procurement Regulations (ASPR), effective Dec. 1, which strengthen the government’s hand in administering incentive type contracts.

By Larry Booda

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MILITARY PROCUREMENT

Two Commands Handle Buying for USAF

Washington—Applied research, development and production for the U. S. Air Force is the responsibility of the Air Force Systems Command (AFSC), which was formed in mid-1961 to coordinate the service’s weapon system procurement. After systems become operational, responsibility for their supply and maintenance shifts to the Logistics Command.
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MILITARY PROCUREMENT

Navy Buying Follows Functional Lines

Washington—U. S. Navy has concentrated its weapon system procurement in one location to a greater degree than the other services. Navy’s principal procurement office is the Bureau of Weapons here. Bureau of Weapons does have field activities located mostly on the east and west coasts, but the control stems from the Bureau’s complex of World War 1 buildings on Constitution Avenue.
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Army Revises

Procurement, Forms Materiel Command

Washington—Most radical reorganization of procurement machinery of all the armed services was effected by the Army this year. The Army Materiel Command (AMC) combines the applied research, development, production and logistics functions which formerly were fragmented among technical services, some of which had been in existence since 1776.
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AVIONICS

Avionics Price, Quality Demands Growing

Several important trends will increase the emphasis on quality and price— particularly the former—in the market served by several thousand avionic equipment, subsystem and component suppliers. Foremost, perhaps, is the Defense Dept.’s new emphasis on placing major procurements on an incentive-type contract in which the prime contractor’s profit margin depends upon his costs, meeting his schedules and upon the performance of the end product.

By Philip J. Klass

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MANAGEMENT

Small Business Share Grows in Contracts

Washington—Small business is buttressed by government in its fight to hold position in this era of rapidly advancing technology and the big management required to direct it. Defense Dept. has a vertical organization, extending from a broad-base field operation to a top-policy command in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, specifically dedicated to channeling defense dollars into small firms.

By Katherine Johnsen

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AIR TRANSPORT

Airline Purchasing Rate Climbs Annually

New York—Airline purchasing, which involves billions of dollars a year for a vast variety of products, is increasing at a rate between 7-8% annually, industry officials report. Airlines are primarily bulk buyers, maintaining inventories that run into millions of dollars.

By James R. Ashlock

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