January 7, 1963

January 7, 1963

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MANAGEMENT

President Discusses Defense Problems

AIR TRANSPORT

Uncertainty Shrouds Pan American-twa Merger Effort

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Power Boost Planned for Stol C-130

By David A. Anderton9 min

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MANAGEMENT

President Discusses Defense Problems

Question: . . . Mr. President . . . how does a President go about making a decision, like Cuba, for example? The President: The most recent one was hammered out really on policy and decision over a period of five or six days. During that period, the 15 people more or less who were directly consulted frequently changed their view, because whatever action we took had so many disadvantages to it, and each action we took raised the prospect that it might escalate with the Soviet Union into a nuclear war.
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AIR TRANSPORT

Uncertainty Shrouds Pan American-twa Merger Effort

New York—Merger proposal by Pan American World Airways and Trans World Airlines (AW Dec. 24, p. 29) comes at a time when an uncertain attitude toward mergers exists among government regulatory agencies. Atmosphere is reflected by the Justice Dept. and a Civil Aeronautics Board examiner both disapproving the proposed merger of Eastern Air Lines and American Airlines, both reasoning that the merger would not appreciably reduce excess competition.
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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Power Boost Planned for Stol C-130

Marietta, Ga.—Lockheed-Georgia Co. and Allison Division of General Motors Corp. have designed an STOL version of the C-130 Hercules aimed at a nebulous Army requirement for a tactical transport with a 10-ton payload. The design, which carries the Lockheed designation GL298-7, is basically a C-130E re-engined with Allison 501-M7B turboprops delivering about 20% more power than the currently installed Allison T56-A-7 engines.

By David A. Anderton9 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Venus May Have Slow Retrograde Rotation

Stanford, Calif.—Concept of Venus as a slowly rotating planet, apparently devoid of a magnetic field comparable to that of the earth and free of intense, extensive neighboring fields of charged particles is beginning to emerge from preliminary analyses of data returned by Mariner 2 spacecraft and from Venus radar bounce experiments conducted recently by the Goldstone tracking station.

By Barry Miller7 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Shannon Free Airport Expansion Begun

Shannon, Ireland—Shannon Free Airport is looking to the European Economic Community, the Common Market, as the key to its rapidly expanding industrial development center in an era when the long-range jet is bypassing the airport for Europe’s gateway cities.

By Herbert J. Coleman7 min

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MISSILE ENGINEERING

First Sac Crews Controlling Minuteman

Great Falls, Mont.—First Strategic Air Command crews of the 341st Strategic Missile Wing at Malmstrom AFB are shaking down operations and maintenance procedures for the SM-80 Minuteman solid propellant intercontinental ballistic missile in its initial deployment near here (AW Dec. 17, p. 27).

By C. M. Plattner7 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Buoyant Rocket Handling System Studied

Buoyant handling system, using large caissons capable of floating cases for the Air Force’s proposed 264-in. solid propellant booster, has been designed by Thiokol Chemical Corp. for use in a plant Thiokol will build at Brunswick, Ga., if it receives the booster development contract.

By Donald E. Fink6 min

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Letters

Award Policy Since it is increasingly apparent that major defense contracts are not awarded to the company whose proposal evidences superiority of design, management capability, or cost effectiveness, but rather are doled out on a geographical area basis for maximum political gain, I suggest the following change in government contracting policy:
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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

High-altitude Helicopter Is Rated as India’s Only Vital Air Need

Washington—Extremely high-altitude helicopter for ground support and evaluation is the only aircraft given a high priority in a program now being evolved by India, the U. S. and Great Britain for a long-term strengthening of India’s military power.

By Katherine Johnsen5 min

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MISSILE ENGINEERING

Hard Point Icbm Defense Effort Pushed

Washington—Program to investigate the technical feasibility of a relatively simple, low-eost ICBM defense system, specifically designed to protect hardened underground missile sites and vital command centers, is getting increased Defense Dept. emphasis.

By Philip J. Klass5 min

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