February 25, 1963

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MISSILE ENGINEERING

Atlas Accuracy Improves as Test Program Is Completed

Cape Canaveral, Fla.—Air Force confidence that it can, in the event of war, deliver nuclear warheads to within 2 naut. mi. of targets in the Soviet Union and Communist China with 80% of its 126 Atlas intercontinental ballistic missiles is based on the weapon system’s five-year flight test record from here.

By George Alexander27 min

MANAGEMENT

Program Breakdown of Fy1964 Nasa Budget

Program Manned space flight systems Spacecraft Apollo Spacecraft Command, service modules Lunar Excursion Module Guidance, navigation Scientific instrumentation Operations Launch vehicles Little Joe 2 Saturn 1 Saturn 1B Supporting development

AVIONICS

Study Forecasts Microcircuitry Growth

Avionics manufacturers who supply equipment and systems for military and aerospace applications will be the largest single user of microcircuits during the next decade, according to a one-year research program recently conducted by the engineering consulting firm of Arthur D. Little, Inc.

By Barry Miller12 min

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

F-105d’s Limited-war Capability Boosted

Bitburg Air Base, Germany—Aircraft of the U. S. Air Force’s two Republic F-105D fighter-bomber wings in Germany are being funneled through an intensive $14-million modification and conversion program designed to substantially boost their conventional warfare capability as well as introduce a number of modifications devised after the aircraft entered service.

By Cecil Brownlow9 min

SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Nasa Asks $800 Million for Construction

Washington—Massive buildup of launch and support facilities for the Apollo manned lunar flight program is reflected in the record high $800 million the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is requesting for construction in Fiscal 1964.

By Alfred P. Alibrando9 min

MISSILE ENGINEERING

Titan 3 Launches to Begin in Fall, 1964

Cape Canaveral, Fla.—Air Force plans to launch 17 Titan 3 boosters, starting in Autumn of next year, during a 45-month flight test program which will develop and man-rate this military space vehicle. Col. Joseph S. Bleymaier, director of the officially-designated 624A program (AW May 21, p. 98) at Air Force Systems Command’s Space Systems Div., said here Feb. 15 that the 17 vehicles will include five Titan 3A and 12 Titan 3C configurations.

By George Alexander7 min

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MANAGEMENT

Afosr Grants

Air Force Office of Scientific Research recently awarded the following grants and contracts to universities and research firms in U. S. and Europe. GRANTS: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y.—$85,596 for investigation of fundamental atom chemistry-surface catalyzed excitation.

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