June 17, 1963

June 17, 1963

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Refinements for Advanced Rocket Motors

FINANCIAL

Report Cites Industry Reliance on Leasing

By William H. Gregory9 min

AVIONICS

Autonetics Designs Advanced Radar Line

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Refinements for Advanced Rocket Motors

The standard hybrid uses a solid fuel and a liquid oxidizer. A “reverse hybrid,” also feasible, uses a solid oxidizer and liquid fuel. Principal advantage of the standard hybrid is the ability to use either existing or advanced ingredients without concern for chemical compatibility.
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FINANCIAL

Report Cites Industry Reliance on Leasing

Changing complexion of the aerospace industry, as depicted in an Aerospace Industries Assn, sponsored study, reflects two areas of potential financial significance: toughening allowability patterns and increased use of leasing.

By William H. Gregory9 min

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AVIONICS

Autonetics Designs Advanced Radar Line

Barry Miller
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AVIONICS

Usaf Seeks New Microcircuit Techniques

Dayton—Air Force’s microcircuit research and development program is directed toward developing new materials and techniques for an advanced generation of microcircuits and to applying similar concepts to devices and equipment operating at microwave frequencies.

By Philip J. Klass9 min

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MANAGEMENT

Mcclellan Group’s Reaction Mixed on Rubel Procurement Proposals

Washington—Central question in the current discussion of military procurement reforms is whether there is a better way to develop the information the secretary of defense needs to select the best bid. Focus of the discussion is a memorandum written last August by John H. Rubel, former deputy director of the office of defense research and engineering, and since revised by the Defense Industry Advisory Council.
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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

French Government Plans

Paris—French government, with strong insight into national prestige and potential industrial technological fallouts involved, is developing a broad national space program that should establish it as West Europe’s leader in this field within next two years.
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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Weightlessness Effects on Cooper Cited

Warsaw—Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper’s insistence that he saw houses and other objects on the Tibetan Plateau during his Mercury-Atlas 9 flight last month suggests that visual perception and judgment may be adversely affected by weightlessness, Dr. W. R. Adey told participants in the Terrestrial Life in Space Session at the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) meeting here.

By Warren C. Wetmore7 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

International Atmospheric Study Urged

National Academy of Science is proposing a major international cooperative study of the atmosphere in a worldwide effort to advance the state of atmospheric sciences. The study would be an attempt to continue the high level of international cooperation and collaboration achieved during the International Geophysical Year (IGY) and carried through the planning phase of the upcoming International Year of the Quiet Sun (IQSY).

By Roderick D. Hibben7 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

New York Airways Seeking Ifr Approval

New York—First certification of a scheduled helicopter airline for instrument flight rule (IFR) operations is the aim of a flight test program now under way by New York Airways and the Federal Aviation Agency (AW May 13, p. 38). The carrier hopes that certification can be obtained by late summer, prior to the marginal-weather winter months.
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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Hfb.320 Modified to Boost Performance

Hamburg, Germany — Wind-tunnel testing in four nations—Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland— has caused a number of modifications to be incorporated into the basic design of Hamburger Flugzeugbaue's HFB.320 “Hansa” twin-jet executive aircraft.

By Warren C. Wetmore7 min

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