February 3, 1964

February 3, 1964

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MISSILE ENGINEERING

Modernization Plan Faces Cost Obstacles

By Philip J. Klass

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Army Receives Hughes OH-6A for Testing

By C. M. Plattner

MANAGEMENT

U.S. Demands Return on NATO Funding

By Cecil Brownlow

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MISSILE ENGINEERING

Modernization Plan Faces Cost Obstacles

Air Traffic Control Blueprint—Part 3:

By Philip J. Klass

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Army Receives Hughes OH-6A for Testing

Culver City, Calif.—Hughes OH-6A delivered last week emphasized lightweight and speed without some advantages of heavier-weight machines in the Army’s competition for the light observation helicopter program. Hughes Tool Co.’s Aircraft Div. delivered its first OH-6A to the Arm for evaluation, at Ft. Rucker, Ala., and Vandenberg AFB., Calif., with Hiller Aircraft Co.’s OH-5A and Bell Helicopter Co.’s OH-4A submitted earlier (AW Jan. 20, p. 64; Jan. 27, p. 39).

By C. M. Plattner

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MANAGEMENT

U.S. Demands Return on NATO Funding

Paris—U.S. government is tightening its demands that a major portion of American funds allocated to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization must find their way home again—particularly through off-the-shelf orders for hardware. The U. S. is quietly trimming its no-strings-attached contributions to the organization.

By Cecil Brownlow

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MANAGEMENT

DOD Stresses Urgent Limited War Needs

McNamara seeks $30 million for guerrilla warfare studies, $6 million for COIN aircraft development.

By George C. Wilson

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Electrostatic Thrusters Show Progress

Electric Propulsion—Part 2:

By Michael L. Yaffee

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AIR TRANSPORT

White House Study Urges U.S. to Pay 90% of SST Costs

Washington — Recommendations to the White House that the government underwrite at least 90% of the costs of a supersonic transport program and that the U. S. avoid any race with the British-French project are expected to force substantial changes in the Federal Aviation Agency-managed program.

By L. L. Doty

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AIR TRANSPORT

Rome Airport Displeases Alitalia, Others

Rome—Leonardo da Vinci International Airport is a $55-million undertaking with a 12-year construction history so marked by confusion that Alitalia, Italy’s flag carrier, is considering building its own terminal on the field. Architecturally, its massive glass and steel terminal building, symbolizing the era of jet flight, stands in contrast to the 2,000-year-old ruins which dot the airport property.

By Robert H. Cook

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Gas Core Rockets Promise Cost Benefits

New York—Gaseous core nuclear rockets offer promise of a major step in cutting costs of space flight payloads, according to a leading research contractor in the field. Gaseous core rockets, considered among the most promising of advanced propulsion concepts (AW Nov. 25, p. 32), are expected to carry payloads of up to 35% of their gross weights for certain round-trip space missions.
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AVIONICS

LETTERS

Camera Comment In the interest of historical accuracy, Gen. George W. Goddard’s account of the development of the stereoscopic continuous strip camera (AW Jan. 6, p. 85) seems to require some amplification. The impression is given that the origin of this type of camera is completely due to experiments made by Gen. Goddard with a Del Riccio horse race photofinish camera in 1938, and that subsequently, Vought Camera Corp. and the Chicago Aerial Camera Corp. were awarded competitive developmental contracts.
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EDITORIAL

A Stern Chase Ended

The flawless performance of the two-stage Saturn SA-5 launch vehicle marks the end of the long, stern chase with the Soviet Union in the key categories of booster thrust and orbital payload. Since the orbiting of Sputnik 1 in October, 1957, the Soviet Union has consistently employed more powerful launch vehicles than the U.S. and consequently was able to put significantly heavier payloads into orbit.
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