August 24, 1964

August 24, 1964

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AVIONICS

Millimeter Waves Hold Aerospace Promise

By Barry Miller14 min

MISSILE ENGINEERING

Mark 11a Hardened Against Air Bursts

By Michael L. Yaffee12 min

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Garrett Uprates T76 Engine to 660 Shp.

By C. M. Plattner8 min

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AVIONICS

Millimeter Waves Hold Aerospace Promise

Los Angeles—Several promising steps are being taken toward the application of millimeter and snbmillimeter waves to military and aerospace systems, despite the virtual eclipse in which this field has been laboring since the advent of optical masers four years ago.

By Barry Miller14 min

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MISSILE ENGINEERING

Mark 11a Hardened Against Air Bursts

Stratford, Conn.—USAF’s Mark 11A re-entry vehicle has been redesigned from its Mark 11 predecessor to withstand temperatures and stresses on the advanced, longer-range Minuteman 2 ICBM and to offer a better chance for surviving nuclear air bursts of interceptor missiles.

By Michael L. Yaffee12 min

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Garrett Uprates T76 Engine to 660 Shp.

Phoenix - Garrett-AiResearch Mfg. Co.’s T76 turboprop engine designed to the most recent Navy specifications for the light counter-insurgency (COIN) aircraft is a higher-powered version of the Model 331, rated at 660 shp. for 30 min. with a maximum continuous output of 550 shp., resulting from increased turbine efficiency.

By C. M. Plattner8 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Expansion Seen Saving Helicopter Service

One opinion within CAB feels service to more cities would lure political support to save vital subsidies.

By James R. Ashlock5 min

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AIR TRANSPORT

Western Will Focus on 720b, Twin-jets

New York—Western Air Lines plans to concentrate ultimately on two types of aircraft, the Boeing 720B and the Lockheed Electra until the Electra’s probable replacement by a BAC 111 or DC-9 class twin-engine transport. Costs of introducing a new type of aircraft into a fleet eliminated Western’s interest in the Boeing 727.
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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Large-scale Coin Buy Remains in Doubt

Washington—White House and the Pentagon will take a second look at the counter-insurgency aircraft program before going into large-scale production of the COIN aircraft. Despite President Johnson’s Aug. 15 announcement that North American Aviation won the Navy’s competition for the COIN aircraft, there will be continuing pressures on behalf of other COIN aircraft proposals either in existence or under development.

By George C. Wilson5 min

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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Soviets Planning Extensive Iqsy Effort

United Nations, N. Y.—Soviet Union plans an extensive program of space exploration for the International Years of the Quiet Sun (IQSY), now under way. In a report to the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, the USSR indicated that it plans to launch several sounding rockets, satellites and interplanetary probes, including interplanetary research vehicles similar to the Mars 1 vehicle (AW July 13, p. 24).
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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Improved Drone Helicopter Model Being Developed for Navy System

St. James, N. Y.-Advanced model of Gyrodyne Co. of America, Inc.'s, drone anti-submarine helicopter (DASH), with extended range, endurance and payload capabilities and improved reliability is under development here for delivery to the Navy in late l965.

By David A. Brown5 min

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EDITORIAL

Democrats' Defense Policy

(Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara discussed the sweeping changes in U. S. defense policy made since 1961 before the Democratic Platform Committee last week. Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater has made it clear that the Administration’s defense policies, and McNamara’s stewardship of the Defense Dept., will be key issues in the campaign (AW July 13, p. 13).
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SPACE TECHNOLOGY

Syncom 3 Drifting to Date Line Station

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