November 16, 1970

November 16, 1970

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Avionics

Unmanned Aircraft Gain Favor

By Barry Miller15 min

Aeronautical Engineering

Ah-56 Faces New Army Tests

By William S. Hieronymus10 min

Space Technology

Inefficiency Hurts Weather Photo Program

By Philip J. Klass7 min

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Avionics

Unmanned Aircraft Gain Favor

Growing military interest in using unmanned aircraft for non-target applications is prompting a search for new ideas and a re-examination of previously overlooked or discarded concepts that may now have value in unmanned aircraft. At the same time, a number of new technology developments in structures, avionics and engines, ostensibly linked to target drone requirements, are likely to be extended to such other purposes as reconnaissance, weapons delivery, decoys and logistical support.

By Barry Miller15 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Ah-56 Faces New Army Tests

Lockheed claims to have remedied most of problems cited in Army cure notice and is optimistic on next evaluation

By William S. Hieronymus10 min

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Space Technology

Inefficiency Hurts Weather Photo Program

Washington—The U.S.-USSR program to exchange meteorological satellite photos, now in its fifth year, provides a possible clue to the inherent difficulties involved in such joint ventures. Some of the problems that have arisen and still persist in the weather satellite photo exchange are peculiar to this specific project and are not likely to be encountered in current efforts to develop common spacecraft docking techniques (AW&ST Oct. 19, p. 16).

By Philip J. Klass7 min

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Special Report

Sam Changes Force New Strategy on Israelis

Tel Aviv—Israel is revamping its entire Sinai Peninsula military strategy to counter the formidable Russo-Egyptian missile system installed along the west bank of the Suez Canal. The missile system is considered the most advanced in the world, with nearly half the 600 SA-2 Guideline and SA-3 Goa surface-to-air missiles (SAM) in Egypt concentrated in a band 11 mi. deep, running 78 mi. along the bank of the Suez.

By Edward H. Kolcum6 min

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Space Technology

Europe Tries to Patch Space Cooperation

By Donald E. Fink6 min

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Management

Dod Panel Confirms Early Viet Shortage

By Cecil Brownlow6 min

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Air Transport

White House Expands Hijack Talks

Meeting, proposed to NATO group, now will draw 60 countries; U.S. to push for mandatory prosecution, punishment agreements

By Laurence Doty5 min

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Management

Rolls-royce Reports Loss, Gets New Loan, Replaces Chairman

By Herbert J. Coleman4 min

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Space Technology

Astronauts Get Added Training Due to Apollo 14 Mission Delays

Houston—Apollo 14 mission to the moon next January will carry a crew which has had twice as much training on earth for a lunar landing mission as the Apollo 11 astronauts. At a briefing at Cape Kennedy as the Apollo 14 spacecraft was taken out to the launch pad, USAF Maj. Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot, said he will have completed almost 1,000 hr. of simulations for the mission when the spacecraft is launched toward the moon Jan. 31.

By Zack Strickland4 min

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Air Transport

Board Grants Tentative Approval to Eastern-caribair Merger Step

By Harold D. Watkins4 min

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