July 1, 1974

July 1, 1974

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Management

F-14, A-6 Assembly Woes Seen Easing

By William H. Gregory12 min

Avionics

System Offers Worldwide R-nav

By Kenneth J. Stein11 min

Avionics

Satellites Guide Aircraft in Tropical Weather Study

By Craig Covault9 min

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Management

F-14, A-6 Assembly Woes Seen Easing

New York-Man-hours are subsiding like a sick man’s temperature in the post-crisis phase of Grumman Aerospace Corp.’s effort to cure the final assembly ailments at its Calverton facility for the Navy F-14 and A-6 family of aircraft. Seven months of overtime, reorganization and flow system redesign put both lines back on delivery schedule just before Christmas last year.

By William H. Gregory12 min

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Avionics

System Offers Worldwide R-nav

Microcomputer monitors 10 VLF Naval communications and Omega ground stations to calculate aircraft position

By Kenneth J. Stein11 min

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Avionics

Satellites Guide Aircraft in Tropical Weather Study

Washington—Spacecraft and aircraft systems to be utilized in the Global Atmospheric Research Program’s Atlantic Tropical Experiment (GATE) will facilitate study of weather phenomena and convective motion in the tropical atmosphere.

By Craig Covault9 min

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Management

Ten Mirv Proposals Prepared

Pentagon excluded from final drafting of positions for summit on accord attempts on both ICBMs, underground nuclear tests

By Clarence A. Robinson9 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Army Begins Priority Mini-rpv Program

St. Louis—Army has embarked on a high-priority program to evaluate the tactical utility of miniature remotely-piloted vehicles for four types of battlefield missions. It expects to select one or possibly two contractors by mid-October to supply 25 mini-RPVs each.

By Philip J. Klass6 min

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Management

Avionics Export Efforts Draw Scrutiny

Washington—Defense Dept, strongly opposes approval of a contract, signed more than a year ago, under which Fairchild Camera & Instrument Corp. would build a complete microcircuit facility in Poland. The fact that Fairchild requested an export license in May, 1973, and has received neither approval nor an official rejection reflects the considerable opposition to the deal.
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Space Technology

Nasa Restudying Solid Motor Award

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Air Transport

Congress Damps Subsidy Hopes

House hearings find most members of committee opposed, urging alternate solutions to carrier financial problems

By Rosalind K. Ellingsworth6 min

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Space Technology

Astronauts in Key Shuttle Support Role

By Erwin J. Bulban5 min

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Editorial

Spotlight on Technology Export

At last the U. S. government is giving some realistic thought to the problem of exporting modern technology that is a basic sinew of national power and economic strength. During the past two years in the uncritical euphoria of the Nixon-Brezhnev hoopla over detente, it was axiomatic in top U. S. government circles to consider any trade agreement with the USSR as automatically marvelous.

By Robert Hotz4 min

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