December 22, 1975

December 22, 1975

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Missile Engineering

Export Drive Aims to Offset Inflation

By Clarence A. Robinson

Europe

Industry Seeks Time to Integrate Effort

By Herbert J. Coleman

Air Transport

Scheduled Airlines See Few Bright SDots

By Laurence Doty

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Missile Engineering

Export Drive Aims to Offset Inflation

Washington—Foreign military sales of the Navy/McDonnell Douglas RGM-84A Harpoon air-to-surface missile system are expected to aid the Navy in overcoming inflation and cost growth increases in the program. Harpoon sales overseas dovetail with NATO standardization policy and are expected to be the forerunner for other U. S. missile exports.

By Clarence A. Robinson

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Europe

Industry Seeks Time to Integrate Effort

London—European aerospace companies are concentrating on gaining offset or coproduction work abroad, mainly in the U. S., Middle East and Australia, in an attempt to maintain a strong industrial base until European governments finally cooperate on forming an integrated industry.

By Herbert J. Coleman

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Air Transport

Scheduled Airlines See Few Bright SDots

Geneva—International scheduled airlines are coming to the end of the year without any signs of significant improvement over an unproductive 1974 and with slim prospects that next year will spark any renewed gains. The outlook is attributed by many observers to the failure of the industry to agree on methods of arresting traffic declines, combating inflation and living with inevitable fuel-cost hikes.

By Laurence Doty

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Avionics

Microprocessors Stimulate Advances

New York—Emergence of the digital microprocessor into the avionics marketplace presages rapidly advancing capabilities in navigation, control and system monitoring, enhanced by complementary research and development in effective display techniques.

By Kenneth J. Stein

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News of the Week

House Unit Blocks SALT Secrecy Bid

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News of the Week

‘Hold’ on SALT Data Documented

By Clarence A. Robinson

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Business Flying

General Aviation Sees Equipment Boom

By Erwin J. Bulban

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Space Technology

NASA Looks to Shuttle, Planetary Trips

Washington—National Aeronautics and Space Administration laid the groundwork in 1975 for significant space activities in future years involving the space shuttle and planetary science, despite the agency's inability to secure any new program starts in Fiscal 1976.

By Craig Covault

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Message From the Publisher

The last twelve months has been a good period for aerospace business. Exports have continued at record levels for many of the producing nations, as the consuming nations of aerospace hardware have been equipping their countries with the latest military and civilian aerospace technologies.

By Reginald A. Hubley

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Air Transport

U. S. Carriers Face Profit Dip, Continued Cost Spiral

Washington—Margin for error in U. S. airline management decision-making evaporated with the tough and unforgiving economic pressures of 1975, and there is no indication that the pressures will be relieved in the coming year. Certificated-carrier operating profits plummeted 83.4% from $810 million in 1974 to only $134.5 million for the 12 months ending Sept. 30.

By Rosalind K. Ellingsworth

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