February 12, 1979

February 12, 1979

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Management

Nato Two-way Street Called Essential

Air Transport

Engineer Lack Worries Boeing

By Richard G. O’Lone9 min

Business Flying

General Aviation Expects Record Year

By David M. North8 min

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Management

Nato Two-way Street Called Essential

There has been considerable concern expressed in industry circles over Dept. of Defense plans to improve cooperative development and procurement of arms in NATO. A principal concern is that improved cooperation will be at the expense of U. S. industry, resulting in a loss of markets, jobs, and technological know-how.
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Air Transport

Engineer Lack Worries Boeing

Milestones in 757 and 767 transport programs threatened by shortage of engineers, lengthened material lead times

By Richard G. O’Lone9 min

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Business Flying

General Aviation Expects Record Year

U. S. General Aviation Manufacturers Assn. has forecast that 1979 will be its members’ first year of $2 billion in sales, with positive and negative factors influencing this outlook. GAMA President Edward W. Stimpson made the forecast recently to the New York Society of Security Analysts.

By David M. North8 min

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Air Transport

Protection Resurgence Feared

Heated Jamaica symposium reveals U. S. policies achieving widening influence, but also sparking dissent, bitterness

By Laurence Doty8 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Air Force Unit Studies New Composites

By Jerry Mayfield7 min

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Avionics

Minimal Effects Seen in Lamps Changes

Washington—Changes in the avionics for the Navy/Sikorsky Lamps Mk. 3 helicopter, introduced last fall to reduce total program cost to obtain congressional approval, will not significantly affect the system’s antisubmarine warfare capability nor its ability to locate targets for antiship missiles, according to program officials.

By Philip J. Klass7 min

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Avionics

Advanced Defense Electronics Studied

Lexington, Mass.—Lincoln Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is carrying out research and development with particular emphasis on advanced Defense Dept, electronics. Broad range of activities extends from the development of basic technology through development of devices and components and into the design, construction and operation of complex measurement systems.

By Kenneth J. Stein6 min

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Management

Basing Concepts Could Violate Salt

By Alton K. Marsh6 min

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Editorial

An Obligation to Pursue

. . . The U. S. must have a sensible space program, whether it wants one or not. To fail to keep up with new developments in this field would be disastrous, and any Administration which permitted a lag should be condemned. We must know what the capabilities of space are, and we must retain our proficiency in using them.
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Space Technology

Shuttle Main Engine Tests Accelerated

By Bruce A. Smith5 min

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