October 6, 1980

October 6, 1980

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Technical Survey

New Generation Avionics Add Reliability

Technical Survey

Managers See Reliability Push Payoff

Technical Survey

Reliability Emphasized Earlier in Design

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Technical Survey

New Generation Avionics Add Reliability

New generation of military avionics is at least 10 times more reliable than its 1960s-vintage counterpart despite its added capabilities, and still further gains are possible if user-commands and program managers are prepared to pay the price in terms of program cost, timetable and performance goals.
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Technical Survey

Managers See Reliability Push Payoff

Washington—Military aircraft and systems managers are beginning to see the fruits of an emphasis on reliability that matches and, in some cases, exceeds the performance goals that historically placed more importance on technology advances than on the capability of keeping systems operating.
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Technical Survey

Reliability Emphasized Earlier in Design

Increasing Defense Dept, interest in the reliability and maintainability of weapons systems is expected to manifest itself in a greater degree of reliability and maintainability documentation and testing requirements in the early stages of development programs, according to major military airframe manufacturers.
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Technical Survey

Defense Directive Puts New Stress on Reliability

Washington—Defense Dept.’s new policy on weapons system reliability and maintainability, as outlined in its recently issued Directive 5000.40, rates operational availability as equally important as operational performance, and requires managers of future military development programs to insure that reliability factors are engineered into their systems from the earliest design phase.
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Aeronautical Engineering

Usaf Opens Companion Trainer Proposals

Washington—U.S. Air Force’s draft request for proposals for its Boeing B-52 companion trainer aircraft (CTA) program carried few surprise equipment and performance specifications but did require more written reports than expected and imposed constraints on how the competition winner will conduct the program (AW&ST Sept. 29, p. 33).

By David M. North8 min

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Space Technology

Space Reconnaissance Dwindles

Phase-out of high resolution film satellites in early 1980s could result in 'technical fragility,' Air Force chief says
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Technical Survey

Uh-60 Shows Reliability Aim Achievable

St. Louis, Mo.—Army’s Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk utility helicopter and the General Electric T700 engine powering it have been developed and acquired in the first attempt at a procurement program that puts reliability on a nearly equal footing with performance.
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Technical Survey

Congress Awakening to Reliability Need

Washington —Reliability continues to have little constituency in Congress, despite actions by Congress this year to improve retention of military personnel and increase the purchase of spare parts. Several developments this year, however, indicate that reliability and readiness will become more prominent as Congress debates the Fiscal 1982 defense budget next year.
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Management

China’s Technology Impresses Visitors

By Clarence A. Robinson6 min

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Management

Iranian/lraqi Air Strikes Appear at ‘limited’ Level

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