December 8, 1980

December 8, 1980

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Management

Reagan Team Asks Capabilities, Priorities of Services

By Clarence A. Robinson15 min

Management

Nato Debates 3% Defense Boost

Aeronautical Engineering

Lockheed Plans to Update P-3 Orion

By Robert R. Ropelewski8 min

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Management

Reagan Team Asks Capabilities, Priorities of Services

By Clarence A. Robinson15 min

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Management

Nato Debates 3% Defense Boost

Western military alliance beset by continuing pressures on meeting growth goals urged by the Carter Administration
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Aeronautical Engineering

Lockheed Plans to Update P-3 Orion

Los Angeles—Lockheed-California Co. has set the end of 1981 as a target for the presentation to the U. S. Navy of an unsolicited proposal for an aircraft to replace the Navy’s fleet of Lockheed P-3 Orion antisubmarine and maritime patrol aircraft beginning in the 1990s.

By Robert R. Ropelewski8 min

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Space Technology

Space-based Laser Battle Stations Seen

By Clarence A. Robinson7 min

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Air Transport

New York Air Slates Service Dec. 14

By Michael Feazel7 min

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Management

Time Cut Spurs New Design Approach

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Air Transport

Airbus Transport Line Growing

Toulouse, France—Imminent signing of an initial airline order for Airbus Industrie’s A300-600 transport brings the European manufacturing consortium closer to its goal of transitioning from the original A300 aircraft family to a generation of improved transports.

By Jeffrey M. Lenorovitz7 min

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Air Transport

Thanksgiving Traffic Slips to Equal Levels of 1978

Thanksgiving holiday traffic fell to 1978 levels, not as robust as last year’s holiday boom that escaped the grip of the evolving recession, but still a healthy performance. Many travelers broke with the tradition of a five-day holiday, stretching it to six days and returning Monday, Dec. 1.

By James Ott6 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

New Ejection System Being Developed

By David A. Brown6 min

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Air Transport

Eurocontrol Adopting New Traffic Control Functions

Brussels—Stripped of a largely nonexistent air traffic control function of overseeing flights in Europe’s upper airspace, the seven-nation Eurocontrol organization is revising its original 1960 convention to adopt new functions, including planning of all air traffic services for member nations and increased research and development programs for air traffic control systems.

By Eugene Kozicharow5 min

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