February 9, 1981

February 9, 1981

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Safety

Panel Urges Missile Basing Changes

Air Transport

Collision Avoidance Effort Progresses

By Philip J. Klass10 min

Space Technology

Shuttle Firing Test Count Starts This Week

By Craig Covault9 min

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Safety

Panel Urges Missile Basing Changes

The maintenance team within the Titan 2 system is fully capable of ensuring a viable weapon system. The personnel who maintain the system are trained professionals who have the technical knowledge and mechanical skills to properly service and maintain the system.
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Air Transport

Collision Avoidance Effort Progresses

Washington—Progress in the development of an active beacon-based airborne collision-avoidance system, described here at a two-day Federal Aviation Administration conference, indicates the system could begin to protect airspace users as early as 1983 and could find widespread use by the mid-1980s.

By Philip J. Klass10 min

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Space Technology

Shuttle Firing Test Count Starts This Week

NASA mobilizes several facilities to begin repair work on external tank insulation after flight-readiness burn

By Craig Covault9 min

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Air Transport

Winter Mexico Traffic Growth Burgeons

Strong outlook promises intensification of competitive battle as volume pushes country near top of U. S. markets abroad

By James Ott8 min

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Missile Engineering

Layered Defense System Pushed to Protect Icbms

Washington—Deployment of a layered ballistic missile defense system to protect Air Force/Boeing intercontinental ballistic missiles located in the vicinity of Grand Forks, N. D., is being pressed in the early days of the Reagan Administration by high-level Pentagon officials.

By Clarence A. Robinson7 min

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Management

High Technology Cited in Readiness Sag

By David R. Griffiths7 min

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Space Technology

Mission Verification Test Begins for Space Shuttle

Houston—Space shuttle mission verification test, a series of related simulations involving thousands of persons around the world, is getting under way to exercise key aspects of the first space shuttle flight, now planned for launch no earlier than Apr. 5.

By Craig Covault7 min

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Avionics

Coast Guard Tests Night Vision System

Los Angeles—The U. S. Coast Guard has begun operational testing and evaluation of a Northrop-developed forward-looking infrared (FLIR) system. It will help the service define its requirements for a nightvision system to be incorporated in its new Aerospatiale HH-65 Dolphin short-range recovery (SRR) helicopters.

By Robert R. Ropelewski7 min

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Management

Nine-year Buy Proposal Promises F-16 Savings

By Erwin J. Bulban6 min

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Air Transport

French Pilots Want Advisory Role in Certification Process

Paris—France’s airline pilot union is proposing that it be given an advisory role on French air transport certification matters to provide government officials with its expertise on operational aspects of the airline industry. If such an advisory capacity were granted by the French government to the Syndicat National des Pilotes de Ligne (SNPL), the organization anticipates its members would have the opportunity to provide input on such matters as aircraft certification and approval of new air carriers.

By Jeffrey M. Lenorovitz5 min

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