January 18, 1982

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Space Technology

Plans Proceed for In-Orbit Solar Repair of Spacecraft

Washington—National Aeronautics and Space Administration will proceed with a plan for space shuttle astronauts to make in-orbit repairs to the degraded Solar Maximum spacecraft about October, 1983. The agency already has run into difficulty obtaining approval from Congress to reprogram funds for the repair mission.

By Craig Covault14 min

Egypt's Technology Shift

Factories Tool for Alpha Jet Program

Helwan, Egypt—Airframe and engine factories of the Arab Organization for Industrialization operated for the Egyptian government in this manufacturing center south of Cairo are tooling up for coproduction of the Franco/German Alpha Jet trainer, the aircraft’s engine and final assembly here for Egyptian air force trainers.

By Clarence A. Robinson11 min

Viewpoint

Questioning the F-18...

In the perhaps more civilized environs of the junior flying service, all jet-flying tactical aviators are known as fighter pilots; bomber pilots fly Buffs and are of the strategic persuasion. This, however, cannot be said about the raucous bunch that falls under the general heading Homos Aviatori Navali.

Avionics

Tactical Simulator Uses Laser Imagery

Binghamton, N. Y.—Scanning laser image generator, being developed by Singer Co.’s Link Flight Simulation Div. here for initial use on Army helicopter gunship simulators, applies visual technology to the particular demands of tactical flightcrew training.

By Kenneth J. Stein7 min

Missile Engineering

Vandenberg Gears for January, 1983, MX Test Launch

Los Angeles—MX associate contractors developing solid rocket motors for the advanced intercontinental ballistic missile plan will begin delivery of the three stages between August and October for the first MX test flight at Vandenberg AFB, Calif.

By Bruce A. Smith6 min

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