November 15, 1982

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Missile Engineering

Production Rate Increase Planned for MLRS System

East Camden, Ark.—Highly automated Army/Vought Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) production facility here is undergoing a maturing phase in preparation for high-rate output of 5,500 battlefield missiles monthly in the mid-1980s.

By Erwin J. Bulban13 min

Avionics

FAA Alters Its Collision Avoidance Plan

Washington—Strategy intended to ease the introduction of airborne threat-alert/ collision avoidance systems into operational use was described here by the Federal Aviation Administration at its third T/CAS symposium (AW&ST Oct. 11, p. 109).

By Philip J. Klass7 min

Space Technology

Inmarsat Plans Aircraft Communication

Paris—Technical demonstrations of satellite digital data links for airline and business aircraft are being sought by the International Maritime Satellite Organization (Inmarsat), which is considering its potential entry into this segment of the aeronautical communications field.

Aeronautical Engineering

USAF Studying Techniques to Restore Windshields

St. Petersburg, Fla.—Commercial airlines and the military services until recently considered transparencies—windshields, side screens and cabin windows—an expensive but expendable commodity. Grinding techniques to repair crazing removed so much surface that the average windshield could be restored no more than once and still retain its specified thickness.

By Edward H. Kolcum5 min

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