November 29, 1982

November 29, 1982

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Space Technology

Satellite Refueling Cited As EVA Goal

By Craig Covault

Missile Engineering

France Develops Antiship Weaponry for Export

By Jeffrey M. Lenorovitz

Air Transport

New Data Available to Travel Agents

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Space Technology

Satellite Refueling Cited As EVA Goal

Johnson Space Center—Use of extravehicular activities to refuel satellites and broaden crew access to space with the manned maneuvering unit are goals that are pressing quick resolution of the space suit problems that canceled shuttle Mission 5’s EVA attempt.

By Craig Covault

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Missile Engineering

France Develops Antiship Weaponry for Export

Paris—France is developing a new generation of antiship weapons and is upgrading defensive systems for use by its own naval forces and for export sales to foreign military customers. Advances in the French industry were highlighted here recently at the Le Bourget naval equipment exhibition, which is held every two years as a French industry showcase for foreign customers.

By Jeffrey M. Lenorovitz

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Air Transport

New Data Available to Travel Agents

Travel agents’ access to objective, up-tothe-minute information on air fares and seat availability is increasing as a result of innovations incorporated into computerized reservations systems in recent years. Unlike older automation systems, which furnished information from one source only—the sponsoring airline’s computer— the newer systems can extract data from various airlines’ computers when searching for fares schedules, seat availability, and related travel information.
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Space Technology

Analysis Points to Meteorite Coming From Mars

Johnson Space Center—Evidence is growing that a meteorite discovered in Antarctica is from Mars, blasted from the Martian surface by an impact that hurled it into an escape trajectory toward the Earth. Johnson Space Center scientists studying the rock here characterized the sample as “being as historic and scientifically significant as the first lunar material returned to Earth by the Apollo 11 astronauts.”

By Craig Covault

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Aeronautical Engineering

U. S. Army Considers Aquila RPV Ready to Field

Ft. Huachuca, Ariz.—U. S. Army could, if necessary, field the Aquila remotely piloted vehicle (RPV) system that Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. used for its initial series of development tests here, according to program manager Col. Robert D. Evans of the Army’s Aviatipn Research and Development Command (Avradcom).

By Benjamin M. Elson

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Missile Engineering

Reagan Picks Dense Pack MX Missile Basing Mode

Washington—President Reagan sent to Congress last week a plan to deploy the MX advanced intercontinental ballistic missile in closely spaced basing in a column array with 100 missiles initially contained in 100 superhardened capsules.

By Clarence A. Robinson

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Avionics

Facility Aids in Microelectronics Effort

Research Triangle Park, N. C.—General Electric’s reentry into the microelectronics field has cost more than $500 million to date, including a new $55-million microelectronics facility here. The company’s master plan includes an effort toward 1.25-micron feature-size devices comparable with the Defense Dept.’s Very High Speed Integrated Circuits (VHSIC) program.

By Philip J. Klass

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Air Transport

United Claims It Regains Market Share

By James Ott

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Business Flying

Cessnas Modified With PT6 Turboprops

Carlsbad, Calif.—Riley Aircraft Manufacturing, Inc., is modifying Cessna CE-421C Golden Eagle and Cessna P-210 aircraft by installing Pratt & Whitney PT6-series turboprop engines, improving the climb performance, cruise speeds and maintenance requirements of these general aviation aircraft.

By William B. Scott

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Management

French Seek Support for Fighter Project

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