December 27, 1982

December 27, 1982

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Message From the Publisher

By John W. Patten

Space Technology

Private Firm Planning Upper Stage

By Craig Covault

Space Technology

Space Agency Schedules 16 Launches for 1983

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Message From the Publisher

1982 was a year of cross currents for the aerospace industry. It was a year of national recession in the U. S., of recession in the international marketplace. The dour economic climate affected the profitability of the airlines of the world and of corporations in general, and the blight on the bottom line depressed new orders for commercial jet transports and for business aircraft.

By John W. Patten

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Space Technology

Private Firm Planning Upper Stage

By Craig Covault

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Space Technology

Space Agency Schedules 16 Launches for 1983

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Aeronautical Engineering

RF-5E Reconnaissance Aircraft Makes Its First Flight

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Aerospace Industry Sales Decline in 1982

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Aeronautical Engineering

F100 Derivative Flight Test Set

West Palm Beach, Fla.—First flight test of the F100 engine model derivative (EMD) is scheduled Mar. 15 as Pratt & Whitney completes the final steps in the flight clearance procedure. The prototype flight engines will power a National Aeronautics and Space Administration/McDonnell Douglas F-15 at Edwards AFB.
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Avionics

Radar Testing Detects Wake Vortices

By Jay C. Lowndes

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Aeronautical Engineering

Army Requests Digital Radar Warning Models

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Avionics

Radar System Begins Operating in Germany

Los Angeles—First of four Hughes Air Defense Radar (HADR) systems has begun operations in West Germany from a site in the west-central portion of the country (AW&ST Aug. 9, p. 102), according to program officials. The three-dimensional, S-band radar, designed to meet North Atlantic Treaty Organization specifications, will replace AN/FPS-7 two-dimensional, L-band systems.
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Manufacturing Technology

Titanium Granule Production Plant Begins Operation

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