February 14, 1983

February 14, 1983

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Avionics

Uv Mapping to Aid Polar Transmissions

By Benjamin M. Elson10 min

Aeronautical Engineering

U. S. Companies Oppose Lavi Aid

By Clarence A. Robinson.9 min

British Airways May Advance Short-Haul Transport Orders

Discounts Yield Record Operating Loss

By James Ott8 min

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Avionics

Uv Mapping to Aid Polar Transmissions

Reno—Space-based ultraviolet mapping of Earth that the Air Force plans to begin this year is seen as a step toward improving techniques for predicting and dealing with auroral disruptions to radio communication and radar signals in the polar regions.

By Benjamin M. Elson10 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

U. S. Companies Oppose Lavi Aid

Use of Foreign Military Sales credits in Israeli project sparks complaints of aircraft export market competition

By Clarence A. Robinson.9 min

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British Airways May Advance Short-Haul Transport Orders

Discounts Yield Record Operating Loss

By James Ott8 min

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British Airways May Advance Short-Haul Transport Orders

Growth Planned in Air Cargo Operations

By Anne Randolph8 min

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Energy Dept Weapons Activity Funds Rise

Fiscal 1984 Major Weapons Systems Spending Detailed By Military Service

Washington—Defense Dept. Fiscal 1984 funding requests for major aircraft and missile programs, both in production and research and development, are detailed below, with comparable Fiscal 1983 figures shown in parentheses. A ir Force
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Business Flying

Faa Readies First Phase of Modernizing Air Fleet

By David M. North6 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Bell, Sikorsky Readying Acap Entries

Bell Helicopter Textron and Sikorsky Aircraft this month will begin initial composite layups of parts for their entries in the U.S. Army Aviation Research and Development Command’s Advanced Composite Airframe Program (ACAP). Bell and Sikorsky are in the second phase of the program, which entails manufacture and test of three complete airframes (AW&ST Apr. 13, 1981, p. 60).
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Management

Congress to Weigh Exim Charter Shift

Washington—Congress will consider altering the Export-Import Bank’s charter mandates when it takes up charter renewal next month. The Reagan Administration will offer no revisions to the bank’s twin mandates to match foreign export subsidies yet be financially self-sustaining.

By Paul Mann5 min

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Fiscal 1984 Aerospace Budgets

Noaa Request Proposes Cut in Tiros Orbital Operations

Washington—National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Fiscal 1984 budget request contains a proposal to cut operation of the Tiros polar orbiting meteorological satellite system from two spacecraft to one. Projected savings from operating one spacecraft over a 10-year period are $375 million, and savings for Fiscal 1984 are $2.04 million.
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Editorial

Another Lean Nasa Budget

NASA’s briefing on its Fiscal 1984 budget was on the glum side, somewhat evasive, and punctuated occasionally by comments to the effect that things could have been worse. That last is certainly true, for the space agency gladiators did come out of the coliseum arena after their encounter with the Office of Management and Budget lions with the agency intact and a new program or two to nibble at for the future.

By William H. Gregory4 min

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