December 5, 1983

December 5, 1983

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U. S. Strategic Defense Options

Panel Urges Boost-phase Intercepts

By Clarence A. Robinson15 min

Business Flying

Changes Cut Drag on Uprated Hs. 125

By David M. North13 min

Avionics

Nato Cites Radar, Radio Link Priorities

By Michael Feazel10 min

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U. S. Strategic Defense Options

Panel Urges Boost-phase Intercepts

Washington—Destruction of intercontinental ballistic missiles within the first 5 min. of boost-phase flight is the key element in protecting the U. S. against a Soviet nuclear weapons attack with a layered defensive system, according to the Reagan Administration’s Defensive Technologies Study Team.

By Clarence A. Robinson15 min

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Business Flying

Changes Cut Drag on Uprated Hs. 125

Washington—British Aerospace’s HS. 125800 has evolved into a corporate aircraft with less drag, higher performance and better handling characteristics than its predecessors. This AVIATION WEEK & SPACE TECHNOLOGY pilot compared the flight performance of the newest version of the HS. 125 line with that of the HS. 125-700 flown in 1978 from Dulles International Airport (AW&ST Jan. 23, 1978, p. 61).

By David M. North13 min

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Avionics

Nato Cites Radar, Radio Link Priorities

Naples—Updating radar and communications systems is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s top priority for improving the defenses of its Southern Region. NATO officials said the region also is lacking in modern terminally guided weapons, new military transport aircraft, modern attack helicopters and transport helicopters, tanker aircraft and long-range bombers.

By Michael Feazel10 min

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Air Transport

Japan’s Airlines Employ New Equipment

Tokyo—Japan’s primary airlines are looking for recent fleet acquisitions, improvment of service throughout the nation and a general belt-tightening to help them fight back from a severe business slump, particularly in the domestic market.

By Richard G. O’Lone8 min

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Space Technology

Companies Study Low-cost Space Use

New concepts for development of mission requirements, spacecraft design and sources of supply for system hardware could aid significantly in reducing costs of orbital systems as increasing numbers of companies become interested in commercial space ventures.

By Bruce A. Smith7 min

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Space Technology

Countdown Shows Operational Maturity

By Edward H. Kolcum6 min

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Management

U. S. Offers Israel 15% in Military Offsets

By Clarence A. Robinson6 min

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Avionics

New Avionics Will Improve C3i Systems

By Kenneth J. Stein6 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Europe Challenges U. S. Helicopter Lead

Washington—U. S. helicopter manufacturers are losing an increasingly larger share of the worldwide helicopter market to foreign manufacturers and are in danger of being eased out of first place in world markets by European competition, according to an Aerospace Industries Assn. study.

By Eugene Kozicharow5 min

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U. S. Strategic Defense Options

Usaf Studies Hypervelocity Technology

Washington—The U. S. Air Force is starting to develop hypervelocity electromagnetic railgun technology to provide spacebased and airborne defensive systems. The Air Force would join the Army in exploiting this technology for ballistic missile defense.
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