April 9, 1984

April 9, 1984

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Missile Engineering

U. S. Develops Antitactical Weapon for Europe Role

By Clarence A. Robinson9 min

Space Technology

Nasa Plans Landsat Orbital Repair

By Craig Covault9 min

Air Transport

U. S. Stiffens Negotiating Stance

By James Ott9 min

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Missile Engineering

U. S. Develops Antitactical Weapon for Europe Role

By Clarence A. Robinson9 min

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Space Technology

Nasa Plans Landsat Orbital Repair

Mission could involve space shuttle in tanker role; repair or retrieval would first use maneuvering unit in polar orbit

By Craig Covault9 min

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Air Transport

U. S. Stiffens Negotiating Stance

Officials deny the changes in policy represent a return to protectionism, but foreign governments put on notice

By James Ott9 min

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Air Transport

Braniff Focuses on Business Traveler

By Carole A. Shifrin8 min

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Avionics

B-1 Pioneers Airborne Phased Array

Baltimore—The Westinghouse AN/APQ-164 multifunction radar for the USAF/ Rockwell B-1B, pioneering the use of a phased-array antenna for airborne applications, is scheduled to start flight tests this summer on a B-1 A. Phased-array technology enables a single antenna to provide a very high resolution ground-mapping beam for weapons delivery and navigation, which is time-interleaved with a different, optimally shaped beam for terrain following and avoidance, eliminating the need for multiple antennas.

By Philip J. Klass8 min

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Air Transport

British Carrier Inaugurates Concorde Service to Miami

By Edward H. Kolcum7 min

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Satellite Communications

Acts Test Linked to Lead in Technology

By Jay C. Lowndes6 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Snecma Tests Future Fighter Turbofan

Paris—France’s Snecma has completed the first phase of ground-based tests with its M88 future fighter turbofan demonstrator engine and is dismantling the unit for inspection of the powerplant’s main components. The No. 1 M88 demonstrator was run for approximately 50 hr. at Snecma’s Villaroche facility south of Paris during the first evaluation phase.

By Jeffrey M. Lenorovitz5 min

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Business Flying

Starship 1 Tests Prompt Few Changes

By David M. North5 min

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Aeronautical Engineering

Ge Developing Unducted Fan for 1990s Transports

New York—General Electric is developing and testing components of a counter-rotating unducted fan engine the company plans to begin flight testing in 1986. If successful, production versions of the unducted fan could power shortto medium-range transports by the early 1990s.

By Keith F. Mordoff5 min

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