December 30, 1985

December 30, 1985

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How to use the Aerospace Directory

Message From the Publisher

By Harold W. McGraw, III

Update-Procurement Trends 1985-1986

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How to use the Aerospace Directory

Turn to the Products/Services Index, page 85. This is a listing of equipment, components, materials and services, organized alphabetically in over 3,100 categories, all cross-referenced for easy location. Look up the product or service under the noun that best describes it, i.e.:
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Message From the Publisher

I am pleased to present to you AVIATION WEEK & SPACE TECHNOLOGY'S worldwide Aerospace Directory for 1986. This annual year-end issue embodies still more enhancements in our continuing effort to meet the growing information demands of each of our readers and to take the leadership position for a products and services directory in the aerospace market.

By Harold W. McGraw, III

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Update-Procurement Trends 1985-1986

An analysis of the new and existing legislation that sets the rules and regulations governing procurement; the changes in an antiquated system that was responsible for abuses, fraud and misuse of funding.
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U. S. Military Competitive Buys Affect International Negotiations

Washington—Steps taken by the U. S. military services to make competition an integral part of defense procurements and ancillary support programs are having a far-reaching effect on international negotiations with allied and other countries, which will now have to match or better American regulations.

By Herbert J. Coleman

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Competition Advocates Cite Time Constraints

Washington—One problem plaguing Dept. of Defense competition advocates at headquarters posts and within industry is lack of time to properly compete a program. It can take from six to 18 months alone to perform the development/non-recurring engineering effort (NRE) to produce a competitive data and drawings package, advocates note.
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Europeans Seek Policies to Pare Costs, Improve Export Sales

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Westland Flight Tests Production Sea King With Composite Rotor Blades

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Air-Launched Weapon

London—Teams led by British Aerospace and Hunting Engineering are competing for a development contract for a new air-launched antiarmor weapon being developed by the British Royal Air Force to provide increased battlefield support capability in the early 1990s.
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Defense Experts Predict More Laws Covering Military Procurement

Washington—Congressional defense experts predict 1986 will produce another round of legislation governing defense procurement, although the agenda has not coalesced. Recent reform initiatives were aimed at emphasizing competition, tightening up Pentagon/industry hiring practices and narrowing the kinds of general overhead allowed against defense contracts (AW&ST July 1, p. 26, May 27, p. 24).

By Paul Mann

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Libby Corp. Tests Large Aircraft Start System on EC-135A

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