July 14, 1986

July 14, 1986

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Editorial

Japan’s Space Initiatives

By DONALD E. FINK

JAPAN’S GROWING SPACE EFFORT

Japan Challenging Western Leadership In Space

JAPAN’S GROWING SPACE EFFORT

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Editorial

Japan’s Space Initiatives

Japan is positioning itself as a future key player in the global commercial space market with a conservative yet broadly based technology development effort that is opening an interesting range of possibilities for this island nation.

By DONALD E. FINK

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JAPAN’S GROWING SPACE EFFORT

Japan Challenging Western Leadership In Space

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JAPAN’S GROWING SPACE EFFORT

Coverage

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Aeronautical Engineering

British EAP Prototype Fighter In Pre-Flight Tests

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Aeronautical Engineering

Seven Companies Submit Bids For British AEW Contract

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Aeronautical Engineering

Dassault-Breguet Rafale Fighter Demonstrator Begins Flight Tests

Paris—Dassault-Breguet’s Rafale A combat demonstrator aircraft has begun flight testing in a program designed to validate technologies that the French manufacturer expects to apply to production fighters built for France’s air force/navy and offered on the export market.

By Jeffrey M. Lenorovitz

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Aeronautical Engineering

MiG-29 Fighter Designed For High Performance, Rough Fields

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Management

Gramm-Rudman Ruling Intensifying Pressure on Space Budget

By Paul Mann

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Aeronautical Engineering

British Investigate Crash Of Hawk 200 Prototype

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Space Technology

USAF Considers Changes To Relieve Engine Duct Exhaust Problem

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