June 4, 1990

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HEADLINE NEWS

Deutsche Aerospace Wants to Grow Out of Its Junior Partner’ Role

MUNICH The chairman of Deutsche Aerospace AG outlined a worldwide diversification strategy last week that included joint projects with two companies that it was forced to divest. In an interview, Juergen E. Schrempp stressed a theme of making Deutsche Aerospace—the aircraft, space, defense and propulsion systems arm of DaimlerBenz AG—a “major player” in global aerospace. The firm would achieve this through equity partnerships, joint endeavor arrangements and other agreements that take advantage of Daimler-Benz’s corporate size and the combined technical and manufacturing base of Deutsche Aerospace’s member companies.

By MICHAEL MECHAM6 min

HEADLINE NEWS

Air Force Plans New Engine, Ground Station for Tr-1

WASHINGTON The U.S. Air Force is upgrading its TR-1 reconnaissance aircraft with a derivative of the engine employed on the B-2 bomber and a classified program to develop a new ground station that will rapidly process and disseminate information gathered by the aircraft.

By JOHN D MORROCCO5 min

HEADLINE NEWS

British Aerospace, Hughes Aircraft May Cooperate on Asraam Seeker

WASHINGTON British Aerospace, confident the Ministry of Defence will fund full-scale development of the Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile despite U.S. intentions to withdraw from the program, has begun discussions with Hughes Aircraft Co. to provide a new seeker for the missile.

By DAVID A. FULGHUM5 min

HEADLINE NEWS

Navy Mulls Nuclear Tomahawk Needs, Seeks to Extend Production Program

WASHINGTON The U.S. Navy is rethinking its plans for procurement of Tomahawk cruise missiles with nuclear warheads and is trying to persuade the Defense Dept. to stretch out the overall Tomahawk production program by three years. Advocates of the extension say it would restore missiles dropped from the program in budget cuts imposed last winter, give the Pentagon more time to decide how many nuclear Tomahawks it wants and smooth the transition to whatever cruise missile program is to succeed Tomahawk in the late 1990s.

By DAVID F. BOND5 min

HEADLINE NEWS

Britain Asks U.s. Navy to Assess Common Needs for New Stovl Aircraft

WASHINGTON Great Britain has asked the U.S. Navy to assess whether there are enough common requirements between the two navies to consider launching a joint program for a next-generation STOVL aircraft. The U.K. Ministry of Defence approached senior U.S. Navy officials with a plan to expand an existing pact to trade information about future naval aviation requirements, according to U.S. and U.K. officials.

By PATRICIA A. GILMARTIN4 min

HEADLINE NEWS

France Approves Launch By Ariane of Helios Reconnaissance Satellite

PARIS Arianespace has received government approval to launch France’s Helios military reconnaissance satellite in late 1993. The Helios launch go-ahead from France’s CNES national space agency is the 10th satellite payload booking for Arianespace in 1990 and the seventh since the Ariane V36 launch failure in February.

HEADLINE NEWS

Garrett Begins European Marketing Effort for '731-falcon 20’ Retrofit Program

HANNOVER, WEST GERMANY Allied Signal Aerospace’s Garrett Div. has opened a European-wide marketing campaign for its “731-Falcon 20” retrofit program in expectation of a strong market for the business jet. A retrofitted Dassault-Breguet Falcon aircraft equipped with Dee Howard TR5020 clam-shell thrust reversers, Garrett TFE731-5AR turbofan powerplants and a Garrett GTCP36-150 auxiliary power unit was displayed at the Hannover aerospace technology exhibition last month.

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SAFETY

French Report Details 1988 Crash of A320 Following Air Show Flyby

Date of accident: Sunday, June 26, 1988, at 12:45 UTC (Times in this report are in universal time coordinated. Add 2 hr. to obtain legal French time). Aircraft: Airbus A320, MSN: 9, Registration: F-GFKC. Place of accident: 300 meters beyond the end of Runway 34R at the Mulhouse Habsheim aerodrome (68) and on runway axis.

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