June 11, 1990

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General Dynamics Evaluates Concepts for F-16 Successor

FT. WORTH Two fighter design programs are under way at General Dynamics for the Air Force’s Advanced Multirole Fighter competition that is to replace the current F-16 series sometime after the year 2000.

By DAVID A. BROWN5 min

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Usaf Uncertain About B-2 Costs; Congress Lacks Budget Details

WASHINGTON The U. S. Air Force and the Defense Dept, remain about a billion dollars apart in their estimates of how much the newly restructured B-2 bomber program will cost, Air Force Secretary Donald Rice told Congress. The service is trying to iron out its disagreements with the Pentagon but still cannot provide B-2 budget details the House and Senate Armed Services Committees need to begin work on a Fiscal 1991 defense authorization bill.

By DAVID F. BOND5 min

HEADLINE NEWS

Voyager Takes Unique Solar Systern Photos as It Begins Deep Space Mission

WASHINGTON The Voyager spacecraft have ended their decade-long photographic grand tour of the outer planets with an unprecedented image of the entire solar system. coming engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory who guided Voyagers 1 and 2 on their planetary exploration missions plan to turn over direction of the spacecraft to a much smaller staff to manage an interstellar mission.

By JAMES R. ASKER3 min

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Pentagon at Odds with Usaf Plan to Delay F-16 Follow-on Decision

By JOHN D. MORROCCO5 min