July 9, 1990

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Cheney Stands Firm on V-22 Cancellation Despite IDA Study

WASHINTON Defense Secretary Richard B. Cheney will not revive the canceled V-22 tiltrotor aircraft program despite an independent study by the Institute for Defense Analysis which found the aircraft to be more capable than alternative options for about the same cost.

By JOHN D. MORROCCO

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Europeans to Reorganize Hermes Management Setup

PARIS The space agency management team for Europe’s Hermes will be reorganized and its aerospace contractors have been asked to establish a central project company in steps aimed at keeping the spaceplane program on schedule, within budget, and as a truly European effort.

By JEFFREY M. LENOROVITZ

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Nunn Leads Democratic Effort to Shift Defense Resources to Environmental Research

WASHINGTON Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Sam Nunn (D.-Ga.) and other defense lawmakers are rallying support for a plan to redirect defense resources toward environmental research. The Democratic proposal is keyed to changing defense requirements and what Nunn called the need to confront "the massive environmental problems facing our nation and world today."

By PATRICIA A. GILMARTIN

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Ford Evaluates More Agile Missiles for Stealth Aircraft

WASHINGTON Ford Aerospace is building three test missiles that are forerunners of more highly maneuverable, but unconventionally shaped air-to-air weapons for future U. S. stealth aircraft. For perhaps two decades more, stealth aircraft will be armed primarily with weapons of conventional design such as the new Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile.

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Columbus Contractors Revising Space Station Industrial Package

PARIS A revised industrial proposal for Europe’s Columbus space station program is expected to be submitted late this year after a major rework following the European Space Agency’s rejection of industry’s original proposal package.

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USAF Plans to Combine C-17 Production, Smoothen Workload at Douglas Aircraft

By DAVID F. BOND