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September 3, 1990

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Defense Dept. Will Build Prototypes of LH Helicopter

WASHINGTON A Defense Dept. decision to prototype the LH helicopter and reduce the production program leaves the U. S. Army with the prospect of acquiring fewer attack helicopters in the late 1990s than it has planned, at a slower rate and a higher unit cost.

By DAVID F. BOND

HEADLINE NEWS

Farnborough Air Show To Include Few New Aircraft

LONDON The 1990 Farnborough air show opened Sept. 2 with few new aircraft and a great amount of uncertainty about future defense spending and the continuing build-up of military forces in the Persian Gulf. Nevertheless, aerobatics and flight routines by Soviet fighters, a contingent of five British Aerospace/Royal Air Force Harrier GR. 5s and other aircraft dazzled spectators during pre-show flight demonstrations.

By CAROLE A. SHIFRIN

HEADLINE NEWS

Northrop YF-23A ATF Prototype Completes First Two Test Flights

EDWARDS AFB, CALIF. The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23A completed its first flight last week, launching the crucial flying evaluation phase of the advanced tactical fighter demonstration/validation program. Three days later, the aircraft made a second test flight, which was cut short when several caution lights illuminated in the cockpit.

By WILLIAM B. SCOTT

HEADLINE NEWS

Lockheed Team Unveils YF-22A Fighter Prototype

PALMADALE, CALIF. The Lockheed/Boeing/General Dynamics advanced tactical fighter team unveiled their YF-22A prototype last week, showing a design that looked more like a conventional F/A-18 fighter than an exotic stealth aircraft like Lockheed’s F-117A.

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM

RESTRUCTURING EUROPE'S AEROSPACE INDUSTRY

Cold War Thaw Hastens Europe’s Consolidation

Concentration and consolidation have become the essence of the European aerospace industry’s restructuring. They constitute the fundamental change in the offing for the 1990s, hastened by the thaw in the Cold War. Across the continent, from Britain in the north to Italy in the south, concentration and consolidation already are wellentrenched along the industry’s broad front: defense, space and civil transport.

By PAUL MANN

RESTRUCTURING EUROPE'S AEROSPACE INDUSTRY

U. K. Companies Expect International, Civil Growth to Offset Defense Cuts

LONDON Aerospace companies based in the United Kingdom expect increasing international collaborative programs and joint ventures and expanding civil business to help soften the impact of reduced defense spending worldwide. Although the Persian Gulf crisis has deferred, at least temporarily, discussions about reductions in military expenditures, most officials believe cutbacks in general to be an inevitable outcome of the thaw in the cold war.

By CAROLE A. SHIFRIN

RESTRUCTURING EUROPE'S AEROSPACE INDUSTRY

British Aerospace, GEC-Marconi Form Joint Venture to Bid on Merlin

LONDON British Aerospace and GEC-Marconi have formed a joint venture to bid for the prime contractorship for the Royal Navy’s EH101 Merlin antisubmarine warfare helicopter. The U. K. Ministry of Defence in July issued invitations to tender (ITT) to the British Aerospace/GEC-Marconi team and to IBM Corp. Federal Systems Div., Oswego, N. Y., supported by Westland Helicopters, the airframe company which is developing the EH101 with Agusta of Italy.

RESTRUCTURING EUROPE'S AEROSPACE INDUSTRY

French Companies Consider Further Mergers To Boost Competitive Position in 1990s

PARIS France's aerospace industry is undergoing a profound change through reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions as it seeks to position itself for the 1990s. Some French industry managers believe they must increase the size of their companies to survive in an era when companies in other European countries are bringing their activities into concentrated groupings.

By JEFFREY M. LENOROVITZ

RESTRUCTURING EUROPE'S AEROSPACE INDUSTRY

Germany Weighs Cost of Unification As Deutsche Aerospace Seeks Expansion

BONN There are two agendas overshadowing West German aerospace these days. The first is the nation’s all-consuming quest for political unification; the second is Deutsche Aerospace’s drive to expand its influence as a major civil contractor.

By MICHAEL MECHAM

RESTRUCTURING EUROPE'S AEROSPACE INDUSTRY

European Aerospace Realignment Sign of Global Networking Movement

WASHINGTON The realignment of the European aerospace industry is part of a global networking movement to forge new alliances and improve market share, according to senior U. S. industry officials. Officials who oversee international activities for major U. S. aerospace and defense companies traced the flurry of mergers to European overcapacity and positioning for the unified market there in 1993.

By PATRICIA A. GILMARTIN

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