May 4, 1992

May 4, 1992

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HEADLINE NEWS

USAF Will Not Repair YF-22A Following Crash During Flight Test

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM

HEADLINE NEWS

Engineering Company Moves To Take Control of Dowty

By CAROLE A. SHIFRIN

HEADLINE NEWS

British Panel Backs European Fighter But in Fewer Numbers

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USAF Will Not Repair YF-22A Following Crash During Flight Test

LOS ANGELES The YF-22A prototype will not be repaired following its crash, which abruptly ended the current U. S. Air Force advanced tactical fighter flight test program. Testing will restart with production prototypes, set to fly in 1995.

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM

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Engineering Company Moves To Take Control of Dowty

By CAROLE A. SHIFRIN

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British Panel Backs European Fighter But in Fewer Numbers

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Russia to Upgrade Mir 1 Space Station, Prepares for New Orbital Facility

KALININGRAD STAR CITY, RUSSIA Russia will upgrade the Mir 1 manned station to improve its operating efficiency, and is moving ahead with plans to eventually replace the five-year-old orbital facility with a second-generation platform.

By JEFFREY M. LENOROVITZ

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House Kills Proposal To Cancel Space Station

WASHINGTON For the second time in less than a year, an attempt to halt NASA’s space station development was turned back in the U. S. House of Representatives. By a vote of 254-159, the House rejected an amendment offered by first-term Rep. Tim Roemer (D.-Ind.) to kill the station.

By JAMES R. ASKER

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Goldin Appoints Managers, Outlines Space Agenda

ARLINGTON, VA. After a month in the job, NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin is moving to establish a new management team and style and to articulate an agenda for U. S. civil space programs. Although he regards “monitoring planet Earth and cutting-edge aeronautics” as vital, it is clear that Goldin personally views exploration of the solar system and the universe, via both manned and unmanned spacecraft, as the most essential space mission for the nation.
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COBE Satellite’s Big Bang Discovery Shakes Cosmology

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First Tests of Starburst SP Missile System Achieve 100% Success Rate Against Aerial Targets

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Toward a Truly Worldwide GPS

The benefits of satellites for position location have been demonstrated for many years, but little has been done to establish an institutional and financial base from which to create and operate a civil global satellite system. We are faced with a situation in which satellite positioning technology and its use has outpaced international organization.
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CRACKDOWN ON COUNTERFEIT PARTS

U. S. Expects Many Indictments Against Bogus Parts Makers

By JAMES OTT

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