February 8, 1993

February 8, 1993

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COVER STORY

NAVY READIES F-14 FOR 21ST CENTURY

By JOHN D. MORROCCO7 min

HEADLINE NEWS

STATION STRUGGLES WITH NEW COST WOES

By JAMES R. ASKER,JEFFREY M. LENOROVITZ5 min

HEADLINE NEWS

FIRST TAURUS MISSION SET FOR MID-1993

By JEFFREY M. LENOROVITZ5 min

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NAVY READIES F-14 FOR 21ST CENTURY

Upgrade plans include addition of air-to-ground capability to increase the F-14's versatility, as well as modernizing older A and B versions

By JOHN D. MORROCCO7 min

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STATION STRUGGLES WITH NEW COST WOES

As McDonnell Douglas and NASA grapple with a threatened cost overrun, the station faces new doubts in Congress and the White House

By JAMES R. ASKER,JEFFREY M. LENOROVITZ5 min

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FIRST TAURUS MISSION SET FOR MID-1993

WASHINGTON Orbital Sciences Corp. has started a full-scale integration test of its Taurus launcher as the program pace for this new small booster accelerates to support its first mission, scheduled for mid-year from Vandenberg AFB, Calif.

By JEFFREY M. LENOROVITZ5 min

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NAVY CONSIDERS PHASING OUT A-6s

WASHINGTON U. S. naval aviation officials are recommending the service curtail or halt planned A-6 upgrades with an eye to phasing the aircraft out by the end of the decade and concentrating instead on modernizing its fleet of F-14 Tomcats.

By JOHN D. MORROCCO4 min

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NIGHT-FIGHTING CAS FORCE GAINS PRELIMINARY APPROVAL

By DAVID A. FULGHUM4 min

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ARIANE LAUNCH OPERATIONS SLOWED BY SATELLITE PROBLEM

By CRAIG COVAULT4 min

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SAUDI TORNADO ORDER ACTIVATES BAe ASSEMBLY UNE

LONDON Saudi Arabia's order for a new batch of 48 Panavia Tornado Interdictor Strike (IDS) aircraft will activate a nearidle final assembly line at British Aerospace's Warton Aerodrome until production begins on the next generation Eurofighter 2000.

By CAROLE A. SHIFRIN3 min

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MCDONNELL DOUGLAS IN QUANDARY OVER CONTRADICTORY DEBT RATINGS

NEW YORK McDonnell Douglas Corp. officials, upbeat about the company's financial prospects in 1993, say they are stunned by the Moody's Investors Service decision to significantly downgrade $5 billion of the aerospace company's debt.

By ANTHONY L. VELOCCI3 min

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SPACEWALKERS RAISE NEW EVA DOUBTS

WASHINGTON Space station planners should not expect space suited astronauts to manhandle large hardware, if the experience of the pair who conducted last month's extravehicular activity is any guide. Gregory J. Harbaugh said an exercise he and Navy Lt. Cdr. Mario Runco, Jr., each performed on shuttle Mission 54 showed that asking an astronaut to pull himself with one hand and pull a large, 450-lb.
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TWO RUSSIAN PLANTS TO BUILD YAK-112

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