August 9, 1993

August 9, 1993

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HEADLINE NEWS

EXPLOSION HALTS TITAN 4 LAUNCHES

By BRUCE A. SMITH,JAMES R. ASKER6 min

HEADLINE NEWS

HALF-SIZE FEWS TO DETECT AIRCRAFT, SMALL MISSILES

By DAVID A. FULGHUM6 min

COVER STORY

HELICOPTER FLEXIBILITY ATTRACTS POLICE USE

By PAUL PROCTOR6 min

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EXPLOSION HALTS TITAN 4 LAUNCHES

Further delays in deploying key national security spacecraft are possible as investigators seek the cause of the blast. Titan 4 production will remain steady

By BRUCE A. SMITH,JAMES R. ASKER6 min

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HALF-SIZE FEWS TO DETECT AIRCRAFT, SMALL MISSILES

PETERSON AFB, COLO. The U. S. Air Force is halving the size, weight and cost of the Follow-on Early Warning System, enabling the service to save billions of dollars by using medium-launch vehicles instead of the heavy-lift Titan 4. Moreover, senior defense officials have decided that “FEWS is the system we will choose to bring on as fast as possible" instead of improving the existing Defense Support Program (DSP) satellite or accelerating development of Brilliant Eyes, which was conceived as part of the space defense initiative, a Pentagon official said.

By DAVID A. FULGHUM6 min

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HELICOPTER FLEXIBILITY ATTRACTS POLICE USE

Law enforcement helicopters are proving increasingly valuable in crime-fighting, disaster operations

By PAUL PROCTOR6 min

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PLANS OBSCURE FOR FOLLOW-ON AIRCRAFT

NEWS ANALYSIS

By JOHN D. MORROCCO5 min

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QUICKSILVER WINS FIRST PRIMARY CERTIFICATE

OSHKOSH, WIS. The FAA awarded the first Primary Category type certificate to the Quicksilver GT 500 two-place aircraft on Aug. 1 at the Experimental Aircraft Assn. (EAA) convention here, and the agency expects to award several more primary certificates in 1993.

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM5 min

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NEW EMPHASIS ON POLICE MARKET

SEATTLE Helicopter manufacturers are intensifying competition for law enforcement sales as military markets dry up and the weak economy flattens corporate and energy demand for new aircraft. Despite tight state and local government budgets, helicopters and—to a lesser extent, fixed-wing aircraft—are proving increasingly effective in law enforcement roles.
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PENTAGON PRESSED TO USE SMALLER, CHEAPER SATELLITES

WASHINGTON The Pentagon is under increasing pressure to save money on space systems by building smaller satellites, standardizing designs, sharing capabilities with civil agencies and buying more commercial hardware. With the costly loss of a Titan 4 and its classified payload, the pressure to economize will, if anything, increase.

By JAMES R. ASKER3 min

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NAVY GAINS IN BOTTOM-UP

WASHINGTON The Pentagon's Bottom-Up review probably will go public the second week of September. But with less than a month to go, key decisions still have not been made, including the number of aircraft carriers to remain in active duty and the manpower levels of the Marine Corps and Army reserve.
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U. S. PROBES GRUMMAN FEES

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SAMA TO REQUIRE INDEPENDENT TESTS

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