November 22, 1993

November 22, 1993

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HEADLINE NEWS

CONGRESS TO FIGHT FEWS CANCELLATION

By DAVID A. FULGHUM5 min

HEADLINE NEWS

CONGRESS LEAVES JAST, C-17 FUNDING QUANDARIES

By JOHN D. MORROCCO5 min

HEADLINE NEWS

LAWMAKERS WARN CLINTON ON SATELLITE IMAGERY SALES

By JOHN D. MORROCCO4 min

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HEADLINE NEWS

CONGRESS TO FIGHT FEWS CANCELLATION

Service officials are confused by mixed signals. FEWS is being killed, despite a recent review that found no technical hurdles to the new missile warning system

By DAVID A. FULGHUM5 min

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CONGRESS LEAVES JAST, C-17 FUNDING QUANDARIES

WASHINGTON Differing approaches in the two congressional defense spending bills have created funding disparities over two key aircraft programs—the C-17 transport and the Joint Advanced Strike Technology program. The defense appropriations and authorization acts for Fiscal 1994 have taken quite different approaches on how to proceed with these two programs.

By JOHN D. MORROCCO5 min

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LAWMAKERS WARN CLINTON ON SATELLITE IMAGERY SALES

WASHINGTON Lawmakers, echoing the frustration of U. S. aerospace industry officials, have threatened to take action to force the Clinton Administration to set policy guidelines for the commercial sale of remote sensing imagery and data.

By JOHN D. MORROCCO4 min

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HEADLINE NEWS

USAF STARTS OFF-THE-SHELF AIRLIFTER COMPETITION

SEATTLE The Pentagon is beginning a formal competition for an airlifter to supplement the troubled McDonnell Douglas C-17. Candidates for the buy of up to 50 transports to supplement the C-17 fleet must be "non-developmental" aircraft, according to John M. Deutch, under secretary of Defense for acquisition.

By PAUL PROCTOR3 min

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HEADLINE NEWS

ROLLS REORGANIZES AEROSPACE GROUP

NEW YORK Rolls-Royce's Aerospace Group, seeking greater financial accountability, will spin off its military and civil engine groups into subsidiary companies at the start of 1994. The new businesses, renamed Rolls-Royce Commercial Aero Engines, Ltd., and Rolls-Royce Military Aero Engines, Ltd, will join the recently formed Rolls-Royce Aero Engine Services, Ltd., as individual operating companies.
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INTERNATIONAL PRODUCT NEWS

NEW LOADER DESIGNED FOR HEAVIER LIFTING

The Commander 30 is a 30,000-lb. universal lower and main deck loader designed for use by handlers of air cargo. The new loader offers twice the capacity of FMC Corp.'s earlier Commander series. Both its front and rear platforms can reach a maximum height of 220 in. (5.6 meters), allowing it to serve wide-body and narrow-body cargo aircraft.
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INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT

CUTTING COSTS KEY TO RECOVERY

WASHINGTON As world airlines show the first signs of traffic and economic recovery, officials are facing new challenges to reduce costs and maintain a course toward profitability. The drive for economical operations coincides with an increase in the pace of change taking place in the industry.

By JAMES OTT8 min

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INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT

MAJOR CARRIERS FACE TOUGH LABOR, PRODUCTIVITY ISSUES

NEW YORK Economic health will elude malor U. S. airlines until they boost productivity and reduce labor costs, enabling them to compete more effectively against low-cost carriers structured to satisfy the public's insatiable appetite for cheap fares.

By ANTHONY L. VELOCCI8 min

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INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT

DOUGLAS ENDURES SLUMP, READIES FOR TURNAROUND

LOS ANGELES Douglas Aircraft Co.—in the first part of a three-phase business strategy—has continued to turn a profit in its commercial transport segment despite production rates that have dipped to about 0.5 aircraft per week for the MD-11 and MD-80.

By BRUCE A. SMITH7 min

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JAPANESE CARRIERS SLASH COSTS TO FIGHT RECESSION

TOKYO HONG KONG Uncertain when profits will return, Japan's three major airlines are responding to their country's long recession by attacking their high costs. They are hiring cheaper foreign labor, cutting unprofitable routes, using smaller aircraft, reducing services and stretching fleet depreciation schedules.

By EIICHIRO SEKIGAWA,MICHAEL MECHAM7 min

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