January 31, 1994

January 31, 1994

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CIA TO DEPLOY UAVS IN ALBANIA

By DAVID A. FULGHUM,JOHN D. MORROCCO7 min

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COSMONAUT UPSTAGES SHUTTLE PAYLOADS

By JAMES R. ASKER5 min

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LAUNCH FAILURE GROUNDS ARIANE

By CRAIG COVAULT5 min

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CIA TO DEPLOY UAVS IN ALBANIA

Crash program is first phase of multi-tiered plan to develop and field long-endurance reconnaissance systems—a weakness identified in Desert Storm

By DAVID A. FULGHUM,JOHN D. MORROCCO7 min

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COSMONAUT UPSTAGES SHUTTLE PAYLOADS

WASHINGTON Discovery, set for launch this week on the first shuttle mission of the year, will carry two major commercial payloads. One is a novel free-flier that astronauts will release and retrieve, the other is a laboratory they will float into to work.

By JAMES R. ASKER5 min

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LAUNCH FAILURE GROUNDS ARIANE

PARIS The launch failure of an Arianespace Ariane 44LP heavy booster will seriously disrupt international communications satellite programs and has dashed Arianespace's plans for a record launch pace in 1994. A malfunction of the cryogenic third stage liquid oxygen turbopump is blamed for the $350-million accident following liftoff of the V-63 mission from Kourou on Jan. 24.

By CRAIG COVAULT5 min

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KOREAN IMPASSE SPURS PATRIOT PLANS

WASHINGTON BOSTON The U. S. is planning to deploy Patriot air defense missiles to South Korea, a move that simultaneously increases the political pressure and hedges Washington's bets in the continuing diplomatic confrontation with North Korea over nuclear inspections.

By JOHN D. MORROCCO,DAVID HUGHES5 min

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KRIKALEV, TITOV PIONEER U.S./RUSSIAN FLIGHTS

WASHINGTON AND HOUSTON As one sign of how seriously NASA takes the first flight of a Russian on a U. S. spacecraft, the cosmonaut is flying as a mission specialist—not a "payload specialist," the rank usually accorded foreigners on the shuttle.

By JAMES R. ASKER5 min

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AIM-9X PROGRAM FINALLY UNDERWAY

WASHINGTON After many false starts, senior Pentagon officials have given permission for the U. S. Navy and Air Force to begin the demonstration/validation phase of the next-generation AIM-9X infrared, air-to-air missile. Initial approval came as the result of an internal agreement among the services and senior Defense Dept. civilians to pursue international funding for at least a portion of development costs.

By DAVID A. FULGHUM4 min

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SMOOTH TRANSITION SEEN FOR PERRY

WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton's quick choice of William Perry to succeed Les Aspin as Defense secretary portends a smooth transition at the Pentagon and a greater emphasis on tighter management of budgets and programs. Clinton nominated Perry to the job less than a week after his first choice, retired Navy Adm. Bobby R. Inman, announced he no longer wanted the job.
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SOCIAL PROGRAM FOCUS MAY UPSTAGE TECH TRANSFER

ALBUQUERQUE Despite strong Administration and congressional support last year, technology-related initiatives will probably be overshadowed in 1994 by health care, budget deficit and other pressing issues that will demand priority, according to federal laboratory officials.

By WILLIAM B. SCOTT3 min

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GROUND TESTS INDICATE SCRAMJETS CAN GENERATE THRUST ABOVE MACH 8

NEW YORK Tests conducted by Pratt & Whitney under the National Aero-Space Plane program show that scramjets operating in the upper atmosphere should be capable of generating a positive thrust under flight speeds ranging from Mach 8-14.

By STANLEY W. KANDEBO3 min

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BOEING PLANS NEW MIR-1 EXPERIMENT

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