August 15, 1994

August 15, 1994

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COVER STORY

Turnaround Earns Allied New Credibility

By ANTHONY L. VELOCCI9 min

HEADLINE NEWS

Esa Proposes Mission to Moon's South Pole

By CRAIG COVAULT7 min

HEADLINE NEWS

Military Space 'reengineers'

By WILLIAM B. SCOTT6 min

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COVER STORY

Turnaround Earns Allied New Credibility

NEW YORK AlliedSignal Aerospace, once the target of widespread derision among customers, is emerging as a world-class vendor in an industry in which success is being increasingy defined by one word: responsiveness. Many secondand third-tier aerospace contractors have reengineered themselves in recent years—reformulating the way they think and act when conducting business—with impressive results.

By ANTHONY L. VELOCCI9 min

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Esa Proposes Mission to Moon's South Pole

PARIS The European Space Agency will in September present French, German and Italian space agency management with draft requirements for development of a $400-million ESA unmanned lunar lander that would explore the south pole of the Moon after the turn of the century.

By CRAIG COVAULT7 min

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Military Space 'reengineers'

A burgeoning commercial space business and a shrinking defense budget will restructure military space programs

By WILLIAM B. SCOTT6 min

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Superconducting Filter Has Dual-use Promise

WASHINGTON ARPA and the U.S. Air Force are funding the development of a filter using high-temperature superconductors that promises breakthrough performance for aircraft electronic warfare systems and commercial applications for cellular phone base stations.

By BRUCE D. NORDWALL4 min

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Uav Contractors Plot Stealthy Redesigns

WASHINGTON Congress has begun pressuring the Pentagon to consolidate its long-endurance, reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) programs and has targeted the Tier 2+ and Tier 3systems for close scrutiny. However, aerospace contractors are fighting back.

By DAVID A. FULGHUM4 min

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Shuttle Turbopump Clears Initial Check

By JAMES T. MCKENNA/KENNEDY SPACE CENTER,KENNEDY SPACE CENTER3 min

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New Policy Sets U.s. Launch Roles

WASHINGTON The Defense Dept, has been designated as lead agency for improving and evolving the current U.S. expendable launch vehicle fleet, and will hold a competition in 1 995-96 for the ELV upgrade contract. These decisions result from the long-waisted White House approval this month of a new policy that hopefully will give clear direction for U.S. launch activities into the next century.

By JEFFREY M. LENOROVITZ3 min

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New Valve Offers Relief to Southwest

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Rump Blade Cracked

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Chinese Pilots Graduate From U.S. Training Course

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