September 26, 1994

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CONTROLLERS OVER HAITI EASE OCCUPATION CHAOS

OVER PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI The last-minute agreement by Haiti's military rulers to voluntarily relinquish power left U.S. military commanders scrambling to improvise and implement new plans for the altered American role in the troubled Caribbean nation.

By DAVID A. FULGHUM

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U.S. ARMY SPACE ASSETS GET WORKOUT IN HAITI

WASHINGTON In Haiti, U.S. Army ground troops and aviators are making use of space technologies in sophisticated combination for communications, mapping, mission visualization, weather forecasting and determining geographic location.

By JAMES R. ASKER_

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MCPEAK SEES ALTERNATIVES TO MODERNIZATION CUTS

WASHINGTON Further cuts in the U.S. defense budget should come from force reductions and efficiencies obtained through consolidations in service roles and missions rather than canceling modernization programs, according to U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Merrill A. McPeak.

By JOHN D. MORROCCO

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SENATE PANEL KNOCKS WEAPONS CUT PLAN

WASHINGTON The Pentagon's proposal to cancel or delay a number of major weapons modernization programs in order to meet budget shortfalls was greeted with a mixture of skepticism and outright opposition by members of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

By JOHN D. MORROCCO

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MCDONNELL DOUGLAS OPENS F/A-18E/F LINE

NEW YORK McDonnell Douglas has opened the final assembly line for the F/A-18E/F at its suburban St. Louis facilities and has begun the buildup of the forward fuselage section for the first of the upgraded Hornets. The kickoff of F/A-18E/F assembly at McDonnell complements that begun at Northrop Grumman in May, when workers there started manufacturing the aft fuselage for the first of the upgraded Hornets.

By STANLEY W. KANDEBO

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RESCUE DEVICE SHINES IN UNTETHERED EVA TESTS

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER Two astronauts demonstrated the utility of a simplified rescue device for workers in space during an aerobatic spacewalk that capped a successful shuttle Mission 64. The mission, the 64th of NASA's shuttle program, ended with Discovery's 2:13 p.m.

By JAMES T. McKENNA

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TOMAHAWK AWARDS A KEY BOOST FOR HUGHES

LOS ANGELES The U.S. Navy's selection of Hughes Missile Systems Co. as the single-source contractor for the Tomahawk missile program gives the company a solid business segment during an uncertain period of declining defense opportunities.

By BRUCE A. SMITH

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MCDONNELL WEIGHS CHALLENGE TO TOMAHAWK AWARD

NEW YORK McDonnell Douglas Corp. may challenge the U.S. Navy's recent selection of Hughes Aircraft Co. as the sole source supplier of Tomahawk cruise missiles. Both current producers considered the winner-take-all competition, potentially valued at nearly $2 billion, a "must win" contract.

By ANTHONY L. VELOCCI

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