March 13, 1995

March 13, 1995

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HEADLINE NEWS

NEW CHINESE FIGHTER NEARS PROTOTYPING

By DAVID A. FULGHUM7 min

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NASA SPEEDS SELECTION OF X-33, X-34 PLANS

By BRUCE A. SMITH,JAMES R. ASKER6 min

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SHUTTLE PAYLOAD STUDIES VOLCANO ON JOVIAN MOON

By JAMES T. McKENNA5 min

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NEW CHINESE FIGHTER NEARS PROTOTYPING

Pressing need for a beyond-visual-range multirole fighter drives modernization of China's air force and draws Israeli technology support

By DAVID A. FULGHUM7 min

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NASA SPEEDS SELECTION OF X-33, X-34 PLANS

LOS ANGELES WASHINGTON Moving with unusual speed, NASA has selected three industry proposals as a first step toward developing designs for the large X-33 reusable launch vehicle (RLV) demonstrator and chosen an Orbital Sciences/Rockwell team to build the smaller X-34.

By BRUCE A. SMITH,JAMES R. ASKER6 min

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SHUTTLE PAYLOAD STUDIES VOLCANO ON JOVIAN MOON

By JAMES T. McKENNA5 min

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JAPAN TO START STATION WORK WITH H-2 LAUNCH OF PLATFORM

By MICHAEL MECHAM4 min

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FRANCE FORESEES MODEST UPTURN

By PIERRE SPARACO4 min

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STUDIES RAISE RED FLAG ON HARDWARE SPENDING

By BRUCE D. NORDWALL4 min

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U.K. FIRMS REPORT STRONG PROFITS

LONDON Key U.K. aerospace companies have reported substantially improved results in 1994 as cost-cutting and restructuring programs helped overcome continuing sluggishness in some important markets. British Aerospace moved into the black for the first time in four years with a pretax profit of 211 million pounds ($337.6 million), compared with a 257-million pound ($411.2-million) loss in 1993.

By CAROLE A. SHIFRIN4 min

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NEW MERGER LOOKS CERTAIN

NEW YORK Lockheed and Martin Marietta almost certainly will have the votes they need to officially merge their companies later this week. The approvals are likely to come despite objections by some pension-fund shareholders and shareholder advisory services to merger-related payouts to Martin executives. Their objections also include an "omnibus" incentive-compensation plan proposed for the new Lockheed Martin Corp.

By ANTHONY L. VELOCCI3 min

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MORE BASES FACE CHOPPING BLOCK

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JTIDS PASSES PRODUCTION HURDLE

HANSCOM AFB, MASS The Pentagon has approved the Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) for full-scale production in a streamlined review that followed a successful test by the Navy last summer. The Pentagon decision, which was made without committee and Defense Acquisition Board meetings to speed up the process, will result in the production of 319 additional JTIDS Class 2 and 2H terminals.
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