July 24, 1995

July 24, 1995

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FISCAL REALITY MAY HALT TWO-WAR STRATEGY

By DAVID A.

HEADLINE NEWS

IMAGERY FROM BOSNIA EXPECTED TO IMPROVE

By DAVID A.

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NAVY BEGINS TESTING F-14 DIGITAL CONTROLS

By DAVID

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FISCAL REALITY MAY HALT TWO-WAR STRATEGY

FULGHUM/WASHINGTON U.S. forces are already stretched to the breaking point with current training and operational obligations The Pentagon may soon be forced to abandon its requirement to fight two simultaneous wars, according to some senior U.S. officials.

By DAVID A.

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IMAGERY FROM BOSNIA EXPECTED TO IMPROVE

FULGHUM/WASHINGTON_ The value of unmanned intelligencegathering Predator aircraft in the Bosnian crisis is being undermined by U.S. European Command requirements to fly missions at altitudes above 15,000 ft. and in nighttime periods of heavy haze and ground fog, according to Pentagon officials.

By DAVID A.

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NAVY BEGINS TESTING F-14 DIGITAL CONTROLS

BOSTON A U.S. Navy F-14D equipped with a digital flight control system (DFCS) made its first flight at the Patuxent River, Md., test center in a program that will include at least 20 flights and possibly as many as 50. The Navy had originally planned to procure nearly $80 million of these DFCSs for installation on all of the 200 F-l 4A and B models and 51 Ds expected to still be in service by the turn of the century.

By DAVID

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RAH-66 MAIN ROTOR BEGINS WHIRL TESTS

NEW YORK. Boeing Sikorsky has begun whirl tests of the RAH-66 Comanche's bearingless main rotor system. The evaluations will examine the rotor's performance, durability and aeromechanical stability before the Comanche's first flight in November.
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C-17 COMPLETES WAR SURGE TEST

SMITH/BARSTOW-DAGGETT AIRFIELD, CALIF. The C-17 program has passed a key milestone in its ongoing 30-day evaluation with completion of a simulated wartime surge during which 61 sorties and 465 flight hours were logged over two days, according to Air Force officials.

By BRUCE A.,BRUCE A. SMITH/AW&ST

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LOSERS WEIGH JPATS PROTESTS

FULGHUM/WASHINGTON_ Cessna, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Rockwell officials are still pondering formal protests over award of the U.S. Air Force and Navy's new primary trainer aircraft contract to Raytheon Aircraft.

By DAVID A.

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TORNADO APACHE TEST SET AFTER MICA FIRING

PARIS France and Germany this week are preparing for the first firing of a Matra Apache ground attack cruise missile from a Luftwaffe Tornado fighter. The Apache test follows the first firing of another new Matra missile—an infrared guided air-to-air Mica.

By CRAIG COVAULT

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MCDONNELL DOUGLAS REPORTS HIGHER PROFITS

LOS ANGELES McDonnell Douglas' earnings growth continued during the second quarter, led primarily by profits in military aircraft programs such as the C-l 7 and F-15. Net earnings for the second quarter of 1995 were $169 million, a 22% increase over the second quarter of last year.
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THAGARD SAYS LONG FLIGHTS POSE HAZARDS

ASKER/WASHINGTON_ When it comes to concerns for humans on long space flights, the most experienced U.S astronaut believes loneliness and poor appetite pale in significance next to loss of bone mass and radiation exposure.

By JAMES R.

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MORE BELT-TIGHTENING AHEAD FOR NASA

WASHINGTON Under a bill to be considered by the House Science Committee this week, NASA could not even think about making upgrades to the space shuttles unless they would be flying within the next seven years. In fact, NASA could not fly the shuttle at all beyond 2012.

By JAMES R.

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