November 13, 1995

November 13, 1995

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HEADLINE NEWS

Pentagon Plans 'Aggressive' C-17 Buy

By DAVID A. FULGHUM,BRUCE A. SMITH7 min

HEADLINE NEWS

Quick Titan 4 Turnaround Culminates in Milstar Launch

By JAMES T. McKENNA5 min

COVER STORY

Esa, NASA Set to Renew Solar Exploration

By CRAIG COVAULT5 min

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Pentagon Plans 'Aggressive' C-17 Buy

Acquisition czar Kaminski wants 80 more Globemasters, but Republican desire to buy more B-2s threatens the plan to save millions on each heavy-lift transport

By DAVID A. FULGHUM,BRUCE A. SMITH7 min

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Quick Titan 4 Turnaround Culminates in Milstar Launch

CAPE CANAVERAL AIR STATION Titan 4 team members here performed an unprecedented 24-hr. turnaround from a scrubbed launch to successfully orbit the Pentagon's newest, $1-billion secure communications satellite last week. Faced with persistent poor weather, U.S. Air Force officials abandoned their first attempt to launch a Titan 4 carrying the second Milstar high-priority communications satellite at 12:27 a.m. Nov. 5. The USAF and contractor launch teams then surmounted several hurdles to secure the Titan and its Centaur upper stage overnight, refuel it and launch it during a shortened window on Nov. 5. Liftoff of the vehicle, designated K-21, was from Pad 40 at 12:15 a.m. Nov. 6.

By JAMES T. McKENNA5 min

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Esa, NASA Set to Renew Solar Exploration

The $1-billion SOHO solar observatory mission involves a large European/U.S. team seeking to unravel the Sun's many mysteries

By CRAIG COVAULT5 min

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Predators Bound for Bosnia Soon

By DAVID A. FULGHUM5 min

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Russian Space Missions Readied

PARIS Russia is preparing to launch three new unmanned space missions involving five spacecraft important to future commercial and international cooperative operations. But the country's overall unmanned space effort remains in decline, hobbled by budget problems and a shrinking industrial base, U.S. and European analysts said.

By CRAIG COVAULT4 min

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French Aerospace Turmoil Deepens

PARIS Growing political controversy and continuing union criticism of French military procurement policy continues to deepen the French aerospace crisis. French Prime Minister Alain Juppe's unexpected cabinet shakeup on Nov. 7— which occurred only days before a long-awaited parliamentary debate on the deficit and cuts in military procurement spending—has further entangled complex issues that involve both defense contractors and the state-owned Air France group.

By PIERRE SPARACO4 min

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House, Senate at Odds Over Intel Smallsats

By JOSEPH C. ANSELMO4 min

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Station Assembly Prompts Shuttle Sole-source

WASHINGTON NASA'S decision to drop an industry competition on its space shuttle fleet and instead award the job to a Rockwell/Lockheed Martin joint venture was motivated by concerns that no other company could meet its safety and schedule requirements.

By JOSEPH C. ANSELMO3 min

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Ceramic 'armor' Protects Radarsat

By WILLIAM B. SCOTT3 min

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Sikorsky Seeks to Stabilize Uh-60 Production Rate

By DAVID A. FULGHUM3 min

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