December 18, 1995

December 18, 1995

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VECTORING, IMU DESTROYED LLV-1

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM4 min

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ISRAEL PUSHES SHAVIT FOR U.S. LAUNCHES

By JOSEPH C. ANSELMO4 min

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RECON PACT TO GIVE EUROPE MORE CLOUT

By CRAIG COVAULT4 min

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VECTORING, IMU DESTROYED LLV-1

LOS ANGELES The Aug. 15 loss of the Lockheed Launch Vehicle was caused by failure of the first-stage thrust-vectoring system and of the Litton inertial measurement unit, according to a contractor team investigation board. Although the thrust-vectoring system failed first, either problem would have destroyed the launch of the CTA Inc. "GEM-star-1" small communications satellite, according to Howard D. Trudeau, vice president of engineering at Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space's Missile Systems Div.

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM4 min

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ISRAEL PUSHES SHAVIT FOR U.S. LAUNCHES

WASHINGTON The Clinton Administration is grappling with requests for an exemption that would allow at least one U.S. Defense Dept. payload to be orbited on an Israeli Shavit booster launching from American soil. The proposed presidential exemption to the U.S. policy prohibiting the use of foreign boosters for government payloads could hold enormous implications for the U.S. launch industry, which was already smarting last week from the Administration's agreement to allow Ukraine to enter the commercial launch market.

By JOSEPH C. ANSELMO4 min

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RECON PACT TO GIVE EUROPE MORE CLOUT

Franco-German deal seen heralding autonomous security structure for Europe and bolstering the continent's crisis-ridden aerospace industry

By CRAIG COVAULT4 min

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PEACE ACCORDS SPEED NATO AIR OPERATIONS

PARIS and London Airfields at both Sarajevo and Tuzla this week are building toward their initial maximum daily total of about 25 heavy air transport arrivals as 60,000 NATO troops begin moving quickly into Bosnia following the signing of the Dayton peace accords in Paris Dec. 14.

By CRAIG COVAULT,JOHN D. MORROCCO4 min

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NUNN QUESTIONS JPATS EVALUATION

WASHINGTON Claims are resurfacing that the new U.S. Air Force/Navy primary training aircraft fails to accommodate a large enough percentage of smaller women pilot candidates. In late November, Sen. Sam Nunn, (D.-Ga.), minority leader of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee, under pressure from women pilots and distaff members of Congress, wrote a note to Defense Secretary William Perry expressing concerns that the Raytheon aircraft, a modified version of the Swiss-designed Pilatus trainer, "could eliminate the opportunity for a large number of potential female pilot candidates to become military pilots."

By DAVID A. FULGHUM4 min

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BAE, DASSAULT VENTURE TARGETS FUTURE FIGHTERS

By JOHN D. MORROCCO3 min

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WESTINGHOUSE SALE TO SPARK FIERCE BIDDING

By ANTHONY L. VELOCCI2 min

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U.S., RUSSIA TEAMED ON TRACKING DEBRIS

By CRAIG COVAULT2 min

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HUGHES TO BID ON CASOM

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'LIFEBOAT' WRECKED

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