March 11, 1996

March 11, 1996

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HEADLINE NEWS

CLINTON TAKES AX TO PROCUREMENT FUNDS

By DAVID A. FULGHUM

HEADLINE NEWS

COLUMBIA MISSION PRODUCES MICROGRAVITY ADVANCES

By JAMES T. McKENNA

HEADLINE NEWS

ALLIEDSIGNAL COMMITS TO LT101 IMPROVEMENTS

By STANLEY W. KANDEBO

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CLINTON TAKES AX TO PROCUREMENT FUNDS

Goals of reaching a $60-billion-per-year modernization level appear to have been delayed—the plateau may be in conflict with a balanced budget

By DAVID A. FULGHUM

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COLUMBIA MISSION PRODUCES MICROGRAVITY ADVANCES

Columbia's seven astronauts wrapped up more than a week of microgravity research and caught a last glimpse of their errant tethered satellite payload before preparing to return to Earth last week. Working in two shifts around the clock, the seven astronauts and researchers on the ground used four major experiments on support trusses in Columbia's payload bay to study the formation of solids and liquids in the near-absence of gravity.

By JAMES T. McKENNA

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ALLIEDSIGNAL COMMITS TO LT101 IMPROVEMENTS

NEW YORK AlliedSignal Engines will invest some $15 million in the LT101 engine series over the next three years to improve the reliability of the engine and boost customer satisfaction. "We need to ensure that the fleet reliability of the LT101 series is at a level commensurate with the rest of AlliedSignal Engine's products," Robert L. Miller, LT101 program manager, said.

By STANLEY W. KANDEBO

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JDA AIRCRAFT COSTS EXTRAORDINARILY HIGH

TOKYO Data from Japan's Defense Agency illustrate the extraordinary costs the country's military services pay for their aircraft—sometimes double U.S. rates. Japan will spend nearly $3.1 billion in fiscal 1996 (beginning Apr. 1) to acquire 55 aircraft for its three military services.

By EIICHIRO SEKIGAWA

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COMBEST UNVEILS RADICAL PLAN TO OVERHAUL U.S. INTELLIGENCE

WASHINGTON House Intelligence Committee Chairman Larry Combest (R.-Tex.) is proposing a sweeping overhaul of U.S. intelligence that would split the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and strip covert operations out of the CIA.

By JOSEPH C. ANSELMO

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FIRST PRODUCTION EH101 READY FOR ASW PACKAGE

YEOVIL, ENGLAND E.H. Industries has rolled out the first production EH101 helicopter, which now will be fitted with an antisubmarine warfare mission equipment package developed by Loral prior to delivery to the Royal Navy in 1998.

By JOHN D. MORROCCO

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SR-71 TO TEST AEROSPIKE ROCKET FOR X-33 PROPOSAL

LOS ANGELES Lockheed Martin and Rocketdyne are preparing to test a linear aerospike rocket engine on a NASA SR-71, as part of their bid for the NASA X-33 reusable launcher program. The Rocketdyne engine is mounted at the aft end of a half-model of an X-33 concept, and is shown here being fitted to NASA's SR-71A, tail number 844.

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM

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CHINESE MISSILES THREATEN TAIWAN

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BAe TO UPGRADE TORNADO F3s

LONDON British Aerospace has gotten the nod to upgrade 100 Royal Air Force Tornado F3s from the Ministry of Defense which dropped an alternative plan to lease used U.S. F-16s. The work, worth 125 million pounds ($192.5 million), will include making the fighter capable of carrying four advanced medium range and four advanced short range air-to-air missiles (AMRAAM and ASRAAM).

By JOHN D. MORROCCO

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INTERNATIONAL PRODUCT NEWS

PROCESS CLEANS JET BLADES, CUTS COSTS

By MICHAEL O. LAVITT

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