July 8, 1996

July 8, 1996

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Follow-on Plan Key to X-33 Win

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM

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Russian Booster Quality Questioned

By CRAIG COVAULT

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French Merger On Track

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Follow-on Plan Key to X-33 Win

Lockheed Martin tops competitors with proposal to closely link test vehicle to operational design

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM

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Russian Booster Quality Questioned

By CRAIG COVAULT

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French Merger On Track

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NRO Says Smallsats Are Now Its Future

WASHINGTON National Reconnaissance Office managers have dropped opposition to downsizing their spacecraft in the wake of a high-level panel’s conclusion that future U.S. intelligence satellites should be dramatically smaller. Director of Central Intelligence John Deutch’s advisory panel said the NRO should break up the multiple tasks performed by the agency’s expensive, highly capable satellites.

By JOSEPH C. ANSELMO

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Shuttle Concern

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CTP800 A‘Go’

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ESA Approves Fifth Cluster

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Finally, B-1s to Carry Advanced Weapons

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, OHIO This summer, after nearly a decade of anticipation, the B-l Lancer will finally begin operations with advanced conventional weapons, and the Pentagon is expected to accelerate the bombers projected near-precision weapons capability by three years to 1997.

By DAVID A. FULGHUM

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Pegasus Lofts TOMS-EP

Los Angeles The Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer Earth Probe (TOMS-EP) is expected to begin transmitting environmental data to NASA scientists by the end of the month following successful launch on a Pegasus XL booster. The 650-lb. satellite, developed by TRW Space & Electronics Group, was launched July 2 at about 12:46 a.m. PDT approximately 60 mi. off the coast of California.
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F124 Engine Delivered For T-45 Flight Test

PHOENIX The International Turbine Engine Corp. has advanced its plan to provide the alternative engine for the British Aerospace Hawk and its derivatives by delivering an F124 engine to McDonnell Douglas for installation in a T-45 Goshawk.

By STANLEY W. KANDEBO

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