WASHINGTON The growing debate within NATO about using ground forces in the war against Yugoslavia may represent the best chance for U.S. Army AH-64 Apaches to see combat, as the fear of Serb air defenses has kept the attack helicopters out of action.

WASHINGTON Strict new export regulations intended to prevent spacecraft builders from transferring technology to China are having an impact on companies far outside the satellite industry. One contractor has waited five months for U.S. government permission to send an updated helicopter engine repair manual to a NATO nation.

WASHINGTON The Marine Corps has decided to subject the F/A-18 Advanced Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance System (Atars) to a real operational evaluation by deploying the day/night, allweather reconnaissance system to Tazar, Hungary, as part of its contribution to the air war against Yugoslavia.