May 8, 2000

May 8, 2000

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WASHINGTON outlook

WASHINGTON Outlook

By DAVID M. NORTH

Bombardier Inc.

Agilent Technologies

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After losing a costly, three-year battle to keep startup Legend Airlines from flying long-haul flights from Dallas’ Love Field, American Airlines last week filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify whether the Airline Deregulation Act bars local governments from enforcing restrictions on airport use (see p. 43).

By DAVID M. NORTH

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New Satellite Designs Tackle Many Missions

By ROBERT WALL,DAVID A. FULGHUM

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Review of NMD Fallout Underway

HUNTSVILLE, ALA. The intelligence community is conducting an assessment to determine what the geopolitical consequences would be of a U.S. decision to proceed with the deployment of a national missile defense system, including whether it would spur a market for countermeasures.

By ROBERT WALL

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Snecma To Acquire Turbomeca

Paris In a surprise initiative, Snecma will acquire the Labinal group for an estimated 1.1 billion euros ($996 million), obtaining control of turboshaft engine manufacturer Turbomeca. It will resell Labinal’s automotive business to Valeo.

By Pierre Sparaco

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Loral Skynet Opts For AssureSat

LOS ANGELES Loral Skynet intends to become a customer of AssureSat, a Los Angeles area venture with plans to lease dedicated in-orbit spares to geosynchronous operators that have suffered satellite or launch vehicle failures. The AssureSat organization, which includes several former Hughes Communications executives, plans to begin offering inorbit backup service in 2002 for communications satellite operators providing geostationary fixed satellite service (AW&ST Sept. 13, 1999, p. 29).

By BRUCE A. SMITH

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Stereo Tests Planned For New Goes Backup

CAPE CANAVERAL A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Goes meteorological satellite launched May 3 on an Atlas-Centaur will be used initially for a novel series of tests with an older Goes spacecraft to obtain stereo images from geosynchronous orbit of Atlantic hurricanes and other storms.

By CRAIG COVAULT

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