July 25, 1983

July 25, 1983

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Editorial

A Bad Idea for Testing

By William H. Gregory

Business Flying

General Aviation Deliveries Drop

By David M. North

Business Flying

Government, Users to Study Beacon Problem

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Editorial

A Bad Idea for Testing

Independent testing of weapons systems as an idea buzzed around a small circle in Congress this spring as a new solution to the problem of waste in military procurement—something the services have been convicted of by consensus. In the throes of trying to get a Fiscal 1984 budget authorization out of the Senate before the August recess, and to save funding for the MX, Senate leadership accepted the independent test force idea as a compromise—at least for the moment.

By William H. Gregory

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Business Flying

General Aviation Deliveries Drop

By David M. North

1415
Business Flying

Government, Users to Study Beacon Problem

1415
Management

Sukhoi Su-15 Flagon Intercepted Over Baltic Sea

1415

Canada Approves Cruise Missile Testing

1617
Missile Engineering

French Testing Multirole Nuclear Missile

1617
Management

Navy Disciplines Two Officers In Overpricing of Spare Parts

By Paul Mann

1617
Missile Engineering

Hypervelocity Missile Penetrates Screen in Test

1617
Management

Allied Reorganizes Aerospace Sector

1819
Space Technology

Authorization Bill Amendment Would Ban Antisatellite Tests

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