January 18, 1993

January 18, 1993

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COVER STORY

GD GOAL: LOWER-COST MANNED LUNAR MISSIONS

By JEFFREY M. LENOROVITZ

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

FRANCE, U. S. ADVANCING BASIC MILITARY RESEARCH

By CRAIG COVAULT

HEADLINE NEWS

ALLIES STRIKE IRAQ FOR DEFYING U.N.

By DAVID H. FULGHUM

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COVER STORY

GD GOAL: LOWER-COST MANNED LUNAR MISSIONS

Company hopes to stimulate space exploration with a series of Moon missions in the next decade

By JEFFREY M. LENOROVITZ

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

FRANCE, U. S. ADVANCING BASIC MILITARY RESEARCH

By CRAIG COVAULT

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HEADLINE NEWS

ALLIES STRIKE IRAQ FOR DEFYING U.N.

WASHINGTON The United Nations allies' brief strike against an array of antiaircraft installations in southern Iraq was conceived as a narrowly drawn action to punish Iraq for flouting longstanding U. N. resolutions. More strikes will follow without warning if Iraq remains defiant, but it is not clear whether they would be larger in scope and scale.

By DAVID H. FULGHUM

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AVIONICS

SWEDISH-DEVELOPED RADAR TO PENETRATE FOLIAGE, GROUND

WASHINGTON The technology could give the military a tactical radar to detect forces concealed under trees and to locate objects under 5-10 meters of soil. Based on tests to date, Swedish researchers believe the Coherent All Radio Band Sensing (Carabas) will be able to find tunnels, hardened shelters, vents from deep shelters and pipelines.

By BRUCE D. NORDWALL

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AIR TRANSPORT

LIBERALIZATION CREATES EC SINGLE AIRLINE MARKET

BRUSSELS The 12-country European Community has become a single airline market. EC carriers are now allowed to serve all routes of their choice—including domestic stops—and to make unrestricted use of fifth freedom traffic flows. Fare pricing no longer requires government approval, bilateral agreements and capacity limitations have been eliminated, and carrier national ownership rules are abolished.

By PIERRE SPARACO

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AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD HAMPERS PUBLIC-PRIVATE COMPETITION

LOS ANGELES Gen. Ronald W. Yates, chief of the Air Force Materiel Command, is trying to reassure industry that his service does not plan to take work from contractors to keep government facilities open. The issue of whether the military is moving toward an arsenal system is coming to the fore as industry and government officials worry about whether private or public facilities will be closed— with the government controlling the decisions.

By MICHAEL A. DORNHEIM

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HEADLINE NEWS

JCS TO BACKTRACK DECISIONS IN ROLES, MISSIONS STUDY

WASHINGTON The U. S. Joint Staff already is yielding under pressure to reverse a number of substantive changes it has recommended in a draft report on the roles and missions of the military services. Unified commanders and the heads of the major U. S. military commands have provided their comments on the initial report signed and circulated for review by Gen. Colin L. Powell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

By JOHN D. MORROCCO

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HEADLINE NEWS

PRATT TO TEST LIGHTWEIGHT THRUST-VECTORING/REVERSING NOZZLE

NEW YORK Pratt & Whitney plans to ground test no later than next year a new generation of two-dimensional, pitch/yaw thrust-vectoring/thrust-reversing engine nozzles. Versions of the nozzle could be used on powerplants under study for the Navy/Air Force AFX medium attack aircraft and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency advanced short takeoff, vertical landing (ASTOVL) aircraft.

By STANLEY W. KANDEBO

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HEADLINE NEWS

WEU SEEKS EUROPEAN MISSILE DEFENSE PLAN

PARIS The Western European Union is moving to become Europe's antiballistic missile system coordinator as part of an expansive WEU military strategy in the post-Cold War era. The WEU has ordered its senior council to "identify without delay Europe's needs and the means available to counter the [growing] ballistic missile threat."

By CRAIG COVAULT

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