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NOSE CONES: Avco Manufacturing Corp., General Electric and Lockheed are working at the metallurgical riddle of saving the warhead from disintegrating from heat when it curves back into the stratosphere, 50 to 80 miles up, at 16,000 m.p.h. All are experimenting with new heat-resistant metals...
...guided missile program were long baffled by a key problem: How could they figure out the effect of air blast on a missile plunging down from space at 18,000 m.p.h.? The best answer so far is a type of shock tube that was described this week by Avco Manufacturing Corp., and is now operating for the Air Force in Avco's Everett, Mass, laboratory...
...radical new "XT-53" turbine engine, for use in turboprop planes and helicopters, was announced in Manhattan by Avco Manufacturing Corp. Designed by Austrian-born Dr. Anselm Franz, who built Nazi Germany's (and the world's) first mass-produced jet engine, the new turbine works on the "free power" principle. The conventional turboprop engine drives both the propeller and machinery used to compress air for combustion; hence, no matter what throttle setting, the shaft must always be kept turning fast enough to keep the compressors working. In Franz's turbine, the two functions are independent...
...Secretary of the Air Force" stationery, Talbott had written many letters to get business for Mulligan & Co. from firms with defense contracts: Chrysler Corp., Olin Industries Inc., Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corp., Avco Manufacturing...
...Avco's President Victor Emanuel, who has a $200 million defense backlog, gave Mulligan a contract and enthusiastic recommendations to his friends...