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...market now seems to be in "moonmobiles." TRW Inc. has a $200,000 study contract for a tiny, cigar-sized jet that would take advantage of the moon's light gravity (one-sixth that of the earth) to send an astronaut vaulting over crater and crag. Boeing and Bendix each have about $1,500,000 to design a lunar jeep, a snail-paced (5 m.p.h. to 10 m.p.h.), relatively light vehicle for short excursions during the early exploratory trips...
...longer journeys, Bendix and Boeing (with $800,000 in Government contracts) and Northrop (on its own) have designed balloon-wheeled mobile laboratories that can transport two men 250 miles. General Dynamics is working on a moon train made up of two-wheeled modules that could be linked together to form units of almost any length. General Motors and Bendix have been given about $400,000 each to build mockups of lunar vehicles. For fast hops-and possibly for emergency rescues-later explorers may have a "moon plane," a two-man flying platform with a range of 30 miles; the Government...
...Made by the independent Bendix Home Appliances, Inc., which sold out to Avco in 1950, was in turn sold to Philco. The Bendix brand name has disappeared...
Reaching Deep. The common denominator for most Bendix activity is the company's specialization in guidance and control systems. Some Bendix control component is a part of every major missile in the U.S. arsenal. With Boeing, Bendix has developed an all-weather computerized navigation and landing system for jets; it has also developed special roving vehicles for unmanned exploration of the moon and a moving lunar laboratory (MOLAB) out of which astronauts will operate while on the moon...
...reach deep under the sea as well as far into space, Bendix four months ago bought Pasadena's $16 million United Geophysical Corp., a firm that searches the ocean floor for petroleum and minerals. Through its automotive division, the company already sells $154 million worth of brakes, carburetors, pumps and power steering systems. By acquiring Besly-Welles, it will also be able to start selling the drills, grinders and metal-cutting tools used in making auto parts. Even now it is going a logical step further and negotiating to buy some of the smaller manufacturers that supply spare parts...