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General Dynamics built the first atomic submarines, Nautilus and Seawolf, produced the Air Force's F-IO2A all-weather interceptor and the B58 Hustler supersonic bomber. It is now developing the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile as well as commercial uses of atomic energy, one of Hopkins' greatest enthusiasms...
Aircraft Co.; a few months later Wooldridge left Bell to join the fun. In short order, Ramo and Wooldridge developed an electronic fire-control system for the U.S. Air Force which was so good that it became standard equipment on every first-line interceptor. Another spectacular coup was the air-to-air Falcon guided missile to track and destroy enemy planes. When the Korean war sent orders surging through the industry, Hughes was transformed into an electronics giant with sales of $200 million annually...
Developed by Engineer Leonard S. ("Luke") Hobbs. now United Aircraft's vice chairman, the J57 has been in production since 1953, powers Boeing's eight-engine B-52 heavy bomber and four-engine KC-135 jet tanker-transport, Convair's supersonic F102 interceptor and five other military planes. Soon the even bigger J75 will go into two more important planes, Convair's supersonic F106 interceptor and Republic's F-105 fighter-bomber. To add to its horsepower riches, Pratt & Whitney has important military contracts for a smaller J52 jet engine and a T57 turboprop...
...Napping. Besides Boeing, the company that stands to gain the most in the 1958 budget is General Dynamics' Convair Division. Convair's dartlike F-102 interceptor is the only fighter which everyone in the business agrees will not be cut back: production of the F-102 and its faster, more advanced version, called the F-106, will probably total 350. In addition, Convair is a big contractor in the Air Force's nuclear bomber project and the Atlas intercontinental missile. Furthermore, Convair also has its B58 Hustler, first big supersonic U.S. bomber...
...Midair Collision!" Twenty-five minutes after Carr's DC-7B took off from Santa Monica, Northrop Test Pilot Ronald E. Owen, 36, swished skyward from an airport some 50 miles to the northeast, near the desert community of Palmdale, in an F89 Scorpion twin jet interceptor. The Scorpion, equipped with new radar, was soon to be returned to the Air Force. Owen and Radarman Curtiss A. Adams, 27, were flying a final chore: three runs at another jet 25,000 ft. up, to test the ingenious radar mechanism that puts the interceptor on the trail of invading aircraft, fixes...