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Sooner would an Air Force general do a loop in a hurricane than reverse himself on a major weapons program-especially after billions have been invested, service prestige put on the line, business and political support generated all along the production line. But last week Air Force Chief of Staff...
SATELLITE CONTRACTS worth $283 million were awarded to Lockheed Aircraft Corp. by the Air Force. Major $160 million contract is for Samos, the Air Force's global surveillance satellite system. And $52 million will go for Midas, the infra-red detection system to report trails of heat from enemy...
Once safe in space, a missile or satellite is hard to find (see above). But when it is first launched, its booster looses an enormous amount of heat that shines far out into space as a blaze of infrared radiation. At Cape Canaveral last week the U.S. attempted to launch...
Last week's Midas splashed into the Atlantic when the second stage failed to fire. But an operational Midas, presumably flying on a polar orbit, will be able to report a missile trail by radio signals that can be received at great distances by U.S. listening stations. If two...
Rounding out their first full week as man and diva, Aristotle Onassis and Maria Callas stayed quietly on the Onassis superyacht, anchored off the Greek coast, until the soprano decided she was having a "sentimental crisis." Off she flew on Onassis' lumbering DC-4 to give a concert in...