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One promising answer to the problem is the Navy's 1,500-mile test-missile Polaris. Reason: it is fueled with a solid propellant. The Navy turned to solid fuels because it wants a missile that can be fired from submarines or surface vessels, and liquid-oxygen fueling is...
The Navy is giving top priority to solid-fuel shortcomings, hopes for a flight test of Polaris next summer or fall. Says Chief of Naval Operations Arleigh Burke about Rear Admiral William F. Raborn, officer in charge of Polaris: "He is the only man in the Navy who has a...
WESTINGHOUSE COMEBACK is pushing 1957 sales near $2 billion (previous record: $1.6 billion in 1954). Net per common share will hit nearly $4 v. 10? in strike-troubled 1956. Consumer products sales are up, and defense contracts (Bomarc missile guidance systems, Polaris missile launchers) were unhurt by recent cutbacks.
¶ With increased missile funds in sight, the Navy promised a step-up in the target date-now 1962-on its Polaris, a solid-fuel, 1,500-mile IRBM that can be fired from a submarine.
¶ The Navy awarded a $62 million contract to the Lockheed Aircraft Corp. for developing the Polaris IRBM, a most promising solid-fuel missile that can be launched from submarines or ships.