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J LIGHT International, 20 June 1963 999 system, including those designed for -upersonic types, in automatically con trolled and repeatable conditions. Main features of the installation are a simulated cabin of 2,500 cu ft capacity, with three 600 cu ft altitude chambers which can be used individually or combined to increase cabin capacity to 4,300 cu ft. The vacuum pumps will have adequate capacity to pro duce simulated altitudes of well over 60,000ft. Two separate high-pressure air supplies are available, one at 2001b/sq in and the other at 3501b/sq in, with flow rates of up to 3501b/min and 2061b/min respec tively. Combustion heaters, capable of raising the temperature of air deliveries to 650°C, are also available. Low-pressure fans will supply large quantities of ram air which can be heated to a temperature of 150°C. Tests are currently being carried out in existing facilities, already "the most com prehensive of their kind in Europe," and the new plant will be phased progressively into use. Hawker de Havilland Visitor Mr Laurie R. Jones, sales manager of Hawker de Havilland of Australia Ptv Ltd, reached the UK last week (June 13) on an overseas trip which includes visits to Canada, France and the US. In the UK and Canada, Mr Jones is discussing with the manufacturers matters relating to recent sales by Hawker de Havilland Australia Ltd of 18 Caribou lo the RAAF and the DH. 125 to the Australian Department of Civil Aviation. be built for 23 aircraft and test packages for both the F-l 11A (Air Force version) and the F-l 1 IB (Navy version). The system is described as " a simple, air cycle system which cools hot pressurized air, led from the aircraft's main engines, providing the pilot with complete comfort." The DC-9 contract calls for Garrett to develop and produce a specified number of systems. USA Boeing Consolidate for Competition The Boeing Company have recently consolidated their Transport and Military Aircraft Systems Divisions into a single organiza tion, to be known as the Airplane Division. Mr J. O. Yeasting, formerly head of the Transport Division, heads the new division as vice-president and general manager. In a comment on this re-organization the Boeing president, Mr William J. Allen, says that the company's military and com mercial aircraft endeavours "can gain the greatest benefit from their common tech nologies, while providing adequately for the unique requirements of each; the company can best assure the technical excellence of its present and future aircraft products" and can "most effectively con centrate its strong technical and manage ment talents on its major aircraft pro grammes." New Garrett Contracts Garrett-AiRe- search recently signed two major contracts within 30 minutes, one for the development and manufacture of refrigeration units and temperature control sets for the General Dynamics/Fort Worth F-l 11 (TFX), valued at approximately $l|m; and the other for development and manufacture of air- conditioning and ice protection systems for the Douglas DC-9, valued at $5,808,625. The F-l 11 contract calls for systems to Sylvania Electric Products, Inc subsidiary of General Telephones & Electronics Corp, 730 Third Ave, 55th & 56th St, New York 17, NY), has recently developed a new parachutist- carried command pack to permit anti-guerilla fighters to maintain radio contact with friendly forces. A parachutist with the pack can talk with ground troops within a 25-mile radius, with aircraft within a 100-mile radius, or to a base headquarters within a 300-mile radius. He can also use the pack to send a homing signal to an aircraft 500 miles away. Under optimum conditions the various ranges could be increased. The pack weighs only 371b Beryllium in Rocket Propellant Atlantic Research Corp, Alexandria, Va, announce the development of a new family of solid rocket propellants which use the metal beryllium as a high-energy ingredient. Developed under the sponsorship of the Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory (Ed wards AFB) and the Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of Defense, these new propellants are expected to find important applications in upper-stage rockets. This breakthrough in propellant tech nology follows in the tradition of Atlantic Research's pioneering use of aluminium as a propellant ingredient which led to the high- performance propellants now in use in the Polaris and Minuteman missiles. Vice- Admiral William F. Raborn, Deputy Chief of US Naval Operations for Development, described Atlantic Research's work with aluminium-containing propellants as a ". . . key development which made possible the Polaris weapon system." Atlantic Research first noted the potential of beryllium as a propellant ingredient through theoretical studies in the early 1950s. The company's pioneering develop ment effort on beryllium began at a later date, under a contract with the Air Force, supported by the Advanced Research Projects Agency's Project Principia. Atlantic Research's Chemical Engineer ing Division, working in a specially selected, isolated and carefully engineered facility, has experimented with a great number of beryllium-containing propellant formulae to perfect and prove the present high-per formance family. Advanced rocket motors using the new propellant are currently under development at Atlantic Research. Because of the toxic nature of beryllium, the company has constructed extensive special facilities for handling and testing this new propellant. These include specially designed equipment for the handling of ingredients and a system by which all exhaust gases are purified before release. Atlantic Research is continuing its experimental work with improved propel lants and has recently demonstrated the feasibility of a paste-consistency propellant, known as "gel solid." Also a producer of rockets, Atlantic Research's products in clude the Areas and Iris sounding rockets, the Army-Marine Corps Red Eye guided missile propulsion system, an advanced sustainer for the Navy's Terrier and a line of control rockets for space vehicles. In addition to its rocket work, the company has expanded its activities to include electronics and communications, pyro technics, plastics research and fabrication, and specialized dehumidification equipment. Lockheed Computer Contract Beckman Instruments lnc, 2200 Wright Avenue, Richmond, Calif, recently announced the receipt of a $500,000 contract from Lock heed-California Co for two analogue com puters for use in aircraft and space vehicles. They are scheduled to be installed at Lock heed-California, Burbank, in September and will be available for all projects of the division. Space Computer A compact space com puter, capable of performing more than 7,000 calculations per second, has been developed for the NASA Gemini two-man spacecraft by the Space Guidance Center of International Business Machines Corp, Owego, NY. In a description of this computer, IBM United Kingdom Ltd, 101 Wigmore Street, London Wl, say that it will help the two-man crew to determine the craft's position in space and guide it into position for the final docking man oeuvres. The astronauts will then take over and manually control the craft's manoeuvr ing rockets to make rendezvous with the Agena rocket. Sweden Svenska Flygmotor Change Mr Erik Andren has relinquished his appointment as managing director of Svenska Flygmotor AB in order to take up a position with the management of Rationellt Naringsliv AB. He is being succeeded by Mr Arne Korling, at present a director of Vol vo-Kopingverken, who takes up his new post on October 1.
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