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Loral-built imaging systems are ready to make "Open Skies" reconnaissance a working reality. Whether it's Manhattan or Murmansk, it's almost impossible to escape their scrutiny.
Our infrared line scanners are ready for nighttime imaging. Our synthetic aperture radar, which we developed from scratch, produces photo-like images - in any weather and from over 100 miles away. v
Now, we've developed charged coupled device (CCD) sensors that are a critical technology for military applications. A gootfV^vJ* example of the capabilities of the technology is this 10-second sweep taken from space at %,- ■ 517 miles using our CCD 112 sensors.
The same CCD sensor technology is a critical component of the Advanced Tactical Air Reconnaissance System (ATARS). With it, our airborne cameras will be able to peer through haze to capture images in real time with a resolution approaching that of film.
Loral: first name in defense electronics.
P-3 Update IV Seeing is believing.
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Every experienced naval official who has seen it in action—firsthand and up close—comes away convinced that P-3 Update IV is the right system, the right program, the most value-added solution.
They also come away with an appreciation for the system’s multi-mission capabilities; antisurface warfare; antisubmarine warfare; C3; electronic warfare;
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expert system that’s much faster, more accurate, more reliable than today’s manual systems.
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yourself, then you’ll know why America needs it.
For information, write to Boeing, P-3 Update IV Program, M/S IP-05, Seattle, Washington 98104.
ASPJ. Tactical multi-threat protection now. And for the future.
It’s the best, most advanced ECM system in production today. And it guarantees a full range of self-protection techniques-from acquisition to intercept—for frontline fighters well into the 21st century.
Unmatched in its capabilities, the AN/ ALQ-165 Airborne Self-Protection Jammer (ASPJ) is the first ECM system versatile enough for every branch of the armed services. Fully software reprogrammable, ASPJ can be “missionized” on the flightline.
Keeping it updated as new threats evolve. Keeping it current, without costly hardware changes.
The AN/ALQ -165 ASPJ offers protection that our air crews can count on. Now and in the future.
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AT&T’s Enhanced Modular Signal Processor:
The ultimate in open architecture, AT&T’s SEM-E EMSP assures you continued state-of-the-art capabilities.
Whatever the threat, whatever the fleet platform, and whatever the future brings, AT&T’s SEM-E EMSP can be customized and enhanced to keep your defense systems on the leading edge.
The SEM-E is unchallenged in its ability to totally meet the overall needs of the Navy In processing power and support diagnostics. In programmability and envi- insertion.
Currently at work for PC-3C Update iy ALFS, SQQ89 and others, SEM-E is a supercomputer in a compact package. By using “data flow” architecture-far superior to conventional fixed sequence computers— SEM-E extracts more from sensors to overcome increasingly quiet targets.
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SEM-E’s parallel processing capability, '° give you faster, more flexible per- ‘Otmance. Using state-of-the-art sub- | Micron technology — jlnd innovative "ow-through cooling. SEM-E achieves fetween 120 million and 2 billion
floating point operations per/sec with a Minimal number of components and Module types. This significantly reduces weight, volume and size (as small as 8"x8"xl9") while sharply enhancing reliability automatic source code generation. And since SEM-E is the Navy standard, you’re assured full support for your training
and ILS requirements.
AT&T’s SEM-E Enhanced Modular Signal Processor: Ready now and ready to take you through the 90s.
For more information, call AT&T Federal Systems at 1 800 553-8805. Outside the U.S. and Canada call 919 668-2934.
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IN THE HEAT OF THE BATTLE, ONE RADIO DOES IT ALL
Introducing the new Collins AN/ARC-210 interoperable ECCM communications system. The only system that supports multi-mode communications from a single cockpit interface — and gives today’s pilots one less thing to worry about
Rockwell
International
Designed to replace the need for several radios on board the aircraft, the ARC-210 provides VHF-FM, VHF-AM, Maritime and UHF communications, with growth capacity to include Satcom and Datalink.
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It features embedded SINCGARS and Have Quick jam-resistant modes. And because it has been designed to carry airborne communications into the future, it can be readily upgraded through software
Four cheers for the evolution!
GE Sonar Systems begin another decade at sea.
The commissioning of the Guided Missile Destroyer Arleigh Burke (DDG-51)
July 4, 1991 marked the start of 1961 DL-5 'he fourth decade of GE sonar
systems for U.S. Navy ships.
Three decades of solid evolutionary sonar improvements have led to the AN/SQQ-89 system, the Navy’s premier surface ASW combat system.
rh Burke’s SQQ-89 ASW combat suite features the AN/SQS-53C hull-mounted sonar, the 1983 CG 47 AN/SQR-19 tactical towed
array sonar, the AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS Mk III sonar signal processor and the Mkl 16 Mod 7 ASW control system.
The all-digital SQS-53C battle group sonar has one-half the electronics footprint and twice the perf ormance of previous hull-mounted sonars. The engineering development model of the SQS-53C completed OPEVAL/TECHEVAL aboard the USS Stump (DD-978) and in its most recent Mediterranean deployment significantly outperformed any previous sonar system.
The Arleigh Burke is the latest of more than 1.70 ships which have or will have the GE SQS-26, SQS-53 or SQQ-89 sonar systems on board. More than 50 of the SQQ-89 systems have been delivered and are now at sea and exceeding performance goals.
GE is prime contractor and system design agent for this first fully integrated ASW combat system.
The evolution continues.
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IN 1091 THE VIKINGS REIGNED
NOTHING'S CHANGED.
It’s the meanest Viking in 900 years. The Navy’s S-3B. It’s the modern equivalent of the invincible conquerors of old.
Like the S-3A, its predecessor, the newest Viking can exact a deadly toll on submarines. But its capabilities go far beyond ASW. Other missions at which the S-3B excels include antisurface warfare, over-the-horizon targeting, early warning, surveillance and control, even tanking.
With the addition of the Harpoon missile • and a powerful new radar, it’s one of the most feared and versatile aircraft in the fleet.
The program to modify all of the Navy's S-3As is well underway. It’s on time and on budget. Many new "B” models have already been delivered to fleet squadrons, and Viking crews report extraordinary results.
Lockheed promised the Navy a tougher more capable S-3. We delivered, launching a new age of Viking domination.
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A Retrospective Symposium
Presented by
The Admiral Nimitz Museum
March 26-28,1992
Lila Cockrell Theater
San Antonio Admiral Nimitz Museum
Fredericksburg
First in-depth review of the dramatic and historic events that took place in 1942 with noted authors, historians and veterans from Australia, Japan and the United States.
Wake Island Bataan Death March Battle of Java Sea Doolittle Raid Battle of the Coral Sea Midway Guadalcanal New Guinea Campaign
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The Definitive One-Volume History of the Navy’s War
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The U.S. Navy in Vietnam
by Commander Richard L. Schreadley, USN (Ret)
Although many accounts of the Vietnam War have been published, until now there has not been a comprehensive, one-volume history of the U.S. Navy’s twenty-five-year involvement in that conflict.
For the first time the operations of naval air, surface, coastal, riverine, and special warfare forces are examined at every level and placed in the context of the overall war effort. Skillfully woven into the text are eyewitness testimonials by participants - from the admirals in Washington, to the carrier pilots dueling MiGs over North Vietnam, to the brown-water sailors battling the Viet Cong in the Mekong Delta.
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A Vietnam veteran and experienced newspaperman, author Richard Schreadley provides a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at the political and diplomatic decision making that affected the conduct of America’s longest war. He tackles such controversial issues as the Tonkin Gulf incident, the Oriskany and Forrestal disasters, Vietnamization, the advisory program, and relations with the South Vietnamese Navy. 415 pages. 44 photographs.
12 maps. 18 line drawings. Index. Bibliography. Notes. #0-7720. $29-95.
GERMAN DESTROYERS OF WORLD WAR TWO
Second Edition, fully revised by M.J. Whitley
This revised edition of the classic study of German destroyers includes numerous rare photographs, line drawings, new official documents, and unpublished service records that provide new insight into Germany's war at sea. Extensive appendices present technical data for each class of destroyer and torpedo boat. 224 pages.
72 photos. 35 line drawings. #1-3028.$34.95.
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EYEBALL TO EYEBALL The Inside Story of the Cuban Missile Crisis by Dino A. Brugioni
From high-altitude overflights by U-2 spy planes to tense briefings with a grim-faced President Kennedy, here is the definitive behind-the-scenes account of the Cuban missile crisis. Drawing on his own inside knowledge as well as interviews with important participants, Dino Brugioni sheds new light on virtually every aspect of the crisis, front how the Russian missiles were actually discovered to the unprecedented full military alert. 640 pages. 16 pages of photos. Index. #GK3. $35.00.
(SM Members-Only Price: $28.00
THE RAFT
by Robert Trumbull, with foreword and afterword by Captain John M. Waters, Jr., USCG (Ret.)
A gripping account of three men adrift in the Pacific for thirty-four days after their plane ran out of fuel in January 1942. The reader shares firsthand accounts through the eyes of the pilot whose talks with New York Times correspondent Robert Trumbull form the basis for this book. 224 pages.
8 photos. Map. #1-8275. $14.95 (Quality paperback).
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MIDWAY: The Battle that Doomed Japan by Mitsuo Fuchida and Masatake Okumiya / edited by Clarke H. Kawakami and Roger Pineau / foreword by Adm. Raymond A. Spruance, USN (Ret.) / introduction by Thomas B. Buell This landmark work first published in 1955 is now presented in a handsome new Classics of Naval Literature edition. It is considered the best account available to Western readers of the Japanese view. 320 pages. 14 photos, 10 drawings. Map. App. Index. #1-5756. $29-95. ( SM Members-Only Price: $23.96
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Mk4l VLS: the system of choice for surface combatants.
During the Gulf War, the Mk 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) proved to be a major element in the projection of naval power. This single, integrated system selectively launches the TOMAHAWK cruise missile as well as STANDARD and ASROC missiles to counter any threat, whether air, surface, subsurface, or land-based.
Mk 41 systems are currently deployed aboard U.S. AEGIS cruisers, and DD-963 and DDG-51 class destroyers.
And more missile types are being integrated with the Mk 4l to add even more capabilities for the future. FMC expertise in missile canisters is playing a lead role in the Navy’s program to incorporate the SM-2 Block IV. In another effort, FMC and Martin Marietta are working with allied navies to integrate the VL-RIM-7 SEASPARROW.
FMC has also developed and tested multi-pack canister concepts with potential to multiply VLS load- out to meet more demanding AAW threats in the future.
A completely modular system, the Mk 41 VLS is readily adaptable to a shortened length configuration to expand ship and weapon application potential. Responding to interest expressed by allied navies, this design significantly increases the options for mounting arrangements in various areas of the ship and in reduced draft hulls.
Worldwide, the Mk 41 VLS is fast becoming the system of choice for the modern surface combatant. For more information, write FMC Corporation, Naval Systems Division, 4800 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55421-1498, (612)571-9201.
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HOW CAN A TOP-OF-THE-LINE MISSILE HELP YOU SURVIVE BOTTOM LINE PRESSURES?
When the debate focuses on the bottom line, the U.S. Navy’s Tomahawk cruise missile, built by the McDonnell Douglas Missile Systems Company (MDMSC), is one weapon that comes out a winner every time.
Consistently designing and delivering improvements in Tomahawk production, MDMSC has now developed the Block HI Tomahawk. Improved guidance, better capability for coordination with air strikes, and greater range add even more to the missile’s already impressive story.
Alone, or in conjunction with tactical aircraft, Tomahawk can be launched from either surface ships or submarines against targets on shore or at sea. It can be armed with a conventional unitary
warhead for surgical strikes or with submunitions to attack multiple targets. Amazingly survivable, it carefully conceals its approach by skimming along the surface in an evasive flight path. And Tomahawk hits the mark, too—it’s one of the most accurate weapon systems in the world.
At a time when every dollar spent on America’s defense must do more, Tomahawk is a low-cost way of committing force virtually anywhere in the world with minimum exposure of our aircraft, ships and submarines. It’s proven reliable and effective, and keeps getting better all the time.
With Block HI coming on line it’s tough to think of a smarter defense investment than Tomahawk— or a better team to build it.
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