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Significantly improved ultra high frequency (UHF) communications, compatible with existing ground-and-sea-based terminals, will be one result of a series of new communications satellites for the U.S. Navy. As many as ten HS 601 body-stabilized satellites, designed and built by Hughes Aircraft Company, may replace the fleet satellites and Hughes-built Leasat satellites that currently support global communications for ships at sea, fixed sites, and other mobile users. The new satellites would use the same UHF frequency spectrum as the current constellation, but provide an increased number of transmitters, allowing for an increase in communications capacity. Launch date for the first satellite is mid-1992.

A self-contained nlasma source will help prolong the life of satellites in space. The source, part of the Flight Model Discharge System (FMDS), developed and built by Hughes for the U.S. Air Force, produces a dilute low-energy plasma cloud near the spacecraft’s surface. This cloud effectively “grounds” the vehicle by forming a conductive bridge that electrically couples the vehicle’s outer surfaces to each other and to the plasma of space. Without FMDS, electrical charges from ionized gases could build up on the spacecraft, causing arcing that could damage delicate electronic equipment.

An advanced ground-launched missile, with a fiber-optic guidance system, moves into full-scale development. Under the program, a team from Hughes and Boeing will produce eight fire units and 40 fiber-optic guided missiles for the U.S. Army. The Non-Line-of-Sight Missile system is an anti-helicopter, anti-armor weapon that uses fiber optic communications technology to send images from the missile’s seeker and commands from the fire unit over distances exceeding 10 kilometers. The missile eliminates the need for direct line-of-sight between soldier and target. Under the teaming arrangement, Hughes will develop the missile.

A single aircraft will serve as a “generic” testbed for testing radars in realistic airborne environments. The Advanced Radar Test Bed program is being conducted by Hughes under contract from Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company for the U.S. Air Force. It will modify and equip a C-141A Starlifter cargo jet to serve as the testing platform for Hughes F-15 APG-63/70 and other Air Force radars. The radar systems will have more extensive instrumentation than is possible in their operational aircraft, allowing extensive real-time monitoring and analysis capability. The result will be more efficient development and evaluation, particularly of ECCM capabilities, without the necessity of operational aircraft usage.

IJ.S. Military aircraft crews will now be protected against laser threats. Together with the U.S. Army, Hughes Danbury Optical Systems, a Hughes subsidiary, has developed a warning system for U.S. helicopter crews subjected to laser threats. The AN/AVR-2 Laser Detecting Set (LDS) detects, identifies and characterises optical signals 360-degrees around the aircraft. Interfacing with a Radar Signal Detection Set, the system also functions as an integrated radar and laser warning receiver system. The Army and Marine Corps have successfully completed testing and initiated production of this laser detecting system, which will soon be standard equipment on their combat helicopters.

For more information write to: P.O. Box 45068, Los Angeles, CA 90045-0068

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Attention Naval Institute Members:

Join the U.S. Naval Institute and AFCEA at the 12th Western Conference and Exposition

January 22, 23, 24, 1991 ■ San Diego Convention Center

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Control of Joint Forces: A New Perspe^fl,rJ with panelists Mr. Bruce Brown, Senior E*¹' tive Service (SES); Mr. William J. Blohm, I j and Mr. Glenwood E. Bradley, SES, and i"¹¹] erated by BGen. Richard J. Midlion, USA

New Directions for C⁴I with panelists MGcn. Edward R. Bald^vl_r USA; Dr. James J. Hearn; Mr. Job" Eiitzminger; Mr. John J. Hamre (invited)A moderated by Mr. Peter Steensma

Growing Importance of Space in Military Operations

with panelists LTGen. Thomas S. Moorm"" USAF; RAdm. Dennis M. Brooks, USN; BGen. Donald G. Hard, USAF, and modefj by LTGen. Donald L. Cromer, USAF

Professional Panels on:

Roles and Missions in the

New Combat Environment

with panelists Adm. Thomas B. Hayward, USN

(Ret.); Gen. John A. Wickham, Jr., USA

(Ret.); Gen. Larry D. Welch, USAF (Ret.);

and LTGen. Bernard Trainor, USMC (Ret.),

and moderated by Dr. Michael Vlahos

The New Technology with panelists Capt. Clark Graham, USN; Dr. Tom Taylor; Mr. Russ Perkins; Col. Marvin Floom, USMC; and Capt. Bob Mushen, USN, and moderated by Mr. William D. O’Neil

Featured presentations by: Adm. Frank B. Kelso II, USN,

Chief of Naval Operations, and President, U.S. Naval Institute

The Honorable H. Lawrence Garrett, III,

Secretary of the Navy

Gen. A. M. Gray, Jr., USMC,

Commandant of the Marine Corps

Gen. Donald J. Kutyna, USAF,

Commander-in-Chief, NORAD, and Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Space Command

OTHER WESTERN CONFERENCE & EXPOSITION HIGHLIGHTS

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As a member of the Naval Institute or AFCEA, you will be admitted into panel sessions, exhibits and the Technology Reception FREE OF CHARGE.

In addition, you will receive a members' discount at all luncheons and the Dinner/Floor Show.

DON'T MISS THIS EXCITING EVENT!

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The Admiral Nimitz Museum and Admiral Nimitz Foundation, The United States Naval Institute, The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, and USS Arizona Memorial Museum Association invite you to a symposium:

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December 7,1941-A Retrospective Part One: “The Gathering Storm”

May 9-11,1991 Austin, Texas

Walter Cronkite- Emcee

Keynote Speaker- Governor John Connally, Former Secretary of Navy Carol Charming- Entertainment

The event includes two days at the Performing Arts Center in Austin, Texas and one day at the Admiral Nimitz Museum in Fredericksburg, Texas. Discounts are available for lodging, travel and the symposium activities for members of the Admiral Nimitz Foundation, the U.S. Naval Institute, and other sponsoring organizations.

For more information or reservations, call SelecTours, 1-800-759-7727. All speakers and performers invited to appear.

•Tours of the Admiral Nimitz Museum • 1941-style dinner and dance featuring Carol Channing •Tours of the midget submarine captured at Pearl Harbor •Confederate Air Force show “Tora Tora Tora"

Topics include:

•Was Pearl Harbor inevitable?

•FDR’s role in the disaster.

• Role of communications intelligence.

•The Commanders: Kimmel, Short, MacArthur:

Fair treatment or scapegoats?

•Why were U.S. forces surprised on the ground in the Philippines after nine hours notice of Pearl Harbor?

This international event will feature:

•Top American and Japanese Historians with instantaneous translation provided •Pearl Harbor attack veterans, Japanese and American including Medal of Honor recipients.

Part Two “The Storm Unleashed"presented in Honolulu, Hawaii, December 6-11,1991

ADCAP A

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The Mk-48 Advanced Capability (ADCAP) Torpedo provides the I 1I-* I II I U.S. submarine force with its most potent weapon ever. Designed by

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Hughes Aircraft Company and the U.S. Navy, ADCAP is now enter­ing service with the fleet and has the flexibility of a software-based guidance system that can counter the evolving threat. Due to the importance of the ADCAP torpedo to the Navy, Hughes has ensured that the Navy will get high-reliability torpedoes at a low cost.

Confidence In Quality With Low Cost — Hughes has established the world’s most modern torpedo man­ufacturing facility to produce this new technology weapon. The result is an efficient, low-cost production center that uses advanced techniques to ensure top quality. With Hughes’ commitment to continuous

measurable improvement, we are seeing daily reduc­tions in the cost to produce ADCAP while simulta­neously pushing quality and reliability well above the Navy’s requirements. In fact, in some areas of the man­ufacturing process, we have achieved a zero defect rate.

Confidence In The Future — Equally important is the ability to evolve the torpedo with the changing threat. Because of a unique understanding of the torpedo’s design, Hughes can provide the modifications to ADCAP that will keep it ahead of the Navy’s needs. With Hughes’ proven ability to lead in a changing world, ADCAP will be the torpedo of choice well into the next century.

Mk 45: more gun for the 90’s.

Defense

Systems

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maintenance; extensive use of composites to control system weight; a new shield with more room, con­figured to minimize radar signature; and significant overall improvement in reliability/maintainability/ availability.

Additionally, with many of the new subsystems designed for back-fit and forward-fit, all current Mk 45 systems can be upgraded.

Extended life, lower cost, a better gun.

This is our mission, to provide the means for effective, affordable defense. FMC Corporation, Naval Systems Division, Box 59043, 4800 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55459-0043.

The Mk 45 Gun System is, and will continue to be, a major element in the projection of naval power. It serves the Navy and Marine forces in limiting the escalation of conflicts, guarding vital sea lanes and protecting American lives around the world, while contributing to the point defense of surface combatants.

Now, a significant upgrade of the Mk 45 is in development. It’s happening at FMC in a program to provide the Navy with an advanced design based on the current Mk 45.

With new materials and redesign of major components, the performance and mission coverage of the MK 45 will change.

Among the many improvements: increased elevation and rate of fire to counter airborne threats; a new loading system designed for easier, less costly

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