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Washington Beat

August 12, 1996
Aerospace
DN Staff
Proposed registration system would sidestep patent delays It takes an average of 19.1 months to get a patent in the U.S. Technology, however, advances faster than that in many fields. Inventions often are obsolete before getting any protection from imitators. The Institute of Electrical and...

A look back at the Challenger disaster

July 08, 1996
Aerospace
DN Staff
When the Challenger space shuttle ex-ploded 73 seconds after lift-off on January 28, 1986, the tragedy stunned our nation. The worst disaster in the history of our space program was televised live and replayed repeatedly worldwide. At first the public grieved, but as allegations of misconduct were...

Solving problems sells products

May 20, 1996
Aerospace
DN Staff
Harry H. Birkenruth, President and CEO Rogers Corp., Rogers, CT Birkenruth was named to his present position in 1992. His background contrasts sharply with that typical of many of today's executives, who often seem to change companies at the drop of the proverbial hat. An employee of Rogers Corp...

Washington Beat

May 06, 1996
Automotive
Aerospace
DN Staff
Car crash-testers seek better scenarios How can you tell how crashworthy a car is? Many crash tests have been tried, but experts are far from fully satisfied with any of them. That was clear at a session on crashworthiness research during the annual government/industry meeting of the Society of...

New arenas for defense electronics

April 22, 1996
Aerospace
DN Staff
Modern electronics offers the military technical solutions to many of the problems soldiers must overcome to fight effectively on tomorrow's battlefields. Consider fratricide (friendly fire): During Operation Desert Storm, allied forces took 613 casualties, with 146 soldiers killed in action...

Washington Beat

April 22, 1996
Automotive
Aerospace
DN Staff
A multi-million-dollar scheme to build a spy drone called Hunter is among military projects set aside in the White House's federal budget for fiscal 1997. However, the Republican-led Congress is striving to reinstate many tabled Pentagon undertakings, including the Hunter drone. The Administration...

Washington Beat

April 08, 1996
Aerospace
DN Staff
865,000 new engineering jobs foreseen over next 10 years Growth and the replacement of people leaving the labor force will add more than 865,000 new positions for engineers and engineering managers by the year 2005. So concludes a study by the American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES) in...

Ariane 5: Europe's heavy lifter

March 25, 1996
Aerospace
DN Staff
Who owns space? The Europeans do, or so they claim... Russia, America, China, and others go into space largely for defense or national prestige. But with two-thirds of the world's commercial space-launch business, Europe has quietly taken over as the leader in making space flight pay. Underscoring...

Standards Update

March 25, 1996
Aerospace
DN Staff
European code writers tackle sports, gym, playground gear Engineers will be redesigning much equipment used in sports stadiums, amusement parks, gyms, and playgrounds in Europe. That follows stepped-up efforts by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) to reduce recreation injuries. CEN...

For the Love of Flying

March 04, 1996
Aerospace
DN Staff
Seattle, WA-- Rising to the top of the engineering ranks at an outfit the size of The Boeing Company would seem to be a daunting task for anyone. All you have to do is stand out among some 15,000 other smart engineers. Not only that, but you have to ride out numerous "right-sizing" campaigns that...

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