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... $387,900,000 contract with Grumman Air­craft Engineering Corp. for development of lunar excursion module ( Lunar Excursion Module LEM ) of the Apollo spacecraft. Contract provided that Grumman, on cost-plus-fixed-fee basis ... Lunar Excursion Module LEM flight models, and also would provide certain operational support. election of Grumman for Lunar Excursion Module LEM contract negotiations was announced Nov. 7, 1962. ''(NASA Release 63 ...

... . ''(LRC Release 63-9; Lewis Chronology, 2)'' Joseph G. Gavin , Jr, a vice president of Grumman Air­craft , replying to question during testimony before Manned Space Flight Subcommittee of House Committee on Science ...

... ­nology in OAST, testified that hypersonic research for potential appli­cation to military and civil air breathing cruise vehicles was directed at "the critical aspects of propulsion, structures, and aerodynamics for ... as the fuel and as a coolant." Hydrogen was the most likely candidate for hypersonic air­craft fuel because its high coolant capacity was essential for a propul­sion system to survive ... proj off)'' Secretary of the Navy John W. Warner and Grumman Corp. President John C. Bierwirth signed an agreement for the Grumman Aerospace Corp. to build 48 additional F-14 jet fighter ...

... the Pentagon and NASA that the rising aluminum prices would increase its program costs 16%. Grumman Aircraft Corp. had said it was paying 25% more for titanium and aluminum than one year ago. Grumman manufactured six models of aircraft, including the Navy's F-14, which used more titanium ... on takeoff or landing. The decision to install the equipment had been hastened by recent air-craft accidents, including the 22 April crash of a Pan Am aircraft into a Bali, Indonesia ...

... window during descent to lunar surface. ''(Transcript; O'Toole, W Post, 12/22/70, A3)'' Grumman Corp. test pilot Robert Smyth flew USN F-14 Tomcat fighter, successor to F-4 Phantom and F-11113; on successful 10-min maiden flight from Grumman test facility at Calverton, N.Y. Air craft, weighing 27 700 kg (61000 lb) and capable of mach 2 speeds ...

... , 5/24/73, A18)'' May 24-June 3: The 30th and largest Paris Air Show at Le Bourget Air-port, marred by tragedy at its end, featured the first joint U.S ... . The air-craft included the Anglo-French Concorde and Soviet production model Tu-144 supersonic transports, U.S. prototype Northrop F-5E international fighter and Grumman Navy F-14 variable-geometry air-superiority fighter ...

... worked round the clock, but also specialists and computers from North American Rockwell, the contractor; Grumman Aerospace Corp., manufacturer of the LM; TRW Systems , builder of the descent propulsion engine; and ... ( SEASAT ) and Tiros-N , would also use Atlas vehicles. (AFSC Newsreview, Apr 78, 3) The Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB , Calif., was target site for a Navy Tomahawk ... prizes of $125 each for the first four 250-yd flights of a heavier-than-air craft and three prizes of $250 for a one-mile flight in. a closed circle, the ...

... /72, IA)'' Arthur D. Little, Inc., had announced signing of agreement with Raytheon Co., Grumman Corp., and Textron, Inc., to study feasibility of large-scale satellite system to harness ... , said Navy had paid $1700 each for altimeters for 300 air-craft without competitive bidding. Almost identical instruments had cost Air Force $565 each after competitive bidding. ''(Witkin, NYT, 3/30/ ...

... Project Apollo manned lunar landing. ''(NASA Release 63-280)'' NASA Manned Spacecraft Center announced Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp., prime contractor for development of Apollo - lunar excursion module (LEM) ... American Travel Writers in New York that he believed the U.S. supersonic transport air­craft could be economically used on routes as short as "perhaps 1,200 miles." Maximum ...

... 10-mo study of a cryogenic tug using liquid-hydrogen and liquid-oxygen pro­pellants. Grumman Aerospace Corp. and Martin Marietta Corp. would perform parallel studies of tug using storable propellants ... of Saint Matthew Island with a U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker and NASA Convair 990 air­craft to begin the expedition Feb. 17. ''(Tass, FBIS-Sov, 2/16/73, L3)'' Cancellation of ...

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