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Buy the Fabulous Radius20" Intellicolor SE20for Only $2499 and you Qualify to purchase the PowerMac 8100 810for ""'"- Only$2499! PowerMac B100/ll!mHz Jt'1pa!e,bj$2499 To Qualifyfor this Umited&ppIyOffer, simplyorderthe PowerMac 81008{} within 30days ofyour Radius IntellicolorSE20 purchase... no stringsattached!Call for details. PowerMac 71OO/66mHz ~4Pl~Mbf!!!JIG~ Powerbook 520c4/240 The fastest Color Powerbooks are OON priced right If you have the need for speed on the go... CDs! Also. ask about our 80mHz upgrade! • here it is. ..: . THE ROCKETEER THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1995 NAVAl. AIR WEAPOOS STATlON, CHINA lAKE TESnNG - RockwelI-Colfins engineer Brion Davis is shown using the FO/FAC rongelinder/composs/inclinometer to locate pre- cisely a "target" outside 01 Chino Lakes Hangar 2 during February testing with the AV·BB/ATHS II. Automatic target handoff system has new capabilities for AV-SB Harrier Night Attack Marine Corps pilots By Michael Keeter Code 4122100 T esting of the Automatic Target Handoff System (ATHS II) has been picking up in recent months, leading to a lot of enthusiasm among the engineers and U.S. Marine Corps pilots who have been working on the project for the last few years. Flight tests in the last few weeks have shown the ease of use and accuracy potential that the ATHS brings to the AV-8B. ATHS II is a Weapon Replaceable Assembly being integratee,1 into the AV- 8B Harrier Night Attack and Radar fleets by a team from China Lake, McDonnell Douglas Aerospace (MDA) and Rock- well-Collins. The ATHS II will automate the close air support (CAS).mission of Marine avi- ation, a mission that is still using the communications technology of decades ago. Now, as in Desert Storm, when a Marine on the ground, operating as a for- ward air controller (FAC), identifies and passes off a target to a Harrier pilot for attack, he does so by voice over the radio. For his part. the pilot must hand- copy every aspect of the CAS briefing onto a knee card, negotiate critical items with the FAC (such as time over target and ordnance to be delivered) and enter the agreed-to brief into the mission com- puter via push button. This requires a lot of heads-down time - and is very distracting - at a time when the pilot would prefer to keep his eye out for threats and his wingman. Additionally, this method of entering data into the weapon system has a lot of potential for introducing errors. What has been needed for a long time is a method of getting the target data into the airborne weapons system in a faster, more accurate and less distracting man- nero , That's where ATHS comes in. ATHS II is. a modern derivatixe of the ATHS that has been in service In the Army for years in Kiowa Warrior helicopters (among other platforms) in support of the airborne FAC role. ATHS II improves upon the technology of the original Please see AV-S8, Page 6 VOl. 51, No. 11 1st inspection last weekend Ten START inspectors saw ,ve NAWS sites during visit ByStev._.r !v\onoglng EdItor I nspectors from the four former nuclear republics of the old Soviet Union arrived for their long-awaited first official visit to Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake under pro- visions of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) last Friday. This START Baseline Inspection team had 10 foreign inspectors accom- panied by six escorts from the U.S. On- Site Inspection Agency (aSIA). They were joined by the China Lake inspec- tion team headed by Bill Vechione of the Pacific Ranges Department's Ordnance Operations Division. The team arrived at China Lake's Armitage Field in an Air Force KC-135 Friday afternoon and departed for Travis Air Force Base near San Francisco Sunday evening. In accordance with the treaty, the inspection team visited the five declared sites aboard NAWS China Lake. Captai n Charles A. Stevenson, NAWS commanding officer, commend- ed the China Lake team for a job well done on the inspection. Vechione extended his thanks to the members of the China Lake team as well. He noted all the hard work and preparation for the inspection paid off with a smooth, if longer than expected, inspection sequence. China Lake. the only Naval Air Sys- tems Command installation covered by START, is inspectable as a storage facili- ty for first stage motors of submarine- launched ballistic missiles (SLBM). Foreign inspectors and their U.S. escorts were shown two firing bays at Skytop. the Radiographic Inspection Facility, a motor prep room at Skytop and the one magazine designated for first stage SLBM motors. Terms of the Please see START, Page 17 , OCR Text: D " \ , TIn: RocKJ:TIu ...... 1.1995 ¥ G(J,1dlp #eJG (J, ~ ~ tJixxd' NottIst1m~ tJixxd(I'~" PowerMac 6100 8/250/CD &Huge 17" Color Display: • Adakd(}(J/' ~ &rm/(z ~/ System Specifications: • 60mHz CPU (or 80mHz with Upgrade) ; • 8Mb RAM expandable to 72Mb RAM • 250Mb Internal Hard Disk Drive • Intemal Apple CD ROM • System 7.5 • 105 Extended Keyboard • 17' .28 Non··lnter1aced Color Display • One Year Warranty • Yes... it comIJ5 with a mouse. Hurry...Only 3 Left! Our New 48(jsk~ Now with 120Mb Drive & 4Mb RAM! Total Sy~ $599 We've Reinvented Value... 486s1c, 4M3 RAM,120tvt3 Hard Disk Drive, Monochrome Moriitor (for Color add $119). 3.5' 1.44 Floppv DrivebMeJium Tower case& the great Spin Guard 1 1 Key Keyboard. SoffWate Option: CompleteWord Processor. atattaSe Manager, Spread Sheet, Accounting Pgm, Mass AooeaI Mailing List Mgr, Contact Plus Customer Tracking F\1P, '. Mcirket Plus stocklMutuai Fund Pgm. For Windows: add $59. Buy the Fabulous Radius20" Intellicolor SE20for Only $2499 and you Qualify to purchase the PowerMac 8100 810for ""'"- Only$2499! PowerMac B100/ll!mHz Jt'1pa!e,bj$2499 To Qualifyfor this Umited&ppIyOffer, simplyorderthe PowerMac 81008{} within 30days ofyour Radius IntellicolorSE20 purchase... no stringsattached!Call for details. PowerMac 71OO/66mHz ~4Pl~Mbf!!!JIG~ Powerbook 520c4/240 The fastest Color Powerbooks are OON priced right If you have the need for speed on the go... CDs! Also. ask about our 80mHz upgrade! • here it is. ..: . THE ROCKETEER THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1995 NAVAl. AIR WEAPOOS STATlON, CHINA lAKE TESnNG - RockwelI-Colfins engineer Brion Davis is shown using the FO/FAC rongelinder/composs/inclinometer to locate pre- cisely a "target" outside 01 Chino Lakes Hangar 2 during February testing with the AV·BB/ATHS II. Automatic target handoff system has new capabilities for AV-SB Harrier Night Attack Marine Corps pilots By Michael Keeter Code 4122100 T esting of the Automatic Target Handoff System (ATHS II) has been picking up in recent months, leading to a lot of enthusiasm among the engineers and U.S. Marine Corps pilots who have been working on the project for the last few years. Flight tests in the last few weeks have shown the ease of use and accuracy potential that the ATHS brings to the AV-8B. ATHS II is a Weapon Replaceable Assembly being integratee,1 into the AV- 8B Harrier Night Attack and Radar fleets by a team from China Lake, McDonnell Douglas Aerospace (MDA) and Rock- well-Collins. The ATHS II will automate the close air support (CAS).mission of Marine avi- ation, a mission that is still using the communications technology of decades ago. Now, as in Desert Storm, when a Marine on the ground, operating as a for- ward air controller (FAC), identifies and passes off a target to a Harrier pilot for attack, he does so by voice over the radio. For his part. the pilot must hand- copy every aspect of the CAS briefing onto a knee card, negotiate critical items with the FAC (such as time over target and ordnance to be delivered) and enter the agreed-to brief into the mission com- puter via push button. This requires a lot of heads-down time - and is very distracting - at a time when the pilot would prefer to keep his eye out for threats and his wingman. Additionally, this method of entering data into the weapon system has a lot of potential for introducing errors. What has been needed for a long time is a method of getting the target data into the airborne weapons system in a faster, more accurate and less distracting man- nero , That's where ATHS comes in. ATHS II is. a modern derivatixe of the ATHS that has been in service In the Army for years in Kiowa Warrior helicopters (among other platforms) in support of the airborne FAC role. ATHS II improves upon the technology of the original Please see AV-S8, Page 6 VOl. 51, No. 11 1st inspection last weekend Ten START inspectors saw ,ve NAWS sites during visit ByStev._.r !v\onoglng EdItor I nspectors from the four former nuclear republics of the old Soviet Union arrived for their long-awaited first official visit to Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake under pro- visions of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) last Friday. This START Baseline Inspection team had 10 foreign inspectors accom- panied by six escorts from the U.S. On- Site Inspection Agency (aSIA). They were joined by the China Lake inspec- tion team headed by Bill Vechione of the Pacific Ranges Department's Ordnance Operations Division. The team arrived at China Lake's Armitage Field in an Air Force KC-135 Friday afternoon and departed for Travis Air Force Base near San Francisco Sunday evening. In accordance with the treaty, the inspection team visited the five declared sites aboard NAWS China Lake. Captai n Charles A. Stevenson, NAWS commanding officer, commend- ed the China Lake team for a job well done on the inspection. Vechione extended his thanks to the members of the China Lake team as well. He noted all the hard work and preparation for the inspection paid off with a smooth, if longer than expected, inspection sequence. China Lake. the only Naval Air Sys- tems Command installation covered by START, is inspectable as a storage facili- ty for first stage motors of submarine- launched ballistic missiles (SLBM). Foreign inspectors and their U.S. escorts were shown two firing bays at Skytop. the Radiographic Inspection Facility, a motor prep room at Skytop and the one magazine designated for first stage SLBM motors. Terms of the Please see START, Page 17 , China Lake Museum,Rocketeer Newspaper,Rocketeer 1990s,Rocketeer 1995,Rktr6.1.1995.pdf,Rktr6.1.1995.pdf Page 1, Rktr6.1.1995.pdf Page 1