Hearings on Military Posture and H.R. 10929: Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1979 Before the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress, Second Session, Volume 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - United States |
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ABM Treaty accuracy acquisition advanced development air defense Air Force aircraft AMRAAM AMST armor Army attack base BATTISTA budget capability Captain LOCKE Chairman Colonel WATSON Command committee concept Congress continue contractor COOPER cost cruise missile decision deleted deployed DICKINSON DOWNEY DSARC effective effort electronic engineering development equipment evaluation fire fiscal year 1979 flight test Fort Polk funding going HAHN helicopter ICBM ICHORD improved initial interoperability JTIDS KEITH Kwajalein laser launch look ment MEYER million dollars Minuteman Minuteman III mission area NATO Navy nuclear operational percent Pershing II planned problem procurement production question radar range RDT&E reentry request requirements satellite seeker sensor silos SLAY Soviet Soviet Union strategic subcommittee survivability tactical talking tank target thing threat tion V/STOL vehicle WAAM warhead Warsaw Pact weapons systems
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Page 530 - June 1975, and fulltime from September 1969 to August 1970 as a White House Fellow. Dr. Pierre has served as a member of the Board of Trustees, University of Notre Dame; the National Fund for Minority Engineering Students; and as a member of the Board of Advisors to the Superintendent of the Naval Post Graduate School. He has served as Chairman of the Committee on Minorities in Engineering, National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Pierre has been a member of the Board of Directors Engineering Colleges...
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Page 731 - STATEMENT OF HON. PERCY A. PIERRE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ACQUISITION, AND LT. GEN. DONALD R. KEITH, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE ARMY FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND ACQUISITION Mr.
Page 56 - ... DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND ACQUISITION INTRODUCTION Mr. ADDABBO. The committee will come to order. Pursuant to a motion passed by the subcommittee last week, these hearings are closed. This morning we are pleased to welcome the Honorable John J. Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research, Development and Logistics, Lt. General Thomas P. Stafford, Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition, and Major...