BIOTECHNOLOGY

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• Publication Date: June 9, 1987
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9 June 1987
Vol. 2, No. 8
Science and Perspectives
Technology
Biotechnology (USSR/West Europe) Under a 40 million ruble contract, the biotechnology
firms Oweg GmbH (Austria), Gen-Bio-Tech (FRG), and Terasbetoni
(Finland) have formed a consortium to establish a new facility at the
Shemyakin Biotechnology Institute in Moscow. The facility will focus on
animal and plant growth regulators, monoclonal antibodies, peptides, low
molecular weight proteins, polymers, and pure solvents. (Slough CELL Data
Base Mar 87) Antwerp Unit/Eva L. X2519
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FEATURE ARTICLES: Aviation Technology
FRANCE: Aircraft Composites ................................................................................................................ Page 4
Aerospatiale's ATR 72 passenger aircraft will feature extensive application of carbon
composite materials and the use of leading-edge manufacturing technology.
POLAND: "Alpha Jet" Look-Alike Fighter/Trainer ............................................................................ Page 6
The Polish Air Force is flight testing the I-22 advanced jet trainer, an aircraft that bears a close
resemblance in design and performance to the Franco-German "Alpha Jet."
SOUTH AFRICA: Medium Speed Wind Tunnel .................................................................................. Page 9
South Africa is currently building a Medium Speed Wind Tunnel (MSWT) intended to
augment the country's ability to design and develop commercial aircraft.
REPORTS
FRANCE: International Aerospace Conference .................................................................................... Page 11
USSR: Fifth-Generation Computer Pre-Prototype ................................................................................ Page 12
DATA BASE SURVEYS ............................................................................................................................ Page 13
PREVIEWS ................................................................................................................................................ Page 14
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PERSPECTIVES selections are based solely on foreign press,
books and journals, or radio and television broadcasts. Some
of the materials used in this publication will appear as
abstracts or translations in FBIS serial reports. Comments
and queries regarding this publication may be directed to the
Managing Editor (Craig M. or to individuals at
the numbers listed with items.
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DEVELOPMENTS highlights worldwide S&T events reported in the foreign media. Items
followed by an asterisk will be published by FBIS. The contributor's name and telephone number
are provided.
Aerospace (France/FRG/UK/Italy) Aerospatiale, MBB, Aeritalia, and the British Space
Agency are working on a design for a hypersonic aircraft with aturbojet-
ramjet engine (for atmospheric and transatmospheric flight), winglets, and
retractable forward canard. Designated the AGV (High Speed Aircraft), it
will be capable of transporting 150 passengers at Mach 5.5 and have a 12,000
to 15,000-kilometer range. SNECMA and SEP of France and BPD and Fiat
of Italy are also involved in the feasibility studies. The design will be
presented in June at the Paris Air Show. (Paris AFP SCIENCES 26 Feb 87;
Rome AIR PRESS 21 Mar 87) Milan Unit/Arlene A. X2676
(Brazil/France) Brazil's Alcantara Space Center, a weapons test site and
satellite launch center, will be equipped with Thomson CSF-manufactured
instruments, notably the Adour and Atlas tracking radars. The Adour has a
200 to 2,000-kilometer tracking range, while the Atlas can track up to a range
of 5,000 kilometers, guide long-range missiles, and determine satellite orbit
parameters. Other Thomson equipment at Alcantara includes a telemetry
station and a highly automated operations control center. (Paris AFP
SCIENCES 12 Mar 87) Arlene A X2676
(Hungary/USSR/Austria) In support of the Soviet Phobos mission, Hungary's
Central Physics Research Institute (KFICI) and the Budapest Technical
University have built and tested ESTER, a package of three instruments that
will measure low- and medium-energy ions in the solar wind. Hungary has
also helped develop onboard equipment for plasma measurements and has
delivered the craft's power supply system to the Austrian prime contractor
(not further identified). Hungarian and Soviet experts at KFKI have
completed a prototype of the Phobos Lander computer that will control the
craft's solar panels. (Budapest ESTI HIRLAP 15 Apr 87) Sari P. X2907
Biotechnology (GDR) The current GDR Five-Year Plan (1986-90) calls for heavy
investment in biotechnology R&D and applications-particularly in the food
industry. The plan provides for the establishment of an industrial
biotechnology research center, a chemical industry center for genetic
engineering, and a technical school (not further identified) by 1990. In
addition, genetic and immunological laboratories will be set up in advanced
institutions and within the GDR Academy of Sciences. (Duesseldorf
EUROPA CHEMIE 13 Feb 87) Rita S. X2609
Information Networks (Hungary) The National Scientific Research Fund has allocated over 1 billion
forints for the establishment of information and instrument centers during
the Seventh Five-Year Plan. The Fund has budgeted 8 million forints for
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instrument centers, 150 million forints for an information network, and 69
million forints for the purchase of computers and the development of a central
computer network. Six new instrument centers will be built in Budapest with
others planned for Veszprem, Pecs, Szeged, Debrecen, and Miskolc. (Budapest
NEPSZABADSAG 15 Apr 87) Sari P. X2907
Microelectronics (Sweden) Uppsala University researchers have developed a new type of CMES
(complementary metal semiconductor) chip which is faster, quieter, and uses
less energy than a CMOS chip. The CMES chip is resistant to radiation, thus
giving it potential aerospace applications. (Stockholm TEKNIK I TIDEN No 1,
87; Sundbyberg MODERN ELEKTRONIK No 1, 87)* Elli M. X2519
(Japan) NTT's Electro-Communications Laboratory has increased tenfold its
throughput of SOI (silicon on insulator) devices, which have aerospace
applications because of their radiation hardness. Using a 100mA oxygen ion
implanter, NTT has attained an output of 10 five-inch wafers per hour. Trial
production yielded CMOS circuits that can withstand 2x 106 rad. (Tokyo
NIKKEI MICRODEVICES Mar 87)* Andy R. X2726
Particle Accelerator (South Africa) Late last year, scientists at the CSIR's (Council for Scientific and
Industrial Research) National Accelerator Center (NAC) used the full design
power (200 Mev) of a "separated-sector cyclotron" (separated-function
synchrotron) to accelerate a beam of protons to 60 percent the speed of light. A
NAC-designed and built apparatus (with "many" of the components
manufactured domestically), the cyclotron is 7 meters high and 13 meters in
diameter with a 1400-ton magnet divided into four sections. The device will be
used in cancer therapy and in the production of radio isotopes for medical and
industrial use. (Pretoria SCIENTIAE Dec 86)* Nate D. X2676
NAC "separated-sector cyclotron"
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Pesticides (USSR) The synthesis of 16 new potential pesticides from dinitro-
chloroanilines and various heterocyclic compounds, including the crown
ethers diazo-l8-crown-6 and monoaza-l5-crown-5, is reported by researchers
from the Physicochemical Institute, Ukrainian SSR Academy of Sciences.
Previous studies have shown that the addition of macrocyclic ethers to
pesticides significantly increased their toxicity. Compounds were also
synthesized with triazole, imidazole, piperidine, and piperazine as the
heterocyclic components. (Kiev UKRAINSKIY KHIMICHESKIY
ZHURNAL Nov 86) Marilyn B. X2725
RPV Engine (South Africa) Pretoria has publicly disclosed that in 1983 the Atlas Aircraft
Corporation successfully tested a prototype of an RPV (remotely piloted
vehicle) engine developed under a program called Project Apartment. The
Apartment engine is a gas turbine, single spool, expendable turbojet engine
with a maximum life of 20 hours. Project Apartment is viewed as an integral
part of South Africa's military R&D effort "in view of the generally adopted
international attitude towards the country." (Pretoria ARMED FORCES Feb
87)* Nate D. X2676
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FRANCE: AIRCRAFT COMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY
Key Points: Aerospatiale's ATR 72 will feature the most extensive application of carbon composite
technology to date in the development of a commercial aircraft. Slated for service in August 1988, the
aircraft will be manufactured using advanced software and highly automated production equipment,
according to reports in ZERO UN INFORMATIQUE (Feb) and AIR & COSMOS (Dec and Apr).
Composite Materials
Aerospatiale has designed 1,650 kilograms of composite materials into its ATR 72 passenger aircraft
mainly in its primary structure. Most notably, up to 30 percent of the wings' structural weight will be carbon
composites with particular emphasis on the use of these materials in the outer wing box (see graphic below
for location of specific composites).
The outer wing box is a 1,500-liter fuel tank (8.415 meters long and 1.130 meters wide) comprising an
upper and lower skin panel made of integrally stiffened carbon-reinforced composite materials, carbon-
reinforced spars, and light metal alloy ribs. The skin panels are manufactured by stacking about
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reinforced with carbon plys
6. Glass fiber/nomex sandwich material
7. Blade leading edge: Glass fiber/polyurethane
foam/aluminum alloy
8. Brakes: Carbon
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1001ayers-each between 127 and 140 microns in thickness-of precisely cut carbon fiber impregnated
with epoxy resin. The carbon fiber is delivered as unidirectional sheets in 25, 75, 150, or 300 millimeter-
wide rolls.
Manufacturing Technology
Aerospatiale has designed specialized systems for use in the design and production of the ATR 72
wing. It plans to perform wing design calculations using a Control Data ETA 10 supercomputer. Its
ASELF (Structural Analysis by Finite Element) software, which is run by a Cray 1 S supercomputer,
assesses the durability of the composite layers against in-flight stress factors (such as airfoil flutter) to
determine optimal wing design at minimum cost. ASELF also calculates the required shape and fiber
orientation for each layer used in the wing box.
To ensure precision cutting and stacking of the composite layers, Aerospatiale is currently testing its
ACCESS (Advanced Composite Cassette Edit Shear System) and ATLAS (Advanced Tape Laying
System) equipment that will allow automated cutting and tape laying (stacking) of the approximately
100 layers, requiring 3,000 to 4,000 individual cuts for the larger sections of the aircraft. Using
adjustable blades, ACCESS cuts strips of composite sheets 25, 75, or 150 millimeters wide into precise
and at times complicated geometric shapes, removes scrap pieces, and places the layers sequentially on a
roll of ~ protective film in the reverse order from which they will be stacked in the final production
process. The protective film is wound up as ACCESS deposits the cut layers and then unwound onto the
ATLAS in the proper stacking order. The dual heads of the five-axis ATLAS stack the layers on a mold
to produce the final wing part.
ACCESS and ATLAS will be run by direct numerical control using Aerospatiale's PAOMAD
(Computer-Aided Programming for the Tape Laying Machine) software package. PAOMAD
automatically calculates the optimal geometry of the ACCESS cut and directs the path of the ATLAS
heads in stacking the cut layers. It also ensures precise placement on the protective film to avoid layer
overlap, calculates the cutting and tape laying time as well as the amount of material needed, and
provides instructions to the operator (although the operator can intervene at any point to correct a
PAOMAD error).
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Key Points: Late last year Warsaw produced a flight-test model of the I-22, a tandem two-seat
.advanced jet trainer for the Polish Air Force with ahelicopter-hunter/escort capability. The dual-
turbine, high-wing trainer/fighter displays a close resemblance to the Franco-German `Alpha Jet"
(although slightly larger and somewhat heavier) and is designed for comparable performance and
combat roles, according to AVIATION MAGAZINE INTERNATIONAL (1S Feb). The I-22 s
designer, however, stressed in a December PRZEGLAD TECHNICZNY INTERVIEW that his
aircraft is the product of Polish engineering and manufacture.
Details of the I-22's turbines have not yet been released, although the aircraft's designer, Dr. Alfred
Baron, has stated that the fighter/trainer was "100 percent" the product of Polish design and manufacture.
Press reports have suggested that the turbines may be an improved version of the SO-3 developed by the
Rzeszow Polytechnic Aviation Institute and manufactured at the Rzeszow division of the WSK
(Transportation Equipment Manufacturing) firm. Production models of the SO-3 generate an output of
10.8 kN at 15,600 rpm T/O and 9.8 kN at 15,100 rpm T/O. A 10 percent enhancement of the standard SO-
3 could generate performance comparable to that of the Alpha Jet's power plant.
The I-22 Fighter/Trainer
The I-22 flight-test model was designated as 02, with its sister O 1 apparently destined for bench testing.
Four unloaded weapon rack pylons were evident on the I-22's composite-angle wings and atwin-barrel
GSh-23 gun was mounted in the fuselage as in the MiG-21 and MiG-23. The I-22's test pilot, Ludwik
Nataniec, was quoted as saying that the aircraft needed less than 1,000 meters for take-off and landing.
In an interview last December, Baron stressed the I-22's Polish design origins and the large-scale use of
domestically produced electronics, including control and navigation instrumentation, data and early
warning systems, radios, and radio signal receiver. Insisting that there were "not many aircraft in this
category," he expressed confidence that "demand in foreign markets would be high."
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Alpha Jet
Alpha Jet
I-22
Length
12.29 m
13.22 m
Height
4.19 m
4.30 m
Wing Surface
17.50 mz
19.92 mz
Wheelbase
4.72 m
4.90 m
Wheel Track
2.71 m
2.71 m
Weight, empty
3,345 kg
3,962 kg
Maximum weight, with external stores
8,000 kg
7,493 kg
g limits
+12/-6.4
ultimate
+8/-4
Maximum level speed at S/L
1,000 km/h
980 km/h
Mach, max.
0.85
0.85
Service ceiling
14,630 m
12,800 m
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Looking toward the future of Poland's aircraft industry, Baron emphasized his country's
commitment to "continuous research and refinement of a proven aircraft system," citing France's
"world-famous `Mirage' class of aircraft as a good example of this." Baron remarked that the 1962
closing of the aircraft design office headed by Tadeusz Soltyk, one of Poland's preeminent postwar
aircraft design engineers, was the cause of Poland's not "producing and flying advanced jet aircraft."
BIOGRAPHY
According to PRZEGLAD TECHNICZNY, Dr. Alfred Baron (DOB unknown) was born in
France to emigre parents, returned to Poland in 1946, began his university studies in Kazan
(USSR), and received a master's degree in aeronautical engineering with a major in airframe
structures from the Moscow Aviation Institute in 1957. He was involved in the design of
numerous aircraft, including the M-4, M-7, M-10, and M-12. Since 1979 he has been deputy
director of design engineering development at the Aviation Institute in Warsaw and chief
design engineer for the I-22. He received his doctorate in aerodynamics in 1977.
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SOUTH AFRICA: MEDIUM SPEED WIND TUNNEL
Key Points: Slated for completion in late 1988, the Medium Speed Wind Tunnel (MSWT) will
provide Pretoria's Council for Science and Industrial Research (CSIR) with an enhanced aircraft
design and development capability. Described as astate-of--the-art facility, the tunnel, which will be
operated by the National Institute for Aeronautics and Systems Technology (NIAST), is part of
South Africa s effort to bolster its commercial aircraft industry, according to the Pretoria journal
SCIENTIAE (Mar 87).
The MSWT is designed to provide a testing environment at subsonic and supersonic speeds. The
tunnel will be a modified version of a US design for which the Pretoria firm Sverdrup Technology, Inc. was
granted an export license in 1984. Sverdrup reportedly has altered the original design to provide for
improved tunnel air flow and an operational versatility that will permit future expansion of the tunnel's
testing capabilities. In addition, modifications were made to ensure that over half of the facility could be
manufactured domestically.
The MSWT is described as astate-of--the-art facility with flow quality, data production, and test
capability "comparable to the best wind tunnels of its kind." The facility is designed to operate over a range
of Mach 0.3 to 1.4 and 0.2 to 2.5 atmospheres. The primary subsystems include the:
-Nozzle, comprising stainless steel flexible plates with multiple computer-controlled jacks on each
wall capable of providing fine speed control in the test section. It was designed to use viscous corrected
nozzle solutions coupled with full-flexible plate equations .
-Slotted Wall Test Section, containing stainless steel slotted walls with removable panels for viewing,
removable slot inserts, and a sidewall which lifts up for full access to the test model. The size of the test
section was not specified.
-Main Model Support, a rugged, highly damped, low deflection, and accurate positioning half-sector
with roll head.
- Plenum, a large chamber (necessary for achieving tight flow quality requirements) that houses the
nozzle, slotted wall test section, and main support model.
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-Main Compressor/Motor Drive, athree-stage variable geometry compressor designed for high
efficiency, minimum flow disturbance, and low noise. It has a synchronous electric motor drive system with
a variable frequency inverter for speed control. The compressor was designed and built domestically.
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-Auxiliary Compressor System, composed of two 3,000-kilowatt centrifugal compressors that provide
plenum exhaust flow up to 4 percent of the main tunnel flow. This plenum exhaust is returned to the
main tunnel circuit downstream from the main compressor. This system also provides tunnel circuit
pressure level control to 0.25 kPa, dehumidification, pump-up, and pump-down. These compressors
were imported (country of origin not specified).
-Water Cooling System, composed of an evaporative tower and atwelve-row finned tube cooler in
a corner of the wind tunnel circuit that prevent overheating of the air, which circulates at a rate of up to
1 ton per second.
-Instrumentation and Control Systems, based on a distributed processing network of three
minicomputers that are linked with communications facilities and special-purpose application software
to provide system supervisory control, testing, calibration, data reduction, and data analysis
capabilities. The instrumentation includes over 200 general-purpose pressure measurement channels, 64
high-speed analog force measurement channels, and 64 general-purpose force, temperature, position,
and pressure channels. In addition, more than a dozen high-accuracy closed-loop control systems were
installed to ensure main drive and compressor control to within 2 rpm, model positioning to within 0.1
degrees, nozzle positioning to within 0.5 millimeters, and overall Mach number and pressure control.
-Tunnel Circuit, a complex pressure valve containing a large compressor, a finned tube cooler,
and a test section. Special precautions (not further described) have been taken in anchoring the tunnel
circuit and in allowing for ti~ermal and pressure stress.
The South African firm Projects Expedited (Pty), Ltd., specializing in project management,
construction, and quality control, took over the MSWT last November and began subcontracting (not
further described). The CSIR's Estates Services Department is managing construction and utilities
support services.
Nate D. X2676
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REPORTS surveys science and technology trends as detailed in articles, books, and journals. It
also includes summaries and listings of articles and books which may serve as potential sources
for future research. Conference proceedings will occasionally be presented in this section.
FRANCE: INTERNATIONAL AEROSPACE CONFERENCE
A conference will be held in Paris from 9 to 10 June on international cooperation in the aerospace
industry. Jointly organized by the FINANCIAL TIMES and AIR & COSMOS, the conference will
feature speakers from Airbus Industrie, Fokker of the Netherlands, Aerospatiale of France, British
Aerospace, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas addressing commercial aircraft issues. Speaking on military
cooperation will be representatives from Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH and Panavia Aircraft GmbH.
Participating engine manufacturers will include Rolls-Royce, SNECMA, Eurojet Engines, and General
Electric. In addition, helicopter, avionic, and space technologies as well as cooperation with developing
countries will be discussed. For more information, contact:
Financial Times Conference Organization
Minister House, Arthur Street
London EC 4 R 9 AX
TEL: [phone]
TELEX: 27 347 FTCON G (Jant Beckingsale)
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USSR: FIFTH-GENERATION PRE-PROTOTYPE
Soviet researchers under Viktor Kotov, deputy director of the USSR Academy of Sciences' Siberian
Department in Novosibirsk, are developing a feasibility demonstrator of the MARS fifth-generation
computer. Part of the CEMA program to develop afifth-generation personal computer, the MARS project
is being spearheaded by Kotov and a team of 120 engineers and programmers at the "Start" VMNTK (a
temporary interbranch scientific-technical complex established in 1985 for athree-year period), according
to MOSKOVSKAYA PRAVDA of 17 March.
The MARS is described as having a 32-bit architecture with several hundred processors (designated
KRONOS). Each processor can be used independently as ahigh-performance computer with speeds of 2 to
4 million operations per second. The number of processors can be expanded to suit user needs. MARS will
interface with two supercomputers, one with a pipeline structure and the other with a "matrix structure"
(array processor). MARS users will access the computer through workstations equipped with advanced
software that recognizes natural language and speech.
Under the VMNTK arrangement, scientists were drawn from several Soviet research facilities and
assigned specific project functions. Siberian Department project scientists developed the processors, the
operating systems, and portions of the software. Team members from the Academy of Sciences' Computer
Center in Moscow developed software for personal work stations that are designed for use by economists.
Personnel from the Institute of Cybernetics of the Estonian SSR developed various software packages that
will provide an integrated control of the entire system and engineered a personal station for interfacing with
the supercomputer, according to the Yerevan KOMMUNIST of 24 March. The "Impuls" Production
Association of Severdonetsk will build the MARS prototype. These organizations have also provided
funding for "Start" salaries and the purchase of equipment.
Although MARS component development reportedly has been completed, the system has not been
tested as an integrated unit. If a feasibility demonstrator of the MARS is approved by the state commission
in 1988, "Start" will receive a large bonus and will initiate work on development of a commercial
prototype. Soviet industrialists have already expressed interest in the system. The Kama Automotive Plant
is introducing KRONOS processors in assembly line .automation and reportedly will buy the MARS
computer as soon as it becomes available.
Irene A. X2723
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DATA BASE SURVEYS
DATA BASE SURVEYS presents an annotated list of citations compiled by FBIS Antwerp and
Milan Units from searches of European commercial data bases on specific technical topics
suggested by consumer requirements. Additional searches and full-text translations of the records
cited below can be provided on request.
The information below is derived from searches of the Italian National Research Council (CNR)
data bases for updates on European semiconductor and computer R&D. CNR data bases describe
national level R&D programs and projects conducted by individual institutes in collaboration with
industrial and university research centers.
TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTIVE
Semiconductors Non-destructive testing methods to identify defects in
semiconductors for optoelectronic and microwave devices
are the subject of a 1984-88 R&D program at the Italian
Institute of Special Materials for Electronics and Magnetism,
in collaboration with Selenia, Italtel, and Telettra. Scanning
electron microscopy and solid state cathode luminescence
detection are being used to study the generation of lattice
dislocations and the propagation of defects from substrate to
epitaxial layers in III/V materials such as gallium arsenide
and indium phosphide.
A 1985-87 project run by the Italian Institute of Special
Materials for Electronics and Magnetism and the Enichimica
company is developing computerized methods for growing
gallium arsenide single crystals using the liquid encapsulation
Czochralski process. The goal is to achieve a high degree of
reproducibility of GaAs crystals and to refine wafer
processing techniques.
Microwave Integrated Circuits Fiar, Siemens, the EC, and the Italian Research Center for
Propagation and Antennas are managing a 1985-87 software
libraries project to describe discontinuities in planar
waveguide structures, particularly microstrips, for nonlinear
components of microwave integrated circuits.
Optoelectronics The Italian Research Institute on Electromagnetic Waves is
conducting a 1985-87 project with Selenia to develop
holographic reticles for integrated optical circuits and optical
diffraction components of display systems. The project also
seeks to optimize the processing of dichromate gelatin used
in the production of high efficiency holograms, which have
applications in aeronautical display systems.
Milan Unit/Eva L. X2519
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PREVIEWS is an annotated list of selected science and technology items being published by
FBIS. The list may also contain previously published items of wide consumer interest.
EUROPE/LATIN AMERICA REPORT: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
S&T COMMITTEE ISSUES POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS TO CRAXI
Text of the Science and Technology Committee's "Report to the Prime Minister" includes sections
on Recommendations, Training, Research Personnel, Financial Resources, Incentives, Research
Management, and International Scientific Cooperation. (Rome IL TEMPO 27 Dec 86)
BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AT MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE
Article briefly describes 43 of the plant genetics research projects at West Germany's Max Planck
Institute. (Milan BIOTEC May 86)
RESEARCHERS INTERVIEWED ON ITALIAN BIOTECHNOLOGY
Six prominent Italian scientists discuss biotechnology research programs in Italy. (Milan BIOTEC
May 86)
ITALY'S EFIM GROUP FINANCES R&D
Article by Breda Research Institute president C. Tribuno summarizes EFIM [Ente Partecipazioni e
Finanziamento Industria Manifatturiera] Group's extensive involvement in R&D in aerospace,
defense systems, transportation, and advanced materials. EFIM's policies and strategies are also
detailed. (Rome NOTIZIE AIRI Jul-Oct 86)
BIOTECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS POLICIES FOR ITALY
Article discusses the recent government-sponsored report of the National Committee for
Biotechnology discussing biotechnology research and application in Italy. The committee's
proposals for government assistance to biotechnology research are also summarized. (Rome
NOTIZIE AIRI Jul-Oct 86)
SGS-THOMSON FIRM TO COORDINATE CHIP R&D
Article outlines the structure and goals of a joint holding company established by the Italian and
French microelectronic firms SGS and Thomson to coordinate their semiconductor R&D and
production. The new company will be the second largest European firm in this sector after Philips
of the Netherlands. (Milan ITALIA OGGI 20 March 87)
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA REPORT
EFFORTS TO BUILD SOUTH AFRICA'S HIGH-TECH DOMESTIC MARKET
Article details Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) strategy to increase S&T sector
revenue through development of a broader domestic market for high-tech products. (Johannesburg
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE Nov-Dec 86)
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