Bibliografía: al final de cada artículo Notas: al pie de texto LAURELS '97 Laurels candidates nominated in six aerospace categories. p.20 HEADLINE NEWS U.S. intelligence oops gear for Iraqui strike / Craig Covault. p.26 Small recon satellites win 1999 budget funding / David A Fulghum. p.28 Iraq threat spurs push to curb WMD / Paul Mann. p.29 Flat budgets to drive new base closing / David A Fuglhum. p.30 Clinton budget overlooks NASA / Joseph C Anselmo. p.34 Globalstar launch to sharpen Iridium competition / Craig Covault. p.72 Pegasus may hearld end of era / Michael A Taverna. p.72 AIR TRANSPORT U.S. and Japan agree on historic air bilateral / Carole A Shifrin and Eiichiro Sekigawa. p.74 Near- collisions aerouse concern by Japanese / Eiichiro Sekigawa. p.75 NTBS warns of A300 display reset problem / James T McKenna. p.76 Recent repairs, wire arcing eyed in 767 ETOPS diversion / James T McKenna. p.77 NAS urges rethinking of ATC. upgrade plan / Ed Hazelwood. p.78 Iberia, Airbus strike $2.6 billion deal / John D Morrocco. p.79 Weather, flight plan cited in Philipines DC - 9 crash / Geofdrey Thomas. p.79 U.S. Airways to start low - fare Metrojet at BWI / Carole A Shifirn. p.80 NASA safety study focuses on tailplane icing stalls / David M North. p.81 Icing wind tunnel operating in New York / Michael O Lavitt. p.83 ARIANE 5 ADVANCES Ariane 5 pushes to go operational / Joseph C Anselmo. p.84 Bigger satellites leave Ariane 5 oddly sized. p.84 Huge resources propel Ariane / John D Morrocco. p.86 PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY Caesar targets tech transfer / Stanley W Kandebo. p.89 AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING Infor war fleet tapped for fast deployment / David A Fulghum. p.90 USN proposes land - based aircraft / Robert Wall. p.91 Bell 427 begins flight testing. p.92 Tow concept tested / Bruce A Smith. p.93