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Reports on the acceleration of technology transfer in European aerospace agencies. Dependence on committee structure to move technology into the nonaerospace sector; Experiences of several countries; Problems encountered; Technology transfer programs at European Space Agency and Onera aerospace research organizations.

Reports on the impact of export restrictions intended to prevent spacecraft builders in the United States from transferring technology to China. Pace of approvals for exports and technical exchanges; Perils of technology transfer expected to be highlighted by a United States House investigation on the dealings of satellite builders with China; Turnover rate for export license applications.

Focuses on the major importance given by the government to technology transfer in the aerospace/defense industry. Cooperative Research & Development Agreement (CRADA) as a key tool in the effort; Industry co-funding of federal laboratories; Questions regarding implementation of cooperative research policies; Legislation pertaining to the issues; Development of benchmarks to measure technology transfer.

The article reports on the collaboration between U.S. and European aerospace/defense companies on military programs. The collaboration is going to advance much further, industry, with the support of governments on both sides of the Atlantic that will have to be a lot more creative in how it approaches the business and political issues that continue to frustrate international teaming and cooperation on a grander scale. In the U.S., some short-sighted lawmakers continue to embrace protectionist policies that would all but lock out European companies from the U.S. aerospace/defense market. Both perspectives are inherently flawed, and industry and government leaders in the U.S. and Europe who are able to foster more extensive teaming should include among their priorities closer international partnerships.

The article analyzes the progress by Russian President Vladimir Putin's administration on the reform of Russian aerospace intellectual property rights, the transfer of defense technologies to the commercial sector and a better definition of technology transfer rules. According to Russian officials one of Putin's more important moves was the appointment of Boris Aleshin as a formal vice prime minister for industrial, scientific and technical policy. Boeing has had a long-term cooperative relationship with the Russian aeronautics research sector, but a new EADS cooperative technology agreement with Russia may affect the existing Boeing effort.

Presents aerospace industry news briefs as of August 10, 1998. Lack of United States Congressional action on the issue of exporting US satellites to China; US Senate passage of the Commercial Space Act; Scheduled launch of the Boeing Delta 3 booster at Cape Canaveral, Florida; Effect of Asian financial crisis on Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. of Hong Kong; Establishment of a program office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratories to detect and track asteroids and comets that could pose a hazard to Earth.