Now, the agency hopes to buy up to 500 more.

She said the agency hoped to have final offers - and a decision - by late March.

These days, most agencies can only hope to catch up with, rather than anticipate, their needs.

By the end of 1996, the agency hopes to have 900 more.

The agency now hopes to have it done by winter.

Those agencies hope to increase the number of times they give their tests each year.

The agencies hope to issue the new rules for public comment within a few months, he said.

The agency hopes to put the rule into effect by the end of this year.

The agency hopes eventually to clear $50,000 a year on the operation.

The agency eventually hopes to add this to most of the planes.