04098nam 22006254a 450 991022008290332120200520144314.00-8330-3605-X(CKB)111090529190264(EBL)197475(OCoLC)475901573(SSID)ssj0000263361(PQKBManifestationID)11217393(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000263361(PQKBWorkID)10274284(PQKB)11336611(PQKBManifestationID)16262684(PQKB)24688580(Au-PeEL)EBL197475(CaPaEBR)ebr10056186(MiAaPQ)EBC197475(EXLCZ)9911109052919026420030424d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe U.S. combat aircraft industry, 1909-2000 structure, competition, innovation /Mark Lorell1st ed.Santa Monica, CA RAND20031 online resource (159 p.)"MR-1696.""Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."0-8330-3366-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-133).Cover; PREFACE; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; SUMMARY; ACRONYMS; Chapter One INTRODUCTION; RESEARCH APPROACH AND KEY ISSUES; TECHNOLOGY ERAS IN FIXED-WING COMBAT AIRCRAFT; NUMBERS OF COMPETING PRIME CONTRACTORS; Chapter Two INDUSTRY STRUCTURE AND COMPETITION IN THE BIPLANE ERA; U.S. INDUSTRY FALLS BEHIND IN WORLD WAR I; LOW DEMAND, LACK OF COMPETITION STIFLE INNOVATION; U.S. FIGHTER DEVELOPMENT DURING THE BIPLANE ERA; U.S. BOMBER DEVELOPMENT DURING THE BIPLANE ERA; SUMMARY: AN ERA OF CONSERVATIVE DESIGNS AND LITTLE INNOVATION; Chapter Three THE MONOPLANE REVOLUTIONNEW MARKETS AND GREATER COMPETITION PAVE THE WAY FOR INNOVATION THE MONOPLANE BOMBER REVOLUTION; THE MONOPLANE FIGHTER REVOLUTION; MARKETS, COMPETITION, AND INNOVATION DURING THE MONOPLANE REVOLUTION; INDUSTRY STRUCTURE DURING THE MONOPLANE REVOLUTION; SUMMARY; Chapter Four THE SUBSONIC- AND EARLY SUPERSONIC-JET REVOLUTIONS; THE SUBSONIC-JET ERA, 1945-1953; THE SUPERSONIC-JET ERA, 1953-1981; INDUSTRY STRUCTURE DURING THE SUBSONIC-JET ERA AND EARLY SUPERSONIC-JET SUB-ERA; SUMMARY; Chapter Five THE AGILE SUPERSONIC TECHNOLOGY REVOLUTION; SUPERSONIC TECHNOLOGY REFINEMENT, 1962-1972THE AGILE SUPERSONIC-JET REVOLUTION, 1972-1974 AGILE SUPERSONIC FIGHTER TECHNOLOGY REFINEMENT, 1974-1981; INDUSTRY STRUCTURE AND COMPETITION DURING THE 1960's AND 1970's; SUMMARY; Chapter Six THE STEALTH REVOLUTION; INDUSTRY LEADERS IN THE STEALTH REVOLUTION; ORIGINS OF THE STEALTH REVOLUTION; THE F-117 COMPETITION; THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY BOMBER COMPETITION; THE ADVANCED TACTICAL FIGHTER COMPETITION; INDUSTRY STRUCTURE DURING THE STEALTH REVOLUTION; SUMMARY; Chapter Seven AN END TO COMPETITION AND INNOVATION?; JSF: THE LAST FIGHTER COMPETITION?; CONCLUSIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHYDrawing on primary and secondary sources on the aircraft industry, this report provides a brief survey of industry structure, innovation, and competition in the U.S. fixed-wing combat aircraft industry from its earliest days to the present. It supports a much larger research effort examining the future of the structure, innovation, and competition of the U.S. military aircraft industrial base that responds to congressional concerns about that future.Aircraft industryUnited StatesHistoryAircraft industryMilitary aspectsUnited StatesHistoryFighter planesUnited StatesHistoryAircraft industryHistory.Aircraft industryMilitary aspectsHistory.Fighter planesHistory.338.4/7623746/09730904Lorell Mark A.1947-905752MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910220082903321The U.S. combat aircraft industry, 1909-20002126268UNINA