LEADER 04088nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910219984303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-45103-0 010 $a9786612451034 010 $a0-8330-4860-0 035 $a(CKB)2520000000008272 035 $a(EBL)475039 035 $a(OCoLC)55942252 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000483716 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11299879 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000483716 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10573368 035 $a(PQKB)11394525 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC475039 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000008272 100 $a19980213d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe cutting edge $ea half century of fighter aircraft R&D /$fMark A. Lorell, Hugh P. Levaux 210 $aSanta Monica, CA $cRAND$d1998 215 $a1 online resource (247 p.) 300 $a"Prepared for the United States Air Force, Project Air Force, RAND." 311 $a0-8330-2595-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 201-208) and index. 327 $aCOVER; PREFACE; CONTENTS; FIGURES; PHOTOGRAPHS; TABLES; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; Chapter One - INTRODUCTION; BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW; RESEARCH APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY; CONCLUSIONS; Chapter Two - THE 1920s TO THE 1950s: THE LONG ROAD TOWARD U.S. LEADERSHIP IN FIGHTER R&D; INTRODUCTION; U.S. FIGHTERS AND THEIR DEVELOPERS BEFORE THE JET AGE (1917-1945); BUILDING THE EXPERIENCE BASE: FIRST-GENERATION SUBSONIC JET FIGHTERS; Chapter Three - THE SUPERSONIC REVOLUTION; EVER FASTER AND HIGHER: JET-FIGHTER R&D TRENDS IN THE 1950s; DEVELOPMENT OF AIR FORCE SUPERSONIC FIGHTERS 327 $aDEVELOPMENT OF NAVY SUPERSONIC FIGHTERSOVERALL TRENDS FOR PERIOD 1, 1945-1961; Chapter Four - THE 1960s AND 1970s: ACQUISITION REFORM,DOCTRINAL FERMENT; INTRODUCTION; MCNAMARA AND THE TFX: ONE SIZE FITS ALL; Chapter Five - REVIVAL OF THE AIR-SUPERIORITY FIGHTER; INTRODUCTION; OF EAGLES AND TOMCATS; THE F-16 AND F/A-18: LIGHTER, LOWER-COST ADDITIONS; OVERALL TRENDS IN THE 1960s AND 1970s; Chapter Six - THE 1970s TO THE 1990s: THE STEALTH REVOLUTION; NEW TECHNOLOGY, NEW INDUSTRY LEADERS; DEVELOPMENT OF THE F-117 NIGHTHAWK; EMERGENCE OF THE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY BOMBER PROGRAM 327 $aTHE F-22: DEVELOPING THE FIRST STEALTHY AIR-SUPERIORITY FIGHTERTHE ROLE OF EXPERIENCE IN THE STEALTH ERA; Chapter Seven - CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS; THE INTERPLAY OF EXPERIENCE AND INNOVATION; THE IMPORTANCE OF SYSTEM-SPECIFIC EXPERIENCE; THE EFFECT OF NEW TECHNOLOGY PARADIGMS; THE RELATIONSHIP OF FIGHTER R&D TO OTHER TYPES OF SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; THE IMPORTANCE OF GOVERNMENT MILITARY TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH; COMPETITION AND CAPABILITIES; Appendix A - DATABASE DESCRIPTION; Appendix B - DATABASE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHORS 330 $aThe proposition that innovation is critical in the cost-effective design and development of successful military aircraft is still subject to some debate. RAND research indicates that innovation is promoted by intense competition among three or more industry competitors. Given the critical policy importance of this issue in the current environment of drastic consolidation of the aerospace defense industry, the authors here examine the history of the major prime contractors in developing jet fighters since World War II. They make use of an extensive RAND database that includes nearly all jet fig 606 $aAeronautics, Military$xResearch$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aFighter planes$xResearch$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aAeronautics, Military$xResearch$xHistory. 615 0$aFighter planes$xResearch$xHistory. 676 $a358.4/07/0973 700 $aLorell$b Mark A.$f1947-$0905752 701 $aLevaux$b Hugh P$01233352 712 02$aProject Air Force (U.S.) 712 02$aUnited States.$bAir Force. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910219984303321 996 $aThe cutting edge$92864258 997 $aUNINA