LEADER 04098nam 22006254a 450 001 9910220082903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8330-3605-X 035 $a(CKB)111090529190264 035 $a(EBL)197475 035 $a(OCoLC)475901573 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000263361 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11217393 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000263361 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10274284 035 $a(PQKB)11336611 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16262684 035 $a(PQKB)24688580 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL197475 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10056186 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC197475 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111090529190264 100 $a20030424d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe U.S. combat aircraft industry, 1909-2000 $estructure, competition, innovation /$fMark Lorell 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSanta Monica, CA $cRAND$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (159 p.) 300 $a"MR-1696." 300 $a"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense." 311 $a0-8330-3366-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 123-133). 327 $aCover; 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 REVOLUTION 327 $aNEW 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, 1962-1972 327 $aTHE 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; BIBLIOGRAPHY 330 $aDrawing 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. 606 $aAircraft industry$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aAircraft industry$xMilitary aspects$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aFighter planes$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aAircraft industry$xHistory. 615 0$aAircraft industry$xMilitary aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aFighter planes$xHistory. 676 $a338.4/7623746/09730904 700 $aLorell$b Mark A.$f1947-$0905752 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910220082903321 996 $aThe U.S. combat aircraft industry, 1909-2000$92126268 997 $aUNINA