Ready for takeoff : China's advancing aerospace industry / / Roger Cliff, Chad J.R. Ohlandt, David Yang

• Autore: Cliff Roger
• Pubblicazione: Santa Monica, CA, : Rand Corporation, c2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (164 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.4/762910951
• Soggetto topico: Aerospace industries - China; Aerospace industries - Government policy - China; Aeronautics, Commercial - China; Aeronautics, Commercial - Government policy - China; Artificial satellites - China; Artificial satellites - Government policy - China
• Soggetto geografico: China Foreign economic relations United States; United States Foreign economic relations China
• Altri autori: OhlandtChad J. R YangDavid
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE; Introduction; Methodology; Structure of the Report; CHAPTER TWO; China's Commercial Aircraft Market; Current Conditions; Projections of China's Future Commercial Passenger Aircraft Market; Factors Other Than GDP Growth; Domestic Versus International Traffic; CHAPTER THREE; China's Current Commercial Aircraft Production; Commercial Passenger Aircraft; Domestic Designs; Foreign Designs; Helicopters; Fixed-Wing General Aviation Aircraft; CHAPTER FOUR ; The Role of Foreign Firms in the Development of China's Commercial Aviation Manufacturing IndustryChinese Government Policies Toward Foreign Aviation Manufacturing Companies; Joint Ventures and Cooperative R&D Activities; U.S. Companies; Non-U.S. Companies; Extent to Which China-Based Production Supplies U.S. Aerospace Firms; U.S. Companies; Non-U.S. Companies; Other Sources of Western Aerospace Technology; CHAPTER FIVE; China's Space Capabilities; Launch Vehicles; Satellites; Communications Satellites; Weather Satellites; Civilian Earth-Observation Satellites ; Military Imagery Reconnaissance SatellitesPosition, Navigation, and Timing Satellites; Other Satellites; Assessment; CHAPTER SIX; Conclusions; The Rate at Which China's Aerospace Sector Has Developed; Future Developments; Potential to Contribute to China's Military Capabilities; Implications for U.S. Security Interests; Bibliography
• Sommario/riassunto: An assessment of China's aerospace manufacturing capabilities and how China's participation in commercial markets and supply chains contributes to their improvement. It examines China's aviation and space manufacturing capabilities, government efforts to encourage foreign participation, transfers of foreign technology to China, the extent to which U.S. and foreign aerospace firms depend on supplies from China, and their implications for U.S. security interests.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ready for takeoff
• ISBN: 1-283-13584-1; 9786613135841; 0-8330-5208-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910220101203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Rand Corporation monograph series.