The U.S. combat aircraft industry, 1909-2000 : structure, competition, innovation / / Mark Lorell

• Autore: Lorell Mark A. <1947->
• Pubblicazione: Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (159 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.4/7623746/09730904
• Soggetto topico: Aircraft industry - United States - History; Aircraft industry - Military aspects - United States - History; Fighter planes - United States - History
• Note generali: "MR-1696."; "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-133).
• Nota di contenuto: 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 REVOLUTION ; NEW 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 ; THE 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Drawing 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The U.S. combat aircraft industry, 1909-2000
• ISBN: 0-8330-3605-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910220082903321
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