The U.S. combat aircraft industry, 1909-2000 : structure, competition, innovation
Mark Lorell
| Year of publication: |
2003
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| Authors: | Lorell, Mark A. |
| Publisher: |
Santa Monica, CA : RAND |
| Subject: | Luftfahrtindustrie | Aerospace industry | USA | United States | Innovation | Internationaler Wettbewerb | International competition | Innovationswettbewerb | Technology competition | Militärluftfahrzeug | Military aircraft | Wirtschaftsstruktur | Economic structure | Strukturwandel | Structural change | Geschichte | History |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [loc.gov] |
| Extent: | Online-Ressource (xxiii, 133 p) ill. (some col.) 23 cm |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-133) "MR-1696 "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense 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 INNOVATIONTHE 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, 1972-1974AGILE SUPERSONIC FIGHTER TECHNOLOGY REFINEMENT, 1974-1981; INDUSTRY STRUCTURE AND COMPETITION DURING THE 1960s AND 1970s; 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 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web |
| ISBN: | 0-8330-3366-2 ; 978-0-8330-3366-6 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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