The Cutting Edge — A Half Century of U.S. Fighter Aircraft R&D
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Characteristics
| ISBN-13 | 9780833026071 |
| ISBN-10 | 0833026070 |
| Book cover finish(es) | Hardcover ( round back binding ) |
| Special Features | • Dust jacket |
| Condition | Like NEW |
| Author(s) | Mark A. Lorell, Hugh P. Levaux |
| Publisher | RAND |
| Number of pages | 222 |
| Published date | 1998 |
| Language(s) | English |
| Size | 18.5 x 26 x 2 cm |
| Categorie(s) | • AVIATION MILITAIRE • ESSAIS - OUVRAGES THÉMATIQUES |
Description
The Benefit of Experience
With the declining size and experience base of the U.S. military aerospace industry, many worry about the industry’s ability to support future military requirements. Can the United States maintain a viable industrial base for the future in an era of declining research and development budgets, few new program starts, and industry contraction? How can experience help?
The Cutting Edge: A Half Century of U.S. Fighter Aircraft R&D, by Mark A. Lorell and Hugh P. Levaux, discusses the major trends in the history of jet fighter design and development in the United States since World War II. Featuring nearly forty rare aircraft photographs, the book analyzes the role of experience, as well as the relationship between competition and innovation, in combat aircraft research and development.
The authors find that contractor experience, combined with technical competition among many firms, is critical to cost-effective design and development involving systems and capabilities unique to military aircraft. Because there is little correlation between expertise in commercial aircraft development and successful fighter research and development, commercial programs are unlikely to provide the necessary experience base for future military projects.
By examining the successful programs of the past, this book helps shape research and development policies for the future and raises serious concerns about the effects on innovation of the dramatic consolidation taking place in the aerospace industry.