The Cutting Edge
The proposition that innovation is critical in the cost-effective design and development of successful military aircraft is still subject to some debate. RAND research indicates that innovation is promoted by intense competition among three or more industry competitors. Given the critical policy imp...
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2023
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| author | Lorell, Mark A. Levaux, Hugh P. Giddens, Elizabeth Gross, Jennifer Moller, Erik |
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| description | The proposition that innovation is critical in the cost-effective design and development of successful military aircraft is still subject to some debate. RAND research indicates that innovation is promoted by intense competition among three or more industry competitors. Given the critical policy importance of this issue in the current environment of drastic consolidation of the aerospace defense industry, the authors here examine the history of the major prime contractors in developing jet fighters since World War II. They make use of an extensive RAND database that includes nearly all jet fighters, fighter-attack aircraft, and bombers developed and flown by U.S. industry since 1945, as well as all related prototypes, modifications, upgrades, etc. The report concludes that (1) experience matters, because of the tendency to specialize and thus to develop system-specific expertise; (2) yet the most dramatic innovations and breakthroughs came from secondary or marginal players trying to compete with the industry leaders; and (3) dedicated military R&D conducted or directly funded by the U.S. government has been critical in the development of new higher-performance fighters and bombers. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1148362024-04-14T10:28:49Z The Cutting Edge Lorell, Mark A. Levaux, Hugh P. Giddens, Elizabeth Gross, Jennifer Moller, Erik Technology thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TR Transport technology and trades::TRP Aerospace and aviation technology The proposition that innovation is critical in the cost-effective design and development of successful military aircraft is still subject to some debate. RAND research indicates that innovation is promoted by intense competition among three or more industry competitors. Given the critical policy importance of this issue in the current environment of drastic consolidation of the aerospace defense industry, the authors here examine the history of the major prime contractors in developing jet fighters since World War II. They make use of an extensive RAND database that includes nearly all jet fighters, fighter-attack aircraft, and bombers developed and flown by U.S. industry since 1945, as well as all related prototypes, modifications, upgrades, etc. The report concludes that (1) experience matters, because of the tendency to specialize and thus to develop system-specific expertise; (2) yet the most dramatic innovations and breakthroughs came from secondary or marginal players trying to compete with the industry leaders; and (3) dedicated military R&D conducted or directly funded by the U.S. government has been critical in the development of new higher-performance fighters and bombers. 2023-10-05T10:18:02Z 2023-10-05T10:18:02Z 1998 book ONIX_20231005_9780833048608_610 9780833048608 9780833025951 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/114836 eng image/jpeg n/a https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7249/MR939AF RAND Corporation 10.7249/MR939AF 10.7249/MR939AF 47ac0b54-b121-491c-a9c8-5ca6776e27cb 9780833048608 9780833025951 open access |
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| title | The Cutting Edge |
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| topic | Technology thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TR Transport technology and trades::TRP Aerospace and aviation technology |
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