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

• Author: Lorell, Mark A., 1947-
• Year of Publication: 2003
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (159 p.)
• Notes: "MR-1696."; "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."

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.

Table of Contents

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