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The Air Force and the great engine war / Robert W. Drewes

Type de contenu
  • Texte
Type de médiation
  • sans médiation
Titre(s)
  • The Air Force and the great engine war / Robert W. Drewes
Auteur(s)
Editeur, producteur
  • Washington : National defense university press, US G.P.O., 1987
Description matérielle
  • 1 vol. (XIII-179 p.) : ill. ; 21 cm
Classification décimale Dewey
  • 358.418 2
Note sur les bibliographies et les index
  • Notes bibliogr. Index
Note sur le contenu
  • Getting off the ground. The threat ; Internal debates ; Pressure to succeed ; Program Office principal ; Joining with the Navy. Engine development programs. The early contracts ; Another round with the Navy ; Strong arguments on each side ; Qualification problems ; Business problems ; The Component Improvement Program. Problems with the engine. Stall stagnations ; Thermal cycles ; Turbine failures ; Other problems ; Intangibles. The battle lines. Pratt and Whitney ; General Electric ; GE prospects on the rise ; Subcontractor strikes. The biggest battle of all. Engine Model Derivative Program ; Skirmishes in Congress ; Getting the formal competition started ; Spare parts problem ; The request for proposal ; The unsolicited proposal and other tactics ; The Air Force's decision ; Reactions ; The watershed effect. Overall assessment. F100 development ; Mid and late 1970s ; Early 1980s ; Source selection ; People and commitment ; Future concerns ; Lessons learned
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