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The Competitive Status of the U.S. Civil Aviation Manufacturing Industry A Study of the Influences of Technology in Determining International Industrial Competitive Advantage (1985) / Chapter Skim
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... The competitive assessment of the current promise of new technology in this study concluded that there were indeed important, attractive opportunities for further advances in aerodynamic design, controls, structure, and propulsion that would lead to greater fuel efficiency, lower noise, greater utility, and lower operating costs. In most of these technologies the United States still enjoys a lead.
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Key Terms

  • civil aircraft
  • aircraft industry
  • international competition
  • fuel efficiency
  • operating costs

  • technological leadership
  • operating cost
  • military aircraft
  • civil market


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