With its contribution to trade, its coupling with national security, and its symbolism of U.S. technological strength, the U.S. aerospace industry holds a unique position in the nation's industrial structure. Although the U.S. aerospace industry continues to be the leading positive contributor to the balance of trade among all merchandise industries, it is experiencing significant changes whose implications may not be well understood. Increasing U.S. collaboration with foreign producers will result in a more international manufacturing environment, altering the current structure of the aerospace industry. International alliances will results in a more rapid diffusion of technology, increasing pressure on U.S. aerospace companies to push forward with new technological developments and to take steps that maximize the inclusion of those technological developments into the research and development (R and D) process. To remain a world leader in aerospace, the United States must improve and maintain the professional competency of its aerospace engineers and scientists, enhance innovation and productivity, and maximize the integration of recent technology into the R and D process. How well these objectives are met, and at what cost, depends a variety of factors, but largely on the ability of U.S. aerospace engineers and scientists to acquire and process the results of NASA/DoD funded R and D.
NASA/DOD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project. Paper Ten. The NASA/DOD Aerospace Knowledge Diffusion Research Project. (Reannouncement with New Availability Information)
1991
16 pages
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English