Future Air Force needs for survivability / Committee on Future Air Force Needs for Survivability, Air Force Studies Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Future Air Force Needs for Survivability.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Air Force--Safety measures.

United States.

Airplanes, Military--United States--Combat survivability.

Airplanes, Military.

Stealth aircraft.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (117 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A key technical issue for future Air Force systems is to improve their ability to survive. Increased use of stealth technology is proposed by many to be the major element in efforts to enhance survivability for future systems. Others, however, suggest that the high cost and maintenance required of stealth technology make increased speed potentially more productive. To help address this issue, the Air Force asked the NRC to investigate combinations of speed and stealth that would provide U.S. aircraft with a high survival capability in the 2018 period, and to identify changes in R&D plans to enable such aircraft. This report presents a review of stealth technology development; a discussion of possible future missions and threats; an analysis of the technical feasibility for achieving various levels of stealth and different speeds by 2018 and of relevant near-term R&D needs and priorities; and observations about the utility of speed and stealth trade-offs against evolving threats.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Figures and Table""; ""Acronyms and Abbreviations""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Background and Overview""; ""2 Operational Environment""; ""3 Technological Setting""; ""4 Assessing the Operational Utility of Speed and Observability Trade-offs""; ""5 Findings and Recommendations""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""; ""Appendix B Committee Meetings""; ""Appendix C A Framework for Comprehensive Analysis""; ""Appendix D Glossary""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610704910

9780309180559

0309180554

9781280704918

1280704918

9780309661232

0309661234

OCLC:

923277037

Publisher Number:

9780309102193