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Implications of an Air Force budget downturn on the aircraft industrial base : an exploratory analysis
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arena, Mark V., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Airplanes, Military--United States.
- Airplanes, Military.
- United States. Air Force--Procurement.
- United States.
- United States. Air Force--Appropriations and expenditures.
- United States. Air Force--Management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Other Title:
- Implications of an Air Force Budget Downturn on the Aircraft Industrial Base
- Place of Publication:
- RAND Corporation 2013
- [Place of publication not identified] Rand 2013
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The U.S. Air Force is facing a number of challenges as a result of the current defense budget downturn along with the uncertainty of its timing and magnitude. RAND examined the challenge of modernizing the Air Force's aircraft fleet while trying to sustain the industrial base with limited funding, considering six budget strategies for aircraft procurement: from a new high-tech fleet to sustaining and modifying the existing one.
- Contents:
- How is the current situation different from the downturn in the mid-1980s?
- What can we learn from prior industrial base assessments to inform decisions for the future?
- What are the investment options for aircraft acquisition? How might they affect the industrial base?
- Options and potential issues.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 0-8330-8373-2
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