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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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... Avionics Ultrareliable, fault-tolerant systems Advanced flight decks ("all glass cockpit") Computer-integrated flight management The combination of the key technologies listed above, when fully integrated into an all-new aircraft design, could improve its fuel efficiency by as much as 30 to 50 percent -- and some industry experts are even more optimistic.
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Key Terms

  • civil aircraft
  • advanced flight
  • flight controls
  • propulsion integration
  • fuel efficiency

  • active controls
  • boundary layer
  • layer management
  • active boundary
  • computational analysis

  • reduced tail
  • flight management
  • design techniques
  • advanced structures
  • composite structures

  • flight deck


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