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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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... Wright, Aerospace Industries Association of America, International Air Transportation Conference, June 1983, Montreal, Canada. Status of Technology Design Techniques The capabilities of modern high-speed computers have made possible the use of very sophisticated techniques for computational analysis in both aerodynamics and structures.
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... computera~aeu Design techniques, which are widely used for lofting and autodrafting, peaks and troughs of new design tasks can be handled without attendant manpower fluctuations. Ease of access by foreigners to CAD/CAA1 hardware and software developed in the United States assures that the European and Japanese aerospace industries can stay competitive in this technology in the future.
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