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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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... Introduction of advanced turboprops or propfans could provide up to 20 percent additional improvement, and the experimental unducted propfan engine could raise this figure. Aeronautical technology is conventionally categorized into seven major areas: design techniques, aerodynamics, flight controls, structures, airframe-propulsion integration, avionics, and propulsion.
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