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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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... government with the air transport and aircraft manufacturing industries has been through three categories of activities: (1) regulation of air transport, administration of air traffic control, certification of aircraft, and the funding of airways infrastructure -- airports and air traffic control systems, and R&D related to the latter; (2)
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... With respect to the first and second questions, the growing technological parity shown by the competitive evaluation of technology by this panel leads increasingly to the answer that the foreign firm simply turns to another source of supply -- even if it has to develop one (e.g., the certification of the Aeritalia G222 transport with Rolls Royce Tyne engines instead of CT64 engines so that the plane could be sold to Libya)
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  • rolls royce
  • airbus industrie
  • civil aircraft
  • air transport
  • business aircraft

  • aircraft manufacturing
  • manufacturing industry
  • aeronautical technology
  • foreign policy
  • international trade

  • helicopter manufacturers


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