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2 ADVANCED TEST FACILITIES PLANNING
Pages 17-21

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... However, they could have been detected and corrected prior to field introduction with proper ground testing. Furthermore, existing transport aircraft engines had become so large that no facility was able to test them at the operating points most critical to fuel consumption -- namely, their cruise conditions -- and much bigger engines were on the way.
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... Ground testing capabilities lag rather than lead the known needs, and the gap is growing. ~ The present planning process in the U.S.
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... Thus, the ground testing requirements of future aerospace systems must be thoughtfully considered by all involved parties, and steps should be taken early enough to ensure that a disciplined development process is possible. We refer to this surrogate for "vision" as a structured planning process and believe that the rated rc~a~mans it con On era.
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... ~ O The committee recommends that the AFMC augm en' present sysfem-planning acidities by creating a [ong-Range Panning Team to be responsible for a structuredF preplanning process that contnbutes to the bewailer planning leading to new Air Force aerospace systems. The [RAT should examine at!
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