A Competitive Assessment Of The U.S. Civil Aircraft Industry

Theodore W Schlie

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2021
• ISBN:
  9780429712319
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Politics
• Index: Politics & International Relations

In 1985, the U.S. aerospace industry achieved a $13.1 billion trade surplus and contributed $89.2 billion in shipments to the U.S. economy. Without·aerospace, the U.S. trade balance in high technology industries would--for the first time--have fallen into a deficit. Civil aircraft play a significant role in the U.S. aerospace industry, and U.S. civil aircraft have dominated world markets (particularly the large transport segment) since the development of jet engine aircraft in the 1950s. This dominance has recently been challenged by the emergence of the European Airbus Industrie, which has achieved a significant market position in wide-body aircraft and appears committed to the development of a diversified family of civil aircraft. Industry observers are also concerned about the possibility of Japan entering the large transport competition. In this assessment, the U.S. Department of Commerce examines the prospects for continued international competitiveness of U.S. civil aircraft. The report identifies key factors that will determine the shape of future competition, develops alternative scenarios for the future, and presents-a framework within which developments can be monitored and measured.

Appendix 1
U.S. and Foreign Collaborative Projects in the Aeronautics Sector

Appendix Table Collaborative Projects Between U.S. Firms and Foreign Firms or Governments in the Aeronautics Sector Between 1970 and 1982

Companies Involved	Civil (C) or Military (M)	Type^* of Collaborative Effort	Research (R) Development (D) or Production (P)	Year of Agreement	Deacrlptlon of Effort
1. McDonnell Douglas and Britiah Aerospsce	C,M	NF	D	Discussion stage	Development of V/ST0L aircraft
2. McDonnell Douglas and Britiah Aerospsce	M	NF	D	Dlacuaalon stage	Development of VTXTS jet tranasfer aircraft
3. McDonnell Douglas and Britiah Aerospsce	M	CoPro	P	Current	Produce 336 8Bs (llrrier IIs) for U.S. Marine Corps
4. McDonnell Douglas and Britiah Aeroapace	M	CoPro	P	Current	Manufacture frames for Jump jet fighter for U.S. Marina Corps and Royal Air Force
5. McDonnell Douglas and Fokker (Netherlands)	C	JV	D, P	1981 terminated in 1982	Develop and produce 150 seat aircraft
6. McDonnell Douglas and McDonnell Douglas Canada	C	CoPro	P	Current	McD Can produces aircraft components for McD
7. McDonnell Douglas and Japanese Government	M	CoPro	P	Current	Japan has licensed production programa for F-4, F-15, and P-3C aircraft
8. McDonnell Douglas and Dilworth Secord Meaghar and Assoc. (Canada)	M, C	Lic	D	1979	McD licensed cyrogonic wind technology as part of program to develop high tech projects in connection with offer to supply F-18A llornet fighter aircraft to Canadian military
9. McDonnell Douglas and Mcsserschmitt-Bolkow-Bloha Cmbll (Germany)	M	Ex	D	1978	Exchange of technical info relating to development of highly sophisticated fighter aircraft
10. McDonnell Douglas and Aviona Marcel Dassault-Berguct and Societe National Industrielle Aerospatiale (France)	C	Coop	D, P	1977	Agraad to develop and market a medium range jetliner for the 1980s
11. McDonnell Douglas and Goverment of Canada	?	JV	?	1976	Formed Canadian Aerospace Ltd.
12. Boeing and Dornier Reparaturwerft Cmbll (Germany)	M	Co Pro	P	Current	Garman company Installs mission avionics in E 3A’s (AWACS) produced by Boeing for NATO
13. Boeing and Civil Transport Development Corporation (Japan)	C	CoPro	P	Current	Japaneae firms manufacturing fuselage panels and other components accounting for 17Z of Boeing 767 airframe
14. Boeing and Aertalie	C	CoPro	P	Currant	Working relationship on Booing 767
15. Boeing and Canadair	C	Copro	P	Currant	Working relationship on Booing 767
16. Boeing and Government of USSR	C	Ex	D	1974	Scientific and techincal cooparation as a step towards joint development of aircraft
17. Lockheed and Fujlteu (Japan)	C	Lic	marketing	1982	Fujitsu can sell Lockhaad’a softvara for CAD/CAM for cars, aircraft and ships
18. Lockheed and Government of Japan	M	Lic	P	1978	Japan will assemble 45 P-3C Orion Manufacturing kits (four engine turboprop antisubmarine warfare aircraft) produced by Lockheed
19. Lockheed and Rolls Royce	C	OoPro	P	?	Rolls Royce to, produce engine for LT1011
20. Lockhaad and Government of USSR	C	Ex	D	1973	Joint work in navigation systems, oceanological apparatus and civil aircraft development
21. General Electric and Rolls Royce (UK)	C	NF	D, P	Discussion stage	CB negotiating to enter British-Japanese Joint venture to develop RJ 500 for new generation 150 seat transport
22. General Electric and Alfa-Romeo (Italy)	C	Lic	P	1981	Alfa-Romeo licensed to produce 1600 T 700 turbosliaft helicopter engines for Italian and other European helicopter progress
23. General Electric and Kvaerner Brug A/S (Norway)	C	Lic	P	1977	Kvaerner Brug licensed to Manufacture and sell CE LM 2500 aircraft derivative gas turbine engine
24. General Electric and Societe National d’Etudes et de Construction de Moteors d’Aviation (SNECMA) (France)	C, M	JV	D, P	1977	To.Jointly develop and produce CFM 56 engine for commercial aircraft and Military tankers
25. Pratt & Whitney (United Technologies) and Rolls Royce Ltd (UK)	C	NF	D, P	Disussion stage	P&W negotiating to enter British-Japanese joint venture to develop RJ 500 engine for new generation 150 seat transport
26. Pratt & Whitney (United Technologies) and Rolls Royce Ltd (UK)	M	Coop	D, P	1980	Jointly develop and produce engine for V/STOL jet fighters
27. United Technologies and J.v. Verenigde Machinefabriken Stork NV (Neth...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• About the Book and Editor
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Tables and Figures
• Foreword
• I. Introduction
• II. Evolution of the U.S. Civil Aviation Industry and Its Relationships with the Federal Government
• III. Technological and Performance Evolution of the U.S. Civil Aircraft Industry
• IV. Recent Industry Performance
• V. Past and current Competitiveness: Large Transports
• VI. The Economics of Large Transport Development, Production and Operation in the United States
• VII. Trends and Forces Influencing the Future: U.S. Large Transports
• VIII. The Future International Competitiveness of U.S. Large Transports: Conventional Economics of Large Transport Development and Production
• IX. The Future International Competitiveness of U.S. Large Transports: A New Economics Based on Supercomputers, Supersoftware and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
• X. The Future International Competitiveness of U.S. General Aviation Aircraft and Helicopters
• XI. Concluding Remarks
• Appendix 1: U.S. and Foreign Collaborative Projects in the Aeronautics Sector
• Appendix 2: The RDLP Concept
• Bibliography