THE TITANIUM DECADE
Abstract
The Ti development program illustrates inefficiencies inherent in Government-industry contractual arrangements aimed at rapid advances in basic technology. More than half the total cost of the program to the Government was the result of subsidizing the creation of a Ti metal industry. It is argued that such Government programs can be more efficient in the future if they recognize more specifically and are aimed more directly at the technological objective, and if the contracts with industry contain more direct rewards for research and development workAS SUCH (rather than indirect rewards in the form of production orders). The memorandum contains the text of a talk given at the ninth annual Titanium Symposium held in conjunction with the Congress of the American Society of Metals at Detroit, Michigan, in October 1961. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1962
- Accession Number
- AD0270125
Entities
People
- Emmanuel G. Mesthene
Organizations
- RAND Corporation