The Aerospace Corporation: Past, Present, and Future.

Abstract

The Aerospace Corporation was created in 1960 to provide General Systems Engineering and Technical Direction services to the U.S. Air Force and its contractors in support of national space and missile programs. As the priorities associated with these programs have changed in the intervening thirteen years, the role of Aerospace has changed considerably. Today, Aerospace is pursuing an active diversification program and has gained de facto independence of its founder and primary sponsor, the U.S. Air Force. The contemporary situation needs close examination by a competent agency to determine if the management concept embodied in Aerospace is still the best way to obtain these services and if national security interests are being served adequately. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0768386

Entities

People

  • James Franklin Wheeler

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Contract Administration
  • Contractors
  • Corporations
  • Engineering
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Systems Engineering

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space