Future Fighters: Will They be Supportable?

Abstract

The author discussed requirements for support of future fighters. Conceptual design work is underway for the Advanced Tactical Fighter which the Air Force hopes to field in the mid to late 1990s. Two areas critical to improved supportability are examined: defining the combat environment and improving reliability. Both areas are discussed in terms of new policy guidance and in terms of technical issues now under study. The author concludes that important changes have been made to the way the Air Force approaches the problem of supportability and that research currently underway promises to make future fighters more supportable than current fighters.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA177790

Entities

People

  • George T. Babbitt

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Guidance
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design