The Management of Aerospace Technology in Japan An Assessment of the Research Infrastructure

Abstract

Aerospace is one of the few remaining technologies in which the U.S. is demonstrably ahead of its Japanese counterpart. Such leadership role can only be maintained through aggressive and active support for the infrastructure of the research and development efforts in this technology area. The two main infrastructure elements in aerospace research and development are ground-based testing facilities and computational resources. This report presents a survey of me major Japanese civilian and military aeronautical ground testing and computational facilities, including the Japan National Aerospace Laboratory and the Third Research Institute. Also, four of Japan's five major aerospace industries are surveyed. An assessment of the Japanese management approach for aerospace technology is formulated on the basis of the survey.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA308815

Entities

People

  • Basil N. Antar
  • Eugene J. Sanders

Organizations

  • Arnold Engineering Development Complex

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Boundary Layer
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Organizational Structure
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Shock Tunnels
  • Simulators
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities
  • Transport Aircraft
  • Wind Tunnels

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Naval Engineering and Maritime Security
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites