The Fighter Support Experimental (FS-X) Aircraft. An Analysis of Events and Decision Processes

Abstract

The development of national security policy is a complex process which results from the input, rationalizations, and decisions of major players in positions at the highest levels of government. Decisions which emerge do not necessarily follow expected formal decision making procedures, but are the resolution of a variety of competing forces. These forces reflect not only the "invitation to struggle" that the framers of the Constitution anticipated, particularly between the executive and legislative branches of government, but also significant contributions from the "bureaucracy". The recent Fighter Support-Experimental (FS-X) codevelopment agreement between the U./S. and Japan provides a good example for analysis of this phenomenon. The FS-X involves military, nonmilitary, bureaucratic, and political elements, the final orchestration of which has yet to be played out.

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA437706

Entities

People

  • Raoul C. Cordeaux

Organizations

  • National War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Industry
  • Agreements
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Foreign Policy
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • House Of Representatives
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • Technology Transfer
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Naval Engineering and Maritime Security