Books written by Mark A. Lorell
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The Cutting Edge: A Half Century of Fighter Aircraft R&D
They were developed nearly three decades ago by two RAND analysts, Hall and Johnson, in a study of skills and capabilities in the aerospace industry.10 Hall and Johnson divided aerospace industry knowledge and capabilities into three ...
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The Cutting Edge: A Half Century of U.S. Fighter Aircraft R&D
The proposition that innovation is critical in the cost-effective design and development of successful military aircraft is still subject to some debate.
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Do Joint Fighter Programs Save Money?: Technical Appendixes on Methodology
These appendixes explain the methodology used in an analysis of the costs and savings of joint aircraft acquisition programs.
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Do Joint Fighter Programs Save Money?
To help Air Force leaders (and acquisition decisionmakers in general) select an appropriate acquisition strategy for future combat aircraft, this report analyzes the costs and savings of joint aircraft acquisition programs.
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Going Global?: U.S. Government Policy and the Defense Aerospace Industry
The increasing consolidation of the defense aerospace industry, brought about by post-Cold War reductions in defense authorizations, has led to the proliferation of cross-border relationships between U.S. and European firms.
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Evolutionary Acquisition: Implementation Challenges for Defense Space Programs
Evolutionary Acquisition Implementation Challenges for Defense Space Programs Mark A. Lorell, Julia F. Lowell, Obaid Younossi Prepared for the United States Air Force Approved for public release; distribution unlimited The research ...
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Bomber R&D Since 1945: The Role of Experience
Anecdotal evidence suggests that experience plays a critical role in the cost-effectiveness design and development of successful military aircraft. Understanding the true situation may be essential to meet Air Force...
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Troubled Partnership: A History of U.S.-Japan Collaboration on the Fs-X Fighter
... time ) the existence of programs for developing an APA fire - control radar and an advanced central computer system.20 These revelations were not just to demonstrate Japanese technological competency to develop an advanced fighter .
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The U.S. Combat Aircraft Industry, 1909-2000: Structure, Competition, Innovation
Drawing on primary and secondary sources on the aircraft industry, this report provides a brief survey of industry structure, innovation, and competition in the U.S. fixed-wing combat aircraft industry from its earliest days to the present.