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- catalog contributor b815979.
- catalog created "1987.".
- catalog date "1987".
- catalog date "1987.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1987.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 155-166.".
- catalog description "Getting off the ground. The threat ; Internal debates ; Pressure to succeed ; Program Office principal ; Joining with the Navy. -- Engine development programs. The early contracts ; Another round with the Navy ; Strong arguments on each side ; Qualification problems ; Business problems ; The Component Improvement Program. -- Problems with the engine. Stall stagnations ; Thermal cycles ; Turbine failures ; Other problems ; Intangibles. -- The battle lines. Pratt and Whitney ; General Electric ; GE prospects on the rise ; Subcontractor strikes. -- The biggest battle of all. Engine Model Derivative Program ; Skirmishes in Congress ; Getting the formal competition started ; Spare parts problem ; The request for proposal ; The unsolicited proposal and other tactics ; The Air Force's decision ; Reactions ; The watershed effect. -- Overall assessment. F100 development ; Mid and late 1970s ; Early 1980s ; Source selection ; People and commitment ; Future concerns ; Lessons learned.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 179 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Air Force and the great engine war.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Air Force and the great engine war.".
- catalog issued "1987".
- catalog issued "1987.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, DC : National Defense University Press : Sold by the US G.P.O.,".
- catalog relation "Air Force and the great engine war.".
- catalog subject "358.4/182 19".
- catalog subject "Airplanes, Military Turbofan engines.".
- catalog subject "General Electric Company History.".
- catalog subject "Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Group History.".
- catalog subject "UG1123 .D74 1987".
- catalog subject "United States. Air Force Procurement History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Getting off the ground. The threat ; Internal debates ; Pressure to succeed ; Program Office principal ; Joining with the Navy. -- Engine development programs. The early contracts ; Another round with the Navy ; Strong arguments on each side ; Qualification problems ; Business problems ; The Component Improvement Program. -- Problems with the engine. Stall stagnations ; Thermal cycles ; Turbine failures ; Other problems ; Intangibles. -- The battle lines. Pratt and Whitney ; General Electric ; GE prospects on the rise ; Subcontractor strikes. -- The biggest battle of all. Engine Model Derivative Program ; Skirmishes in Congress ; Getting the formal competition started ; Spare parts problem ; The request for proposal ; The unsolicited proposal and other tactics ; The Air Force's decision ; Reactions ; The watershed effect. -- Overall assessment. F100 development ; Mid and late 1970s ; Early 1980s ; Source selection ; People and commitment ; Future concerns ; Lessons learned.".
- catalog title "The Air Force and the great engine war / Robert W. Drewes.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".