The Conduct of Basic Research in the Aerospace Industry

Author: Jacobs, Delbert Harold

Year: 1961

Degree: Engineer's thesis

Advisor: Unknown, Unknown

Committee Member: Unknown, Unknown

Option: Aeronautics

DOI: 10.7907/RVZX-EQ72

Abstract

An analysis of basic research activities in the Aerospace industry is presented. A detailed study of Boeing, Convair, Lockheed, and Douglas indicates extensive and widely varying approaches to basic research in these companies.

The establishment of a successful basic research organization in any environment is a sequential process subject to many problems and setbacks. The airframe companies, though making promising progress toward this goal, still have a long way to go. The inherent hazards associated with the aerospace business threaten the fledgling basic research organizations, and I believe it will be the exception and not the rule that sound basic research activity will result.

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