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The Jet Makers

The Aerospace Industry from 1945 to 1972

• Title
• Introduction
• Preface
• Acknowledgements

• I: World War II: Aviation Comes of Age
• II: The Aerospace Industry since World War II: A Brief History
• III: The National Military Strategy: Background for the Government Markets
• IV: The Principal Government Market: The United States Air Force
• V: The Other Government Markets: The Aerospace Navy, the Air Army, and NASA
• VI: Fashions in Government Procurement
• VII: The Heartbreak Market: Airliners
• VIII: Design or Die: The Supreme Technological Industry
• IX: Production: The Payoff
• X: Diversification: The Hedge for Survival
• XI: Costs: Into the Stratosphere
• XII: Finance and Management
• XIII: Entry into the Aerospace Industry
• XIV: Exit from the Aerospace Industry
• XV: The Influence of the Jet Engine on the Industry

• Notes
• Acronyms
• Annotated Bibliography



ACRONYMS

AAF
Army Air Forces
ABM
Antiballistic Missile
ADC
Air Defense Command
AFSC
Air Force Systems Command
AMC
Air Materiel Command
ARDC
Air Research and Development Command
ASW
Antisubmarine Warfare
ATC
Air Transport Command
BOAC
British Overseas Airways Corporation
BuAer
Bureau of Aeronautics
BuOrd
Bureau of Ordnance
CAA
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAB
Civil Aeronautics Board
CASF
Composite Air Strike Force
Connie
Constellation
Convair
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
CPFF
Cost plus fixed fee
CPPC
Cost plus percentage of cost
FAA
Federal Aviation Agency
FBM
Fleet Ballistic Missile
GAO
General Accounting Office
GFAE
Government furnished aircraft equipment
GFE
Government furnished equipment
GFP
Government furnished parts
IATA
International Air Transport Association
ICBM
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
IRBM
Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
LMI
Logistics Management Institute
MAC
Military Airlift Command
MDLC
Materiel Development and Logistics Command
MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MOL
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
NACA
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATS
Naval Air Transport Service
PEP
Program Evaluation Procedure
PERT
Program Evaluation Review Technique
RAF
Royal Air Force
RAND
Research and Development Corporation
R&D
Research and Development
RDT&E
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
RFC
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
SAC
Strategic Air Command
SRAM
Short Range Attack Missile
SST
Supersonic Transport
TAC
Tactical Air Command
TFX
F-111
TPPC
Total Package Procurement Concept
TWA
Trans World Airlines
UMT
Universal Military Training
UN
United Nations
USAF
United States Air Force