Technology Selection for the Air Force Research Laboratory Air Vehicles Directorate
Title | Technology Selection for the Air Force Research Laboratory Air Vehicles Directorate PDF eBook |
Author | Michael F. Winthrop (CAPT, USAF.) |
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Pages | 556 |
Release | 1999 |
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Technology Selection for the Air Force Research Laboratory Air Vehicles Directorate
Title | Technology Selection for the Air Force Research Laboratory Air Vehicles Directorate PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Winthrop |
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Pages | 295 |
Release | 1999-03-01 |
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ISBN | 9781423546504 |
A technology selection model was developed for the Air Vehicles Directorate of Air Force Research Laboratory. The model was developed and demonstrated to aid in addressing the question of what technologies Air Vehicles' should invest in to remain consistent with Air Force values. Both Value-Focused Thinking and optimization approaches were used to identify the value of Air Vehicles technology, to provide insights to Air Vehicles' decision- makers, to determine where value gaps might exist with the scored alternatives, and to determine how sensitive the model was to changes. As a demonstration of the approach, seven technologies were scored, representing all three of the Air Vehicles' Integrated Concepts. In the process, the support to the warfighter due to technological change was quantified and analyzed.
Science and technology the making of the Air Force Research Laboratory
Title | Science and technology the making of the Air Force Research Laboratory PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Pages | 307 |
Release | 2000 |
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ISBN | 1428990712 |
This history documents a watershed event within the United States Air Force -- the creation of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). As the "high technology" service, the Air Force has always searched for ways to continuously improve its science and technology enterprise. In that context, the making of AFRL was not a bureaucratic accident. Rather, it was the product of a complex mixture of historical forces and pressures at work that convinced people at all levels that the time was ripe to bring about fundamental reform in how the Air Force conducts its business of science and technology. In terms of significance, a wealth of past studies has focused on almost every aspect of the "operational" side of the Air Force. But there has been a scarcity of available scholarly studies that address the far-reaching implications of science and technology. This book is a major contribution that helps fill that gap. Organization and infrastructure are critically important components of the total science and technology picture. Thus, the manner in which its laboratory system is organized is a critical factor in the Air Force's ability to assure that it is investing in and delivering the most relevant technologies possible. This book documents how the Air Force moved from 13 separate labs to one consolidated lab. The narrative is divided into two parts. Part one addresses the reasons why the Air Force decided to consolidate its far-flung science and technology enterprise into one lab. How the new lab was implemented is the focus of part two. This study is especially revealing because the reader is given access to the inner workings and struggles of a major Air Force organizational restructuring through interviews with key individuals who participated directly in the decision-making process to establish a single lab. A chronology of the lab's creation is included. (19 tables, 22 figures, 19 photographs).
List of Classes of United States Government Publications Available for Selection by Depository Libraries
Title | List of Classes of United States Government Publications Available for Selection by Depository Libraries PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Pages | 256 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Government publications |
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Field Hearing on Air Force Science and Technology Programs
Title | Field Hearing on Air Force Science and Technology Programs PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee |
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Pages | 96 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Aeronautics, Military |
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History of the Air Force Materials Laboratory
Title | History of the Air Force Materials Laboratory PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 140 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Materials |
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AFRL Technology Milestones 2007
Title | AFRL Technology Milestones 2007 PDF eBook |
Author | Air Force Research Laboratory (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio) |
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Release | 2008 |
Genre | Aeronautics |
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