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Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428990272
Author : Stephen B. Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015055088895
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:74283350
This monograph shows how the application of systems management by the U.S. Air Force to its ballistic missiles and computer programs not only produced critical new weapons, but also benefited U.S. industry. Systems management harmonized the disparate goals of four interest groups. For the military it brought rapid technological progress; for scientists, new products; for engineers, dependability; and for managers, predictable cost. The process evolved, beginning shortly after the end of World War II, when Gen. Henry H. "Hap" Arnold directed that the Army Air Forces continue its wartime collaboration with the scientific community. This started as a voluntary association, with the establishment of the Scientific Advisory Board and Project RAND. In the early 1950s, the Air Force reorganized its research and development function with the creation of Air Research and Development Command (ARDC) and the Air Staff's office of deputy chief of staff for development (DCS/D), which were both aimed at controlling the scientists. The systems management approach evolved out of a jurisdictional conflict between ARDC and its rival, Air Materiel Command (AMC). The latter controlled R & D finances and was determined not to relinquish its prerogatives. But Gen. Bernard A. Schriever's Western Development Division (WDD), located at Inglewood, California, made its case, based upon the Soviet Union's nuclear threat, to engage in the race to develop long-range ballistic missiles. Ultimately, Schriever's new project management and weapons systems procedures produced a family of missile and space vehicles. Closely related to the missiles program was the air defense effort, centered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston. Dr. Jay Forrester's Project Whirlwind evolved into large-scale, real-time computers. When Schriever assumed command of ARDC, he transplanted his successful Inglewood model to all major weapons systems acquisition. An extensive bibliography is included.7.
Author : Office of Air Force History,U.s. Air Force
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1508712794
Professor Stephen B. Johnson demonstrates in fine detail how the application of systems management by the United States Air Force to its ballistic missiles and computer programs not only produced critical new weapons, but also benefited American industry. Systems management harmonized the disparate goals of four interest groups. For the military it brought rapid technological progress; for scientists, new products; for engineers, dependability; and for managers, predictable cost. The process evolved, beginning shortly after the end of World War II, when Gen. Henry H. "Hap" Arnold directed that the Army Air Forces (later the U.S. Air Force) continue its wartime collaboration with the scientific community. This started as a voluntary association, with the establishment of the Scientific Advisory Board and Project RAND. In the early 1950s, the Air Force reorganized its research and development (R&D) function with the creation of Air Research and Development Command (ARDC) and the Air Staff's office of deputy chief of staff for development (DCS/D), which were both aimed at controlling the scientists. The systems management approach evolved out of a jurisdictional conflict between ARDC and its rival, Air Materiel Command (AMC). The latter controlled R&D finances and was determined not to relinquish its prerogatives. Of course, ARDC argued that this was a case of having responsibility without the requisite authority. At first represented by Gen. Bernard A. Schriever's ballistic missiles program, ARDC bypassed traditional organizational structures. Schriever's Western Development Division (WDD), located at Inglewood, California, made its case, based upon the Soviet Union's nuclear threat, to engage in the race to develop longrange ballistic missiles. Ultimately, Schriever's new project management and weapons systems procedures-concurrency-produced a family of missile and space vehicles. However, in bypassing administrative red tape, this development also eliminated some necessary checks and balances that led to a series of flight test failures and cost overruns. Closely related to the missiles program was the air defense effort, centered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston. Dr. Jay Forrester's Project Whirlwind evolved into large-scale, real-time computers. Again, as with the missiles program, once the Cold War waned, the government's emphasis shifted to cost control. When Schriever assumed command of ARDC, he transplanted his successful Inglewood model to all major weapons systems acquisition. Ironically, in the early 1960s, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara appropriated Schriever's procedures, using them to wield ever greater centralized control. Dr. Johnson shows that Air Force procedures were not only highly successful in terms of meeting the challenges of the Cold War, but also that their adoption by American industry propelled the nation to international prominence in aerospace and computing. Finally, he argues that while aerospace had experienced somewhat more difficulty adapting to consumer products than did the computer industry, the full implications of systems management were yet to be seen by the end of the Cold War.
Author : Stephen B. Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0756739969
In this history issued by the U.S. Air Force, Prof. Stephen B. Johnson demonstrates in fine detail how the application of systems management by the Air Force to its ballistic missiles and computer programs not only produced critical new weapons, but also benefited American industry. For the military, it brought rapid technological progress; for scientists, new products; for engineers, dependability; and for managers, predictable costs. Closely related to the missiles program was the air defense effort, centered at the Mass. Institute of Tech. (MIT) in Boston. This volume also includes a Glossary of Acronyms; Glossary of Terms; Notes on Sources; Archives Listing; Bibliography; and B&W photos.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UCSD:31822030252043
Author : Elliott Vanveltner Converse
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 792 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Cold War
ISBN : IND:30000143029076
Book Description: The first publication in a multivolume series on the history of the acquisition of major weapon systems by the Department of Defense, author Elliott Converse presents a meticulously researched overview of changes in acquisition policies, organizations, and processes within the United States military establishment during the decade and a half following World War II. Many of the changes that shaped the nature and course of weapons research and development, production, and contracting through the end of the century were instituted between 1945 and 1960; many of the problems that have repeatedly challenged defense policymakers and acquisition professionals also first surfaced during these years. This study is the first to combine the histories of the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and the military services into one account. The volume is organized chronologically, with individual chapters addressing the roles of OSD, the Army, Navy and Air Force in two distinct periods.
Author : Thomas C. Lassman
Publisher : Department of the Army
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2008-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030036359836
A broad historical overview of changing institutional patterns of technological innovation with the Defense Department's major weapons laboratories.
Author : Thomas C. Lassman
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781437914979
Contents: (1) Intro.: The Sources of Weapon Systems Innovation; (2) R&D in the Army: Changing Institutional Patterns of Army R& D after World War II; The Content of R&D in the Arsenal System; The Decline of the Arsenal System; (3) R&D in the Navy: Bureau of Ordnance; Bureau of Aeronautics; Bureau of Ships; From Bureaus and Laboratories to System Commands and Research Centers; (4) R&D in the Air Force: From Army Air Corps to U.S. Air Force, 1907-1950; Growth and Diversification: The Air Research and Development Command, 1950-1961; Reintegration: R&D in the Air Force Systems Command, 1961-1991; Coming Full Circle: Patterns of Organizational Change in Air Force R&D Since 1945; (5) Review and Retrospect. Biblio.
Author : Mark R. Wilson
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780812248333
During World War II, the United States helped vanquish the Axis powers by converting its enormous economic capacities into military might. Producing nearly two-thirds of all the munitions used by Allied forces, American industry became what President Franklin D. Roosevelt called "the arsenal of democracy." Crucial in this effort were business leaders. Some of these captains of industry went to Washington to coordinate the mobilization, while others led their companies to churn out weapons. In this way, the private sector won the war—or so the story goes. Based on new research in business and military archives, Destructive Creation shows that the enormous mobilization effort relied not only on the capacities of private companies but also on massive public investment and robust government regulation. This public-private partnership involved plenty of government-business cooperation, but it also generated antagonism in the American business community that had lasting repercussions for American politics. Many business leaders, still engaged in political battles against the New Deal, regarded the wartime government as an overreaching regulator and a threatening rival. In response, they mounted an aggressive campaign that touted the achievements of for-profit firms while dismissing the value of public-sector contributions. This probusiness story about mobilization was a political success, not just during the war, but afterward, as it shaped reconversion policy and the transformation of the American military-industrial complex. Offering a groundbreaking account of the inner workings of the "arsenal of democracy," Destructive Creation also suggests how the struggle to define its heroes and villains has continued to shape economic and political development to the present day.
Author : John Andreas Olsen
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781597975551
Presents a regional, national, and global overview of air power; Written by a cadre of military specialists who offer global perspectives; Assesses its cultural as well as military influences
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2002-07
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : IOWA:31858041853601
Author : Andrew Davies,Sylvain Lenfle,Christoph H. Loch,Christophe Midler
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781789901801
Identifying the origins and evolution of innovation and project management, this unique Handbook explains why and how the two fields have grown and developed as separate disciplines, highlighting how and why they are now converging. It explores the theoretical and practical connections between the management of innovations and projects, examining the close relationship between the disciplines.
Author : Stephen B. Johnson
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006-10-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0801885426
Winner of the Emme Award for Astronautical Literature from the American Astronautical Society How does one go about organizing something as complicated as a strategic-missile or space-exploration program? Stephen B. Johnson here explores the answer—systems management—in a groundbreaking study that involves Air Force planners, scientists, technical specialists, and, eventually, bureaucrats. Taking a comparative approach, Johnson focuses on the theory, or intellectual history, of "systems engineering" as such, its origins in the Air Force's Cold War ICBM efforts, and its migration to not only NASA but the European Space Agency. Exploring the history and politics of aerospace development and weapons procurement, Johnson examines how scientists and engineers created the systems management process to coordinate large-scale technology development, and how managers and military officers gained control of that process. "Those funding the race demanded results," Johnson explains. "In response, development organizations created what few expected and what even fewer wanted—a bureaucracy for innovation. To begin to understand this apparent contradiction in terms, we must first understand the exacting nature of space technologies and the concerns of those who create them."
Author : Steven J. Dick
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0160877539
