Tiger—a Study in International Collaborative Helicopter Engineering
1995; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 209; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1243/pime_proc_1995_209_266_02
ISSN2041-3025
Autores Tópico(s)Defense, Military, and Policy Studies
ResumoA number of European procurement programmes of defence equipment are undertaken as international collaborative ventures. It might be imagined that the inherent management complexities of such undertakings would create overpowering temptation to settle for technically unimaginative solutions, but nothing could be further from the truth. The Eurocopter Tiger helicopter, which is under development for the French and German governments, and is also being offered to the British Ministry of Defence, is a good example of a ‘high tech’ programme. The author reviews the management arrangements and provides a few examples of the advanced engineering that have been incorporated in this new helicopter.
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