U.S. reliance on foreign sources in missile special test equipment manufacturing
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Authors
Devlin, William J.
Subjects
Special Test Equipment
Foreign Sourcing
Foreign Sourcing
Advisors
McCaffrey, Martin J.
Date of Issue
1990-12
Date
1990-12
Publisher
Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
Many question the health and competitiveness of U.S. industry. In today's global markets we have seen U.S. dominance erode in several large industries. These industries include consumer electronics, automobiles and machine tools. When analyzing the nation's industrial base, one area of concern beyond final goods is the utilization of foreign sourced materials in domestic products. It was suggested that as much as 30 percent of the components in U.S. test equipment might be foreign sourced. The purpose of this study was to test that hypothesis, narrowing the scope to the manufacturing of production special test equipment (STE). As used here, production STE is that test equipment designed for and typically unique to a given production effort. A case study was done with the production STE of the HARM missile. This case study, coupled with the expert opinion of industry representatives, suggests only marginal dependence on foreign sourced materials in production STE.
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Thesis
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Department
Administrative Sciences
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Format
vii, 77 p.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.