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The $5 billion misunderstanding : the collapse of the Navy's A-12 stealth bomber program / James P. Stevenson.

Title
The $5 billion misunderstanding : the collapse of the Navy's A-12 stealth bomber program / James P. Stevenson.
Author
Stevenson, James Perry.
Publication
Annapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press, c2001.

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Description
483 p.; 24 cm.
Summary
GIFT APLS 07-23-2003 $24.95.
Alternative Title
Five billion dollar misunderstanding
Subject
  • United States. Navy > Aviation
  • United States. Navy > Appropriations and expenditures
  • United States. Navy > Procurement
  • Attack planes > History. > United States
  • Jet bombers > History. > United States
  • Stealth aircraft > History. > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [437]-462) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
A point of reference -- The conception of stealth -- A-12 gestation and the decline of the scientific method -- Born in felonious conduct -- Risk reduction : the demonstration and validation phase -- The fraudulent competition for full-scale development -- The full-scale development phase -- The major aircraft review -- From "well handled" to the Beach report -- From the Beach report to contract termination -- Cancellation afterplay -- What, if anything, can be learned?
ISBN
1557507775 (alk.)
LCCN
^^^99056895^
OCLC
  • 42823715
  • SCSB-11513697
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library