Date of Award

12-1990

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

First Advisor

Craig M. Brandt, PhD

Abstract

Difficulties faced by cooperative acquisition programs are identified as the inability to agree on common requirements and the existence of economic or political interests of the partner nations which conflict with or impinge on the program. These are the causes of failure of many of the past cooperative projects undertaken by NATO countries for the purpose of standardization. The study investigated the European Fighter Aircraft (EFA) program in order to find if the same holds true for the EFA and the impact that those difficulties had in the program. The EFA has been subject to the same problems. All the nations involved have defended their internal economic interests within the program. On the other hand, their collective economic interests have had the effect of keeping the program alive despite the difficulties. Irrespective of standardization purposes, the EFA appears as both a military and industrial necessity to push the aerospace industries of the partner nations to a competitive level in the world marketplace.

AFIT Designator

AFIT-GSM-LSM-90D-25

DTIC Accession Number

ADA230867

Comments

Presented to the Faculty of the School of Systems and Logistics of the Air Force Institute of Technology, Air University, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science.

The author's Vita page is omitted.

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