A collection of perspectives provided by a mix of academics, industrialist and government officials on the challenges facing the European aerospace industry. The book focuses on two interrelated challenges. The consolidated American aerospace industry, which has undergone $100 billion worth of merger activity. The second is the task of rationalism and consolidation required in the European industry in itself. Through a mix of analytical perspectives and project orientated assessments, the book provides a guide to the major strategic agenda for the European industry and the technical, political and economic agenda for aerospace in the next decade and beyond.
Contents: Strategic Issues: The world aerospace industry: from internationalisation to globalization, Keith Hayward; Widening the scope of aerospace collaboration: consolidation and cooperation, Carmelo Cosentino; Europe vs. America: strategic trade in civil aeronautics; The US drive for aeronautical supremacy, David W. Thornton; Civil/Defence linkage in aerospace: the political significance of a strategic industry. The European Challenge: The European response to globalization, Adolf Revuelta; The role of the EU as a catalyser for the integration of the aerospace industry in Europe, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow; Consolidation in European aerospace: a UK perspective, Robert Whitfield; The European response to the challenge of American aerospace consolidation in civil aeronautics, Michel Bieler; Meeting the challenge: the emergence of airbus as a single company, Peter Bruce; Integration and consolidation in European military and civil aerospace: an urgent task, Horst Prem. Project Case Studies: Can FLA bring about a new approach to defence procurement in Europe, Iain G. Gray; Eurofighter: the new challenge of collaboration in military aerospace, Air Vice-Marshall Peter Norriss. Technology Development Issues: The strategic significance of R&T strategy; Beyond technology foresight: European aerospace research and technology in the 21st century; Propulsion research and technology: the power to compete, Mike J. Goulette and Group Captain J.K. Newton; A new perspective on aeronautics R&T for Europe, Dieter Schmitt; Technology diffusion and globalization in civil aeronautics, Steven McGuire.
Philip K. Lawrence, Director, Aerospace Research Group, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. Derek L. Braddon, Associate Director, Aerospace Research Group, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. Contributors: Keith Hayward, Carmelo Cosentino, David W. Thornton, Adolf Revuelta, Robert Whitfield, Helmut Schmitt von Sydow, Michel Bieler, Peter Bruce, Horst Prem, Iain G. Gray, Mike J. Goulette, Air Vice-Marshall Peter Norriss, Dieter Schmitt, Group Captain J.K. Newton, Steven McGuire.