SZ/CSA/59/18 - The $7-billion contract that changed the rules. Part II. Fortune, 4/63

Reference code

SZ/CSA/59/18

Level of description

Item

Title

The $7-billion contract that changed the rules. Part II. Fortune, 4/63

Date/s

1963

Quantity & Format

7 leaves Press cuttings

Personal name

McNamara, Robert S.

Subject

Boeing Company
United States. Department of Defense
General Dynamics Corporation

Creator

Smith, Richard Austin.

Scope and content

Looks at the competition between aircraft builders and designers which spanned 10 months in an effort to land the contracts for the Tactical Fighter Experimental fighter plane. A series of Defense Department decisions which were taken during the period are examined.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/CSA - [Chief Scientific Adviser's papers]
  - SZ/CSA/59 - [CSA. F-111]
    - SZ/CSA/59/18 - The $7-billion contract that changed the rules. Part II. Fortune, 4/63

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