Shipbuilding technology and education / Committee on National Needs in Maritime Technology, Marine Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.

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National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Needs in Maritime Technology

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TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1996.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 148 pages) : illustrations, map, chartsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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0585023964
9780585023960

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Shipbuilding technology and education.DDC classification:

623.8/2 20

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VM299.6 .N38 1996eb

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State of technology application in U.S. shipbuilding -- Programs to increase the technological competitiveness of U.S. shipyards -- National needs for education infrastructure in maritime technology -- Conclusions and recommendations.

Summary: The U.S. shipbuilding industry now confronts grave challenges in providing essential support of national objectives. With recent emphasis on renewal of the U.S. naval fleet, followed by the defense builddown, U.S. shipbuilders have fallen far behind in commercial ship construction, and face powerful new competition from abroad. This book examines ways to reestablish the U.S. industry, to provide a technology base and R & D infrastructure sustaining both commercial and military goals. Comparing U.S. and foreign shipbuilders in four technological areas, the authors find that U.S. builders lag most severely in business process technologies, and in technologies of new products and materials. New advances in system technologies, such as simulation, are also needed, as are continuing developments in shipyard production technologies. The report identifies roles that various government agencies, academia, and, especially, industry itself must play for the U.S. shipbuilding industry to attempt a turnaround.

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The U.S. shipbuilding industry now confronts grave challenges in providing essential support of national objectives. With recent emphasis on renewal of the U.S. naval fleet, followed by the defense builddown, U.S. shipbuilders have fallen far behind in commercial ship construction, and face powerful new competition from abroad. This book examines ways to reestablish the U.S. industry, to provide a technology base and R & D infrastructure sustaining both commercial and military goals. Comparing U.S. and foreign shipbuilders in four technological areas, the authors find that U.S. builders lag most severely in business process technologies, and in technologies of new products and materials. New advances in system technologies, such as simulation, are also needed, as are continuing developments in shipyard production technologies. The report identifies roles that various government agencies, academia, and, especially, industry itself must play for the U.S. shipbuilding industry to attempt a turnaround.

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