Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Marine Board: Shipbuilding Technology and Education

Shipbuilding Technology and Education


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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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Author: Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Marine Board
Number of Pages: 160 pages
Published Date: 01 Mar 1996
Publisher: National Academies Press
Publication Country: Washington, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9780309053822
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