Westland and the British Helicopter Industry, 1945-1960 : Licensed Production versus Indigenous Innovation

by Matthew R.H. Uttley

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Format Hardback or Cased Book

Book Series Studies in Air Power

ISBN-10 071465194X

ISBN-13 9780714651941

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 30th, 2001

Print length 256 Pages

Weight 521 grams

Product Classification: History: specific events & topics

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This study explains how Westland dominated British helicopter production and why government funding and support failed to generate competitive "all-British" alternatives.

This study explains how Westland dominated British helicopter production and why government funding and support failed to generate competitive "all-British" alternatives. In doing so, the book evaluates broader historiographic assumptions about the purported "failure" of british aircraft procurement during the early post-war period and considers the scope and limitations of licensed production as a government-mandated procurement strategy.

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