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Drawing on primary and secondary sources on the aircraft industry, this report provides a brief survey of industry structure, innovation, and competition in the U.S. fixed-wing combat aircraft industry from its earliest days to the present. It supports a much larger research effort examining the future of the structure, innovation, and competition of the U.S. military aircraft industrial base that responds to congressional concerns about that future.

Aircraft industry--United States--History. --- Aircraft industry--United States--Military aspects--History. --- Fighter planes--United States--History. --- Aircraft industry --- Fighter planes --- Industries --- Business & Economics --- History --- Military aspects --- History. --- Fighter-bombers --- Fighters (Airplanes) --- Pursuit planes --- Airplane industry --- Aviation industry --- Airplanes, Military --- Aerospace industries --- Airplanes