<p>This case study outlines the development of the Lightweight Fighter program, including the development, technology, and flight test history of the YF-16 and YF-17. The streamlined and highly successful Lightweight Fighter program effectively used "experimental prototypes" to introduce a set of new and advanced technologies to fighter aircraft, and serves as an excellent example of technology management, risk reduction in the development process, and acquisition philosophy.</p>

The Lightweight Fighter Program: A Successful Approach to Fighter Technology Transition (Case Studies)

Engineering & Transportation

D. Aronstein

A. Piccirillo

Transportation

AIAA

<p>The authors have been intimately involved in the acquisition and development of the advanced tactical fighter (ATF) programme from its inception through today. This book traces the history of the ATF programme and the evolution of the ATF requirements from the beginning of the programme through the start of the engineering and manufacturing development.</p>

Advanced Tactical Fighter to F-22 Raptor: Origins of the 21st Century Air Dominance Fighter (Library of Flight) (AIAA Education)

M. Hirschberg

AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast.

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