Westland and the British Helicopter Industry, 1945-1960
Licensed Production versus Indigenous Innovation| By: | Matthew R.H. Uttley |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781138987036 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781135282455 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2002 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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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. 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.