Issues affecting early affordable access to leading electronics technologies by the US military and government

Circuit World

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 7-15

  Pecht, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY; RELIABILITY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SPECIFICATIONS; STANDARDIZATION;

MICROCIRCUITS; MILITARY ELECTRONICS SYSTEM; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURE; SOURCE CONTROL DRAWINGS;

ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING;

EID: 0029776642     PISSN: 03056120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03056129610799967     Document Type: Article

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