Employment in high-tech defense industries in a post cold war era

Monthly Labor Review

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 57-63

  Hetrick, Ron L ^a  

^a BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

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References (33)

1. Richard W. Riche, Daniel E. Hecker, and John U. Burgan, "High technology today and tomorrow: a small slice of the employment pie," Monthly Labor Review, November 1983, pp. 50-58.
2. The aircraft and parts industry constitutes SIC 372, while guided missiles makes up SIC 376 in the Standard Industrial Classification system. See Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987 (Washington, DC, Office of Management and Budget, 1987).
3. Riche and others, "High technology," pp. 52-53.
4. High-tech occupations are defined as: engineers and related technicians, physical scientists and related technicians, computer scientists and related occupations, and mathematical scientists and related occupations. Data are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Occupational Employment Statistics.
5. Data exclude ordnance and accessories because of the unavailability of that data. Data are from the National Science Foundation/SRS, Survey of Industrial Research and Development, 1992.
6. Analysis done by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Projections.
7. Ann Markusen, Peter Hall, Scott Campbell, and Sabina Deitrick, The Rise of the Gun Belt (New York, NY, Oxford University Press, 1991), p. 30.
8. Christopher Maura, "What's behind the high cost of defense?" Scholastic Update, Feb. 23, 1987.
9. Data are from the U. S. Budget for 1996 (Washington, DC, Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget), table 9.1. Data are in constant fiscal year 1987 dollars.
10. Foreign Military Sales, Foreign Military Construction Sales and Military Assistance Facts (Washington, DC, Department of Defense, Security Assistance Agency, September, 1994).
11. See Randy E. Ilg, "The nature of employment growth," Monthly Labor Review, June 1996, pp. 29-36.
12. Although these three points were specifically mentioned in the Clinton Technology Report, Letter from the President (Washington, DC, Nov. 4, 1994), other evidence shows that these were military proposals made over several other presidential administrations, see "The Administration Agenda for Acquisition Reform," Volume 10 Number 39, and "DOD Must Re-engineer Its Procurement System," Volume 10, Number 24, Defense Issues, 1995.
13. Although these three points were specifically mentioned in the Clinton Technology Report, Letter from the President (Washington, DC, Nov. 4, 1994), other evidence shows that these were military proposals made over several other presidential administrations, see "The Administration Agenda for Acquisition Reform," Volume 10 Number 39, and "DOD Must Re-engineer Its Procurement System," Volume 10, Number 24, Defense Issues, 1995.
14. Although these three points were specifically mentioned in the Clinton Technology Report, Letter from the President (Washington, DC, Nov. 4, 1994), other evidence shows that these were military proposals made over several other presidential administrations, see "The Administration Agenda for Acquisition Reform," Volume 10 Number 39, and "DOD Must Re-engineer Its Procurement System," Volume 10, Number 24, Defense Issues, 1995.
15. Federal Document Clearing House Congressional Testimony, Federal Document Clearing House Inc., May 17, 1995.
16. Second to None: Preserving America's Military Advantage Through Dual-Use Technology (National Economic Council, National Security Council, Office of Science and Technology Policy, February 1995), p. 17 and Don Fuqua, "GPS: U.S. Technology Made Available for World Benefit," Aerospace Industries Association Newsletter, May 1995, p. 3.
17. Second to None: Preserving America's Military Advantage Through Dual-Use Technology (National Economic Council, National Security Council, Office of Science and Technology Policy, February 1995), p. 17 and Don Fuqua, "GPS: U.S. Technology Made Available for World Benefit," Aerospace Industries Association Newsletter, May 1995, p. 3.
18. See Federal Document Clearing House Testimony and "IPAC Eyes Low-Cost Chip Packaging Via ARPA Award," Semiconductor Industry and Business Survey, May 8, 1995. Also see, "Lockheed Martin hopes air bag technology will bomb," Orlando Business Journal, Apr. 7, 1995, p. 5.
19. See Federal Document Clearing House Testimony and "IPAC Eyes Low-Cost Chip Packaging Via ARPA Award," Semiconductor Industry and Business Survey, May 8, 1995. Also see, "Lockheed Martin hopes air bag technology will bomb," Orlando Business Journal, Apr. 7, 1995, p. 5.
20. See Federal Document Clearing House Testimony and "IPAC Eyes Low-Cost Chip Packaging Via ARPA Award," Semiconductor Industry and Business Survey, May 8, 1995. Also see, "Lockheed Martin hopes air bag technology will bomb," Orlando Business Journal, Apr. 7, 1995, p. 5.
21. P. Lessard, "Battered in House, TRP Endures Harsh Reception in Senate, Too," Federal Technology Report, July 6, 1995, p. 1.
22. Andrew Pollack, "In U.S. Technology, a Gap Between Arms and VCRS," The New York Times, Mar. 4, 1991, section A, p. 1. Also see, David F. Noble, "Command Performance: A Perspective on the Social and Economic Consequences of Military Enterprise", Military Enterprise and Technological Change, Perspectives on the Human Experience (MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1985), pp. 329-43.
23. Andrew Pollack, "In U.S. Technology, a Gap Between Arms and VCRS," The New York Times, Mar. 4, 1991, section A, p. 1. Also see, David F. Noble, "Command Performance: A Perspective on the Social and Economic Consequences of Military Enterprise", Military Enterprise and Technological Change, Perspectives on the Human Experience (MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1985), pp. 329-43.
24. William Scott, "Shrinking ICBM Fleet Gets Needed Upgrade, Aviation Week and Space Technology, July 10, 1995, pp. 58-60.
25. Most of this information comes from "The Administration Agenda for Acquisition Reform," a prepared statement by Colleen A. Preston, deputy undersecretary of defense for acquisition reform, to the Acquisition and Technology Subcommittee, Senate Armed Services Committee, Apr. 6, 1995.
26. Text of the Clinton Technology Report, p. 38.
27. Defense Department Briefing, Federal News Service, June 29, 1994.
28. See, The Administration Agenda for Acquisition Reform. There are several commonly proposed solutions to the regulation and commercial practice problem. First, the Defense Department needs to be able to buy goods (commonly available products such as light bulbs and stationery) from commercial, nondefense-specific suppliers. Second, the Defense Department needs to be able to make small purchases (those under $100,000) without going through endless forms and testing procedures. Finally, the Defense Department and its private sector counterparts need to reengineer the purchasing process, adopting commercial practices whenever appropriate.
29. The Urge to Purge: Standards Reform Approaches a Milestone, Defense Week, Oct. 30, 1995.
30. Anthony Velocci, Jr., "Boeing, LaborTalks Ripple Industry wide," Aviation Week and Space Technology, Aug. 14, 1995, pp. 20-21.
31. "News Breaks," Aviation Week and Space Technology, July 17, 1995, p. 21.
32. James C. Franklin, "Industry output and employment projections to 2005," Monthly Labor Review, November 1996, pp. 45-59.
33. Ibid.