Title: Developing light combat aircraft: foresight as the guiding principle

Authors: Kota Harinarayana

Addresses: Aeronautical Development Agency, Vikrampuri PO, Bangalore – 560 017, India

Abstract: The Light Combat Aircraft is the smallest, most lightweight multi-role fighter of its class in the world. It uses state-of-the-art technologies. The aircraft development involved a disciplined and structured approach using the virtual organisation concept. An integrated team consisting of members from industry R&D institutions, customers and academia worked towards the realisation of the aircraft. Foresight helped in conceiving the challenging task, identifying a young team and providing a flexible organisational set-up. The cycle time for development was reduced using a distributed knowledge creation mode intermediated by organisational trust.

Keywords: foresight; light combat aircraft; virtual organisation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJFIP.2004.004967

International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy, 2004 Vol.1 No.3/4, pp.325 - 341

Published online: 04 Aug 2004 *

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