Foreign Availability of Technology: Definition and Structuring of Data Base. Volume II: Appendices, Part A and Part B

摘要

The study sets out to identify the information needs of potential users (in both the Executive and Legislative branches of the government) for data on the foreign availability of products or technologies. It concludes that some half dozen general data categories can be defined that cover user needs. The report then proposes a decision-tree approach that permits the available data to be systematically utilized to the desired degree of specificity to access the availability of equivalent technologies overseas. Sources of the necessary data are identified and appraised. Data availability is explored systematically in four technical areas: chemicals and materials, transportation, telecommunications, and avionics, navigation and related naval equipment. Volume 2 is a collection of the appended information that was referenced in Volume 1 and contains the detailed foreign availability assessments.