R&D in Aviation

             The Transition from Research and Development to Operations
             The transition from Research and Development (R&D) to Operations faces many issues and problems that companies have to solve. At a glance, one might think that it would be simple, just transfer the innovation that R&D created to the operations department for marketing. In reality, this rarely happens and I will point out many barriers that come up when the innovation is ready to be transferred. An example I will point out is the F-22 raptor, once created, then getting the U.S. Military to purchase it from the competition. I will point out the technical barriers first that arise from the R&D department.
             First technical know-how cannot be transferred purely on paper. It is virtually impossible to completely document exhaustive detailed unambiguous and error-free specifications for a project. Much of the experience and insight built up by solving the problems and overcoming the "bugs" endemic to successful project progression can never be meaningful documented on paper. So people must transfer technology, because scaling up products to the prototype level, within cost limits, almost inevitably involves technical design and performance changes to the original inventive concept. Another
             barrier is created from this technology transfer from people, an attitudinal difference. (Martin, 272)
             The attitudinal difference between R&D staff and operations managers towards workability. From the R&D staff, the inventions work if it can be produced on a laboratory scale of manufacture. To the operations managers, the invention only works when it can be manufactured at the required full-scale output and cost level and is sufficiently robust to operate continuously in its perhaps rugged en-use market. In other words, scientists don't have to worry about marketing a product. Their job is to create an innovation that could benefit someone or something, which may happen or not...

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