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RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 74 pages. Original publisher: Washington, DC : Office of Technology Assessment, Congress of the U. S. : For sale by the U. S. G. P. O. , Supt. of Docs. , 1995. LC Number: U393 . A88 1995 OCLC Number: (OCoLC)33382853 Subject: Civil-military relations -- United States -- Case studies. Excerpt: . . . Case Study 1: Flat Panel Displays: Assessing the Potential for Civil-Military Integration are finding their way into increas-lat Panel Displays ( FPDs ) ing varieties of products, from laptop computers to indi-vidual airline movie displays. In some products, they are replacing bulky cathode ray tubes ( CRTs ); in others, they are making a new product possible. They are used in a wide vari-ety of U. S. weapons systems. A recent Department of Defense ( DOD ) report noted that: Demand for FPDs throughout the world will grow explosively for the foreseeable future. The lowest credible estimate projects a twofold growth in the 6. 5 billion 1993 FPD market by the turn of 1 the century. More optimistic estimates are forecasting growth of three to six times the 1993 market by the year 2000, reaching 20 billion to 40 billion. The DOD report noted that demand is overwhelmingly driven by commercial products, but that FPDs are becoming increasing-ly important for meeting military requirements. The United States FPD industry is small and largely research oriented. The U. S. currently relies on foreign suppliers ( principally the Japa-nese ) for most of its commercial and defense needs. DOD has stated that it: . . . cannot currently rely on the overseas supply base to furnish customized or specialized products or capabilities that will be re-quired to support future DOD needs, or to provide leading edge 2 technology to DOD before it is in widespread commercial use. 1 Flat Panel Display Task Force, Building U. S. Capabilities in Flat Panel Displays ( Washington, DC: U. S. Department of Defense, October 1994 ), pp. I-2 to I-3. 9 2 Ibid, p. I-6. This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<