...J. Carney; T Conroy; T Hite; R Knowles; J Mays; R Nix The National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) Advanced Shipbuilding Enterprise (ASE) began formally in 1998, with a mission to manage and focus national shipbuilding research and development funding on technologies that will reduce the cost...

... production system according to modern Japanese practice. The goal was to become competitive with the world's best. The know-how was acquired via cooperative agreements with leading Japanese shipbuilders as well as through the use of American consultants and National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP...

...Robert Schaffran The National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) was formed in 1971 under the U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) as a collaboration with the shipbuilding industry to improve the productivity and international competitiveness of U.S. shipyards. Since 1982, the U.S. Navy has been...

...V. W. Rinehart This paper traces the development of the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) from its beginning in the early 1970's to the present time. The goals sought, the approach used, and the organization established to achieve the goals are described. An overview of technical...

...W. L. Christensen This paper reviews the benefits of the National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) to the shipbuilding industry, and more specifically, its benefits to the Navy and the shipbuilding and ship repair mobilization base. The paper also identifies significant additional benefits...

... Christensen national shipbuilding research program ship production shipbuilding shipbuilder nsrp shipbuilding industry Journal of Ship Production, Vol. 2, No. 4, Nov. 1986, pp. 217-224 Discussion to Rinehart, Brasher, and Christensen: "Benefits of the National Shipbuilding Research Program...

... of ships. Runs of such interim products, not ships, is the key! Research managed and cost-shared by the Los Angeles Division of Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp. for the Maritime Administration created National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) has motivated the current revolution in U.S. shipbuilding...