Aircraft performance improvements, for combat or any other operational role, are becoming increasingly difficult to achieve. The dramatic year-by-year advances of the forties and fifties are long gone. Aerodynamicists have a much better understanding of the physical properties of the atmosphere and the shapes which can best be propelled through it. The relationships between the energy in fuel, and the conversion process into thrust are well developed. Structural engineers understand the mechanical properties of materials needed to build engines and airframes. All these factors have been exploited, and further improvements do not come cheaply. Only in the area of avionics can it be said that large benefits in the weight/cost/performance trade-off can be expected. The use of mathematical models, current simulation capabilities, tradeoff studies, and operational tactics are discussed.
Assessment and Evaluation of Combat Performance Improvements
1986
8 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Aircraft , Test Facilities & Equipment , Aircraft configurations , Aircraft performance , Avionics , Computerized simulation , Fighter aircraft , Improvement , Technology assessment , Aircraft control , Aircraft design , Aircraft pilots , Mathematical models , Military operations , Tactics , Tradeoffs , Foreign technology
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