The effect of aircraft performance, quantity, and schedule on aircraft cost has been analyzed in order to create a method for making informed decisions about aircraft optimization. Operations analysis and parametric costing were used to compare the operational value of increased aircraft performance to the cost of increasing aircraft performance. In addition to the direct cost of performance, this analysis includes the hidden costs to the manufacturer and user resulting from a reduction in aircraft quantities delivered due to incremental increases in their unit cost. It is shown that accelerating product development in order to deliver an 80% solution provides the best value to the user and the greatest return to the manufacturer. It is also shown how this analysis can be used to develop a proposal strategy based on a price to win.


    Access

    Check access

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Design of Aircraft for Best Value


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Journal of Aircraft ; 58 , 4 ; 793-802


    Publication date :

    2021-07-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper , Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




    Aircraft Design for Best Value

    Bevilaqua, Paul M. | AIAA | 2016


    Aircraft Design for Best Value (AIAA 2016-1999)

    Bevilaqua, Paul M. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2016


    World's best aircraft

    Masefield, P.G. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1944


    Value Driven Design Optimization of Aircraft Structures

    Castagne, Sylvie / Curran, Richard / Price, Mark et al. | AIAA | 2006


    Value-based multidisciplinary optimization for commercial aircraft design

    Peoples, Ryan / Willcox, Karen | Tema Archive | 2004