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Air Transportation Systems Architecting

3-2-7 units · Graduate

Addresses the architecting of air transportation systems. Focuses on the conceptual phase of product definition including technical, economic, market, environmental, regulatory, legal, manufacturing, and societal factors. Centers on a realistic system case study and includes a number of lectures from industry and government. Past examples include the Very Large Transport Aircraft, a Supersonic Business Jet and a Next Generation Cargo System. Identifies the critical system level issues and analyzes them in depth via student team projects and individual assignments. Overall goal is to produce a business plan and a system specifications document that can be used to assess candidate systems.

Spring 2004

Topics

  • Course Introduction
  • Unstructured Work Time for Team Projects
  • NASA / Boeing / UCLA Autonomous Formation Flight Program Overview and Findings
  • Technical Considerations for Autonomous Formation Flying Systems
  • MATECON - Method for Rapid Architecture Selection and Conceptual Design
  • Systems Study of Global Range Airpower
  • Economics of Commercial Cargo Operations
  • Individual Presentations on Subject Domain Areas
  • Military and Commercial Cargo Mission Needs
  • Market for Cargo Operations
  • Architecting and Designing Air Transportation Systems
  • System Level Design Issues
  • Airplane Design Issues
  • Human Factors for Formation Flying
  • System Concept Review Oral Presentations
  • Autonomous Control
  • Avionics
  • Guidance, Navigation and Control
  • Managing Risk
  • Certification Issues
  • Air Traffic Control
  • Preliminary System Design Review Oral Presentation
  • System Software and Safety
  • Closing the Business Case
  • System Realization Issues
  • Final Oral Presentation
  • Final Report Due
  • End of Course Interviews

Prerequisites & course information

Prereq: Permission of instructor G (Fall) 3-2-7 units

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