Aircraft Production and Development Schedules

Abstract

A model of aircraft life cycle cost is developed. This cost is estimated to be a function of the production schedule. The effect modeled is the cost variation as a function of increasing aircraft reliability achieved after the completion of a number of operating hours. An optimization problem is outlined that yields the best production schedule. A search algorithm for this difficult integer nonlinear programming problem is used to find the optimum schedule. Present practices with advanced jet aircraft are found to be suboptimal in several respects. Recommendations include a linear production buildup that continues much longer than at present and extension of the development phase of an aircraft program well beyond the current termination time.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 15, 1982
Accession Number
ADA118047

Entities

People

  • Robert A. Harrison

Organizations

  • George Washington University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Algorithms
  • Attrition
  • Engineering
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Logistics
  • Manufacturing
  • National Security
  • Production
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Reliability
  • Security

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