Technology Trends for Future Business Jet Airframe

Abstract

Today's aerospace market is extremely tough the constant quest for reduced production cost in existing airframes may provide an opportunity for introducing new technologies through re-engineering of structural component. This paper highlights the approach used at Dassault Aviation for the Falcon business jet family. Within the "technologies patchwork", choices and solutions are reviewed and discussed using examples.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADP010410

Entities

People

  • A. Rouquet
  • D. Chaumette

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Aluminum
  • Casting (Fabrication)
  • Castings
  • Composite Materials
  • Engineering
  • Epoxy Composites
  • Honeycomb Cores
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Materials Engineering
  • Moldings
  • Production
  • Resin Transfer Molding
  • Sheet Metal
  • Structural Components

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Economics

Technology Areas

  • Space