Requirements, Design Features and Manufacturing Technicques Leading to Reduced Operational Cost for Advanced Military Airframe Structures

Abstract

Reliability has a key role to play in successful deployment of the Eurofighter/Typhoon, because its air force customers are relying on improved availability rates, and therefore buying fewer aircraft than would previously have been required. A set of M, R + T-requirements derived from previous inservice-aircraft-programmes has been established, amended by new technology potentials and airforce customers demands. Selected design criteria design features and manufacturing techniques supporting the goal of reduced operational cost are detailed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADP010425

Entities

People

  • E. Mennle
  • G. Blas
  • M. Voglsinger

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Composite Materials
  • Composite Structures
  • Damage Tolerance
  • Engineering
  • Fatigue Tests (Mechanics)
  • Fuel Tanks
  • Fuselages
  • Life Cycle Costs
  • Life Cycles
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • Military Aircraft
  • Reliability
  • Standards
  • Structural Components

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Industrial Economics
  • Software Engineering