The Ultra Reliable Aircraft

Abstract

Rather than a flying aircraft, the Ultra Reliable Aircraft (URA) is a research project which aims to enable substantial increases in aircraft operational availability and reliability. Customers, both civil and military, now expect reduced costs with improved satisfaction and UK industry must take action to meet these new challenges. In response, the Society of British Aerospace Companies (SBAC) through their Foresight Action programme, initiated the Ultra Reliable A aircraft programme. This is programme has, as its ultimate objective, the elimination of all unscheduled aircraft maintenance. However, at the current rate of design and development effort, and in terms of reliability, attempts to dramatically increase the in- service reliability of systems and equipment are providing diminishing returns. Even when new technology and increased complexity are taken into account, what is needed is a step change in reliability performance to break the trend and realize the levels of reliability required to respond to the new challenges.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADP010430

Entities

People

  • Ted Bottomley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Attrition
  • Best Practices
  • Databases
  • Engineering
  • Failure Analysis
  • Intellectual Property
  • Lessons Learned
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Military Aircraft
  • Pilot Studies
  • Reliability
  • Reliability Engineering
  • Supply Chain
  • Technology Assessment

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space