Technical Paper
A Systems Engineering Approach for Development of Aerospace Production Systems
2013-09-17
2013-01-2162
An aerospace production system is one of the world's most complicated systems. It consists of highly specialized manufacturing and assembly processes coupled in complex global supply chains. The production system has to comply with rigorous certification and other regulatory requirements and is subjected to increasing commercial pressure. Commercial Air Transport may have become a commodity but commercial aircraft production systems are certainly not in that position yet due to the continuous increasing operational demands. A substantial amount of work is still required to continually improve the performance of aircraft and spacecraft, but also of the aerospace production system used to produce them, now and in the future. A comprehensive Systems Engineering approach towards the development and optimization of aerospace production systems is therefore essential.
