A Technique for Selecting Emerging Technologies for a Fleet of Commercial Aircraft to Maximize R&D Investment 2001-01-3018
A solid business case is highly dependent upon a strategic technology research and development plan in the early phases of product design. The embodiment of a strategic technology development plan is the identification and subsequent funding of high payoff technology programs that can maximize a company’s return on investment, which entails both performance and economic objectives. This paper describes a technique whereby the high payoff technologies may be identified across multiple platforms to quantitatively justify resource allocation decisions and investment opportunities. A proof of concept investigation was performed on a fleet of subsonic, commercial aircraft.
Citation: Kirby, M. and Mavris, D., "A Technique for Selecting Emerging Technologies for a Fleet of Commercial Aircraft to Maximize R&D Investment," SAE Technical Paper 2001-01-3018, 2001, https://doi.org/10.4271/2001-01-3018. Download Citation
Author(s):
Michelle R. Kirby, Dimitri N. Mavris
Affiliated:
Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory, Georgia Institute of Technology
Pages: 16
Event:
World Aviation Congress & Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE 2001 Transactions Journal of Aerospace-V110-1
Related Topics:
Commercial aircraft
Research and development
Fleets
Identification
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