02 - Systems Engineering and Integration
VALUE DRIVEN CO-ARCHTIECTING AND TRADESPACE EXPLORATION: AN AERONAUTICAL CASE STUDY INVOLVING INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS
G. Donelli¹, P. Pantelas¹, H. Niemann², C. Özkan², C. Christen ², L. Boggero¹, B. Nagel¹; ¹DLR, Germany ;²Airbus Operation, Germany
To satisfy the demand of innovative, sustainable and circular aircraft configurations, nowadays it is essential to investigate the entire aircraft life-cycle from design to production, to the disposal after the end of the system operation. Within the German-funded Project Dimension, a value-driven co-architecting methodology is exploited and applied to an aeronautical system component, that is the cargo door latching system. The aim is to show the advantages of including industrial systems (mainly manufacturing and supply chain) decisions in the early design phase. A value-driven tradespace is generated: each (co)architecture refers at the same time to a system configuration, materials and processes choice and supply chain combination. The exploration of this value-driven co-architecting tradespace allows to identify the most performant, competitive and sustainable solution by considering multiple stakeholders’ perspectives and expectations. This gives aeronautical companies the possibility to make robust and strategic decisions and define cutting edge solutions to remain competitive in the nowadays global aviation market.
DOI: 10.71945/icas2026_0336