Aviation Week and Space Technology [3]. A weekly publication from the United States that provides more in-depth analysis of aerospace developments and thoroughly covers the U.S. scenario as well as worldwide coverage.

Interavia [4]. A bimonthly publication that covers aerospace news, specializing in topics of interest in an essay format. The commercial airline business is well covered.

2.1.1 What Is to Be Learned?

This chapter covers the following topics:

Section 2.2: Chapter introduction

Section 2.3: Management concept of aircraft design process in the industry; describes project phases and systems approach to design, including management in phases, a typical work schedule, resource deployment, and the time frame involved

Section 2.4: Task breakdown in each phase and functional activities, highlighting the conceptual study phase

Section 2.5: Aircraft familiarization (civil and military); indispensable information about various aircraft components

Section 2.6: Market survey (civil and military); coursework begins with a mock market survey to generate customer specifications (i.e., requirements)

Section 2.7: Typical civil aircraft design specifications Section 2.8: Typical military aircraft design specifications Section 2.9: Comparison between civil and military designs

Section 2.10: Airworthiness requirements, mandatory requirements for aircraft design and configuration

Section 2.11: Coursework procedures

2.1.2 Coursework Content

With guidance from the instructor, students conduct a mock market survey. Students generate a bar chart (i.e., Gantt) to monitor progress during the semester. The remainder of the chapter is recommended easy reading. The coursework activity begins in Section 2.6 with a mock market survey to generate aircraft specifications and requirements and helps students understand its importance in the success or failure of a product.

2.2 Introduction

Existing aircraft indicate how the market is served and should indicate what is needed for the future. Various aircraft have been designed, and new designs should perform better than any existing designs. Designers are obligated to search for proven advanced technologies that emerge. There could be more than one option so the design team must conduct trade-off studies to arrive at a “satisfying” design that will satisfy the customer. Economy and safety are possibly the strongest drivers