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16.886 Air Transportation Systems Architecting
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Not offered academic year 2020-2021Graduate (Fall)
Prereq: Permission of instructor
Units: 3-2-7
Lecture: MW9.30-11 (33-418) Lab: TBA
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Addresses the architecting of air transportation systems. Focuses on the conceptual phase of product definition including technical, economic, market, environmental, regulatory, legal, manufacturing, and societal factors. Centers on a realistic system case study and includes a number of lectures from industry and government. Past examples include the Very Large Transport Aircraft, a Supersonic Business Jet and a Next Generation Cargo System. Identifies the critical system level issues and analyzes them in depth via student team projects and individual assignments. Overall goal is to produce a business plan and a system specifications document that can be used to assess candidate systems.
R. J. Hansman
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