Managing change through roadmapping [changes in aviation electronics]

Author

Hicks, Brian ; Riggs, L.H. ; McDaniel, Larry ; Sanner, Jerry

Author_Institution

USAF, Dayton, OH, USA

Volume

19

Issue

5

fYear

2004

fDate

5/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

9

Lastpage

15

Abstract

Presently the USAF is operating with 90 different Model Design Series (MDS) aircraft. The 90 MDS aircraft make up a total of 5778 airframes, each with a different number of Line Replaceable Units (LRUs) which make up the avionics systems. Some of the MDSs have as few as 53 avionics LRUs while others as many as 495. The total dollar value of the USAF aircraft avionics LRUs is approximately $42.4B and $30.68B in spares. Depot repairable cost to maintain these components each year is approximately $1.2B. Each MDS is assigned specific missions and the avionics systems are developed to support those missions. Due to the evolution of mission types and user needs, change is constant for the avionics manager.

Keywords

management of change; military avionics; Line Replaceable Units; MDS aircraft; Model Design Series; USAF; aircraft avionics LRU; aviation electronics; avionics manager; avionics systems; depot repairable cost; mission types; user needs; Aerospace electronics; Availability; Consumer electronics; Costs; Digital systems; Engineering management; Military aircraft; Moore´s Law; USA Councils; Weapons;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8985

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAES.2004.1301220

Filename

1301220