TY - GEN
T1 - The strategic issues with implementing open avionics platforms for spacecraft
AU - Caffrey, Robert T.
AU - Simpson, Timothy W.
AU - Henderson, Rebecca
AU - Crawley, Edward
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Non-aerospace industries from automobiles to consumer electronics are using product platform concepts to accelerate product development. By planning and developing a series of products based on similar architectures, firms can reuse hardware, software, and manufacturing processes to provide a wide range of products, at lower costs and with shorter development cycles. The nature of spacecraft systems creates special technical, strategic, economic, and organizational challenges for implementing product platforms. The low volume, extreme operating environments, long development cycles, short technology cycles, and the nature of government space programs make it difficult for the space industry to benefit from product platform concepts. However, several aerospace organizations are implementing avionics platforms with significant technical, cost, and strategic benefits. This paper discusses the potential strategic benefits of product platform concepts applied to spacecraft avionics.
AB - Non-aerospace industries from automobiles to consumer electronics are using product platform concepts to accelerate product development. By planning and developing a series of products based on similar architectures, firms can reuse hardware, software, and manufacturing processes to provide a wide range of products, at lower costs and with shorter development cycles. The nature of spacecraft systems creates special technical, strategic, economic, and organizational challenges for implementing product platforms. The low volume, extreme operating environments, long development cycles, short technology cycles, and the nature of government space programs make it difficult for the space industry to benefit from product platform concepts. However, several aerospace organizations are implementing avionics platforms with significant technical, cost, and strategic benefits. This paper discusses the potential strategic benefits of product platform concepts applied to spacecraft avionics.
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U2 - 10.1109/AERO.2002.1036895
DO - 10.1109/AERO.2002.1036895
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84879360136
SN - 078037231X
SN - 9780780372313
T3 - IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings
SP - 1825
EP - 1841
BT - 2002 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Proceedings
T2 - 2002 IEEE Aerospace Conference
Y2 - 9 March 2002 through 16 March 2002
ER -