Aircraft Model for Model-Based Systems Analysis & Engineering

The National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) Model-Based Systems Analysis & Engineering (MBSA&E) effort developed a toolset for system-level vision-vehicle performance and technology assessments in support of the Sustainable Flight National Partnership (SFNP). NASA sponsored a set of projects to stimulate innovation and develop industry partnerships supporting the MBSA&E effort. The Aircraft and Component/Subsystem Models project was one of six projects performed by Boeing. The project generated non-proprietary models of a commercial transport study aircraft and its engine that NASA could share freely. GE Aerospace (GE) provided a customer model of an engine based on a cycle from the Numerical Propulsion Simulation System (NPSS) Consortium. Boeing modeled a conventional transport from the Subsonic Ultra-Green Research (SUGAR) study modified with the engine from GE in the MBSA&E toolset. The MBSA&E model was compared and calibrated to match Boeing results. The experience working with the MBSA&E toolset provided opportunity to form observations on the capability.