A PID LY D EVELO P-I NG TE C H NO L O-GI ES and changing economic realiti es promise to have a profound impact on engineering environme nts and practice, as well as on engineering organizations, . over the nex t few years. Among the influences taking shape today are the convergence of computing, conmlllnication, and information technolo gie s; adva nces in modeling, simulation, and m anufa cturing technologies, and in knowledge-based engineering, the incorporation of artifi cial intelligence and expert systems into produ ct development processes .As a result of technological advances, globali za tion of markets, and heightened competitive pressures, the early 21st century will witness dramati c changes in the way high-tech engineering system s are designed , produ ced , operated, maintained, and eventually disposed of. Future environments will allow diverse, geographically dispersed teams to share and transform information into knowledge by combining and analyzing it in new ways. The interacDaniel S. Goldin is administrator, and Samuel L.
This article highlights that an intelligent synthesis environment will dramatically change the tools and processes used to design future aerospace systems. Recent missions have achieved significant successes, but traditional-mission synthesis approaches, sequential design, and manufacturing processes are clearly inadequate to achieve these goals in the long term. Dramatic changes are needed in how missions are synthesized and in how aerospace systems are designed, produced, operated, maintained, and disposed of. The intelligent-synthesis-environment (ISE) concept being developed by NASA, the University of Virginia’s Center for Advanced Computational Technology at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, is an attempt to meet the needs and challenges of tomorrow’s aerospace systems. Researchers need to address a number of fundamental issues, including human factors, group and team dynamics, information security, and the costs and benefit of ISE facilities and tools in various categories of applications.
This article focuses on space-based observations that are taking on unprecedented importance in national security strategy. The high cost of launching payloads to Earth orbit has impeded progress in the exploration of space, as well as in its commercial use and development. The application of biological concepts and principles to the development of technologies for engineering systems has led to the emergence of biomimetics, neuromimetics, and neuromorphic engineering. System integrity is absolutely essential to achieving this kind of far-reaching vision. The airspace system can be integrated with the other two sets of transportation services to form a comprehensive intermodal transportation system, functioning as one seamless whole, maximizing passengers’ and shippers’ options for convenience, efficiency, and reduced cost. A systems-engineering approach must be used to define requirements, reinvent processes, formulate operational concepts, evaluate them, and then launch goal-oriented technology activities to transform the concepts into realities.
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