Abstract:This research leverages techniques from the fields of multidisciplinary design optimization and operations research into an approach to improve energy efficiencyrelated defense acquisition decisions. The work focuses on the acquisition of new cargo aircraft for the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command (AMC), which is the largest consumer of fuel in the Department of Defense. The approach here extends prior work in fleet-level acquisition decisions from a commercial aviation context into the context of Air Mobil… Show more
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