Systems engineering transitions into the 21st century

Author

Brewer, Harry L.

Author_Institution

Integrated Defense Syst., Boeing Co., Seattle, WA, USA

fYear

2003

fDate

7-10 April 2003

Firstpage

23

Lastpage

30

Abstract

Systems engineering examines the key elements that drive the overall system design and optimizes those elements for overall system performance, generally based on customer priorities. Systems engineering was developed and has been refined in the area of aircraft design. It has been applied to optimize the design of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems. It has recently been employed to optimize the design for an entire military force. Systems engineering approaches are transitioning to meet the needs of customers in the 21st century.

Keywords

aerospace computing; aerospace engineering; command and control systems; military aircraft; military communication; surveillance; systems engineering; command control communications computers intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance systems; customer priorities; military force; overall system performance; system design; systems engineering; Aerospace engineering; Aircraft propulsion; Communication system control; Control systems; Design engineering; Design optimization; Military aircraft; Military computing; System performance; Systems engineering and theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering of Computer-Based Systems, 2003. Proceedings. 10th IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1917-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECBS.2003.1194779

Filename

1194779