Abstract:

Several indexes for estimation of aircraft survivability enhancement techniques in conventional weapons are first studied, and then the feasibility for using full factorial method to estimate the benefits/cost from survivability enhancement is shown. Furthermore, based on some constraints, such as safety, maintainability, reliability, supportability, capability and cost, a compromise method for benefits/cost of aircraft survivability enhancement techniques is developed. The example shows the effectiveness of this method.

Key words: aircraft, combat survivability, comba teffectiveness-cost compromise