Interesting parameters are that next major aircraft to be built could involve:
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6 major companies and 20,000 smaller supplier subcontractors
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Number of engineers involved is about:
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50 at conceptual design
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200 at preliminary design
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2000 at final design
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upto 10,000 in manufacturing and development
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The design could involve upto 10,000 separate programs running in small linked clusters which vary from
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Airflow simulation around plane to
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expert system to plan location of inspection port to minimize maintenance costs
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Critical is configuration management and system database
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