An Alenia Aermacchi study and experience on MBSE application

This paper describes how traditional systems engineering activities conducted in Concept and Configuration Development phases of Aeronautical Product Life Cycle have evolved for the design of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) for Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance mission, by applying Model Based System Engineering (MBSE) approach. This methodology will make easier the support to other phases of the process, like the Product Development. It has been considered the system modelling language (SysML) as reference model based language. The design process and the findings about the modelling and simulation that has been considered by Alenia Aermacchi are described in the paper.