Commercial drivers Globalization trends Longer distances between producers and consumers Emerging markets, e.g. China, South America, Africa Lean manufacturing Focus on to eliminate waste, e.g. JIT Faster response to market demands
Using architecture Models to Understand Policy Impacts ncreas cost B-TOS Policy increases Swarm of small sats.3 launch probability doing observation Utility for mu of success
Architecture Trade space exploration A process for understanding complex solutions to complex problems Model-based high-level assessment of system capability Ideally, many architectures assessed Avoids optimized point solutions that will not support
System Concept Need (technology Pull Technologies can fulfill need or requirement a Technologies can overcome barriers(imitations, constraints, etc. Opportunity(Technology Push) a Technologies can Create Opportunities