Model-Based Systems Analysis & Engineering for the Sustainable Flight National Partnership
Irian Ordaz, NASA’s Langley Research Center, presented at AIAA SciTech, January 2026
A systems-level, digital integration across Sustainable Flight National Partnership (SFNP) projects, which will support the assessment, advancement, and adoption of sustainable technologies for 2030s entry into service subsonic transport aircraft concepts.
Resources
NASA Research Announcement (NRA) Contractor Reports
- Boeing Overview — Model-based Systems Analysis and Engineering Phase I Overview: Defining Aspiring Standards for the Next Generation of MDAO Collaboration
- Boeing CLIN1 — Model-Based Systems Analysis and Engineering: Aircraft Data Hierarchy
- Boeing CLIN2 — Model-based Systems Analysis & Engineering: Standard Evaluator
- Boeing CLIN3 —Model-Based Systems Analysis and Engineering: The Development of Enhanced Model-Based Systems Analysis (MBSA) and Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Couplings for Practical Applications
- Boeing CLIN4/5 —Model-Based Systems Analysis and Engineering: Comprehensive/Narrow Model Sharing and Collaboration Approaches
- Boeing CLIN6 —Model-based Systems Analysis and Engineering: Aircraft and Component/Subsystem Models
- M4 Engineering — Nastran Integration for MBSA&E Framework Development and Assessment
- Georgia Tech— NASA Model-Based Systems Analysis and Engineering Final Report
- Northrop Grumman — Blended Wing Body Multi-Discipline Model Development for MBSA&E, Final Report
NASA Papers
- Brooks, T. R., Moore, K. T., Aretskin-Hariton, E. D., Kirk, J., and Ordaz, I., “Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of a Transonic Truss-Braced Wing using Physics-Based Models,” AIAA Paper 2025-3681, July 2025.
- Fazal, B., Schmidt, J., Phillips, B. D., Ordaz, I., and Moore, K. T., “Integration of Uncertainty Quantification in a Model-Based Systems Analysis and Engineering Framework,” AIAA Journal of Aircraft, June 2025.
- Gratz, J., Jasa, J., Aretskin-Hariton, E., Moore, K. T., Marfatia, K., Kirk, J., and Recine, C., “Aviary: An Open-Source Multidisciplinary Design, Analysis, and Optimization Tool for Modeling Aircraft with Analytic Gradients,” AIAA Paper 2024-4219, July 2024.
- Leader, M. K., Aretskin-Hariton, E., and Moore, K. T., “Multidisciplinary Optimization of a Transonic Truss Braced Wing Aircraft with Hybrid-Electric Propulsion”, AIAA Paper 2024-4294, July 2024.
- Aretskin-Hariton, E., Gratz, J., Jasa, J., Moore, K. T., Falck, R., Kuhnle, C., Leader, M., Chapman, J., Hendricks, E., Kirk, J., Caldwell, D., Eggert, C., Ordaz, I., Olson, E., Recine, C., Lyons, K., “Multidisciplinary Optimization of a Transonic Truss-Braced Wing Aircraft using the Aviary Framework,” AIAA Paper 2024-1084, January 2024.
Boeing Papers
- Carrere, A., Wakayama, S., Engelbeck, R. M., Shi, M., Arias, Y., and Gablonsky, J., “Establishing Next Generation Collaboration in Model Based Systems Analysis & Engineering,” AIAA SCITECH Forum, Orlando, FL, Jan. 2026.
- Engelbeck, R., Shi, M., Gablonsky, J., Ocampo, E., Wakayama, S., and Carrere, A., “The Aircraft Data Hierarchy: A Modern Aircraft Configuration Data Standard,” AIAA SCITECH Forum, Orlando, FL, Jan. 2026.
- Gablonsky, J., Carrere, A., Engelbeck, R. M., Goldade, M., Musiak, J., Ocampo, E., and Wakayama, S., “Model‑based Systems Analysis & Engineering: Standard Evaluator,” AIAA SCITECH Forum, Orlando, FL, Jan. 2026.
- Mokotoff, P. R., Cinar, G., Shi, M., and Carrere, A., “Coupling Model‑Based Systems Analysis and Engineering Tools for Design Workflows,” AIAA SCITECH Forum, Orlando, FL, Jan. 2026.
- Arias, Y., and Wood, D., “Model Sharing and Collaboration Approaches for Next Generation of MDAO Collaboration: Results,” AIAA SCITECH Forum, Orlando, FL, Jan. 2026.
- Wakayama, S., Plybon, R. C., and Carrere, A., “Aircraft Model for Model‑Based Systems Analysis & Engineering,” AIAA SCITECH Forum, Orlando, FL, Jan. 2026.