“…Coverage includes how Airbus must coordinate 1,500 suppliers to ramp up production on its popular A320 aircraft, how it copes with growing supplier consolidation, and how it might rectify problems and help valued suppliers. …”

“…"Textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to aircraft design with an industrial perspective - Includes worked out design examples for several different classes of aircraft, including Learjet 45, Tucano Turboprop Trainer, BAe Hawk, Airbus A320 - Includes a chapter on electric aircraft design - Includes a full range of industry standard aircraft sizing analyses - Considers performance substantiation and compliance to certification requirements and market specifications of take-off/landing field lengths, initial climb/high speed cruise, turning capability and payload/range - Discusses the military requirements covering some aspects of combat Market description: Primary: Senior undergraduate and graduate students in aerospace engineering. …”