COLOSSUS

COLOSSUS will employ a 4-level approach to identify needs, capabilities, and system requirements in the initial phases of the holistic product development process and to cover them appropriately throughout the development  circle.

This holistic, interconnected system-of-systems approach extends the usual design and product development processes. It also includes all boundary conditions (which may range from geopolitics to regulations, from environment to time relations).
Unlike established design-to-cost (DTC) or design-to-value (DTV) driven approaches, the emphasis is on a well-balanced system design which also considers, as far as possible, the interdependencies and dynamic interactions of the new system, product or service with the “outside world”. This approach goes beyond classic MDO or any other CAD/CAE/CAM tools or frameworks usually applied for product development within the industry – thus the need to enhance the capabilities of the AGILE framework to enable European aviation R&I to develop technologies and design concepts that are conducive to the top-level strategic goals of the EU.