CUVX Design Report - the AOE home page - Virginia Tech

CUVX Design – VT Team 2 Page 985. CONSTRAINTSa. The cost of the platforms must be kept to an absolute minimum, allowing sufficient numbers for worldwidecoverage.b. The platforms must be highly producible, minimizing the time from concept to delivery to the Fleet. The designmust be flexible enough to support variants if necessary.c. The platforms must operate within current logistics support capabilities.d. Inter-service and Allied C 4 /I (inter-operability) must be considered in the development of any new platform or theupgrade of existing assets.e. The platform or system must be capable of operating in the following environments:(1) A dense contact and threat environment(2) Conventional and nuclear weapons environments(3) Survivable in Sea State 9(4) Operable in Sea State 5(5) Littoral regions(6) All weather, battle group environments(7) Independent operationsf. The platform must have absolute minimum manning.