Systems-Theoretic Concept Design: An Intent Model for Early Concept Generation

Systems Theory;System Design;Early Concept Generation;STAMP

Early design concept generation for major defense systems often focus on advanced technologies & future capabilities when a more top-down approach might be more applicable. Systems-Theoretic Concept Design is a new framework to generate early concepts for new systems that better captures intent using a novel application of systems theory. This paper introduces an intent model for novel, complex systems in aerospace, a model which intends to capture crucial system-level context across four dimensions for an early design concept.