Case Study: U.S. Air Force accelerates test data analysis and cuts development time by two-thirds with MathWorks (MATLAB)

U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy Accelerate Test Data Analysis

The U.S. Air Force, working with Navy and DoD propulsion test centers, faced fragmented, manual test-data workflows that duplicated effort, slowed post-flight evaluations, and made it difficult to determine quickly whether aircraft could safely fly the next day. To address the need for fast, intuitive analysis and enterprise-wide consistency, the teams selected MathWorks’ MATLAB (and related toolboxes) as their primary data-analysis platform.

MathWorks implemented a standardized, MATLAB-based approach under a Test Center to Test Center Memorandum of Agreement, enabling shared development and reuse of aero-propulsion post-test tools across AEDC, AFFTC, and NAVAIR. The MathWorks solution cut development time by two-thirds, produced projected savings of millions of dollars (about $15M avoided over five years), and delivered immediate, shared access to consistent test results for faster, more reliable engine and inlet analysis.

U.S. Airforce

Jeff Corn

Chief of Engineering Projects Section