Qualitative and quantitative comparison of government and industry agility metrics

Abstract

Government and industry have proposed various agility metrics in an effort to define and measure aircraft agility. Each of the agility metrics proposed measure different quantities related to aircraft performance and each, if designed to, would increase aircraft performance. The intent of this paper is not to choose the best or most correct agility metric but to compare their similarities and differences qualitatively and quantitatively compare their sensitivity to variations in agility-related design parameters.