A lifecycle cost model considering both component and system burn-in for operationally unrepairable systems

Kah How Teo received his B.Eng in Aerospace Engineering from the Nanyang Technological University in 2016. He is currently working toward his PhD from the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore under the Economic Development Board Industrial Postgraduate Programme and is also a concurrent Research Engineer at Thales Solutions Asia Pte Ltd. His research interests include satellite testing, reliability modeling, empirical and mathematical modeling of industrial processes and optimization.

Kang Tai received his B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Singapore and his Ph.D. from Imperial College London. He is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He teaches various courses in optimization, engineering design and computer-aided design/engineering. His research interests include optimization, evolutionary computation, computational geometry, mathematical/empirical modeling of industrial processes, and analysis of interdependencies, risks and vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure networks.

Vincenzo Schena received the Degree in Physics from the University of Bari, Bari, Italy, with a thesis on calibration devices for electromagnetic beams, in 1990 and the PhD in Mathematic Models for Engineering, Electromagnetic and Nanoscience with specialisation in Electromagnetism from the University of Rome “Sapienza” in 2017. He is employed at Thales Alenia Space Italia S.p.A, Roma, Italy, covering in the Organisation the role of Institutional R&D Initiatives and Product Strategies Manager at the Product and Solutions Engineering Department of the Domain Telecommunication Italy (DTI). In 2016, in the international frame of the Company he has been appointed “Satellite Communication Systems Expert” and following he has been certified INCOSE System Engineer Professional. As Senior Engineer in the European Space Agency and European Commission frames, he is responsible of several R\&D projects and studies, in line with his expertise and covering scientific and technology subjects in the areas of the new technologies of the satellite telecommunication and systems. In particular, he is covering the development for the space applications of the technologies in the frame of optic and photonic, 5G for Non-Terrestrial-Networks, Quantum Communications and Artificial Intelligence. He is author and co-author of several publications for international conference proceedings and magazines and journals.

Luca Simonini received his Master's Degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Università di Pisa, Italy in 2004, with a thesis on a Small Satellite for Earth Observation. He had worked in the System and Concurrent Engineering Section at the European Space Agency (2005–2006), at Alten S.A. (2006–2007), and is currently at Thales Alenia Space with System Engineering responsibilities. He also led the S4TIN (Smart Small Satellite Systems Thales in NTU) joint laboratory from 2015 to 2020. His research interests include spatial missions, satellite technologies and system engineering methodologies and tools.