Technical Advances in Aviation Electrification: Enhancing Strategic R&D Investment Analysis through Simulation Decomposition

This paper marks the first collaboration between SimDec creators and in-house engineering expertise. A Monte Carlo simulation model of electric aircraft range is built, and decomposition shows how improvements in battery-specific energy and motor-specific power jointly shape feasible flight distances.

The case demonstrates how SimDec makes nonlinear R&D interactions visible: motor improvements matter far more when battery technology also advances, and marginal gains decrease as technology matures.