| What happens to military aircraft if a regime falls out | | | | performance drive higher material specs and in a lot |
| of favour? | | | | of areas on the aircraft the materials that lend |
| The truth is they usually possess the level of skill and | | | | themselves to this process are not always adequate. |
| creativity to reverse engineer and provide for | | | | Since the end of the Iran-Iraq War, Iran looked to |
| themselves. Necessity is almost always the beginning | | | | the international milaero spares markets for military |
| of such development, with shortages of Western | | | | aircraft spare parts or other relevant equipment to |
| technology and replacement parts. | | | | maintain their Western aircraft fleet. Their aircraft |
| Military aircraft parts reverse engineering | | | | industries also appeared to have been moderately |
| Rapid prototyping and rapid manufacturing technology | | | | successful in reverse engineering, converting a |
| began more than 20 years ago in 1986. It allows the | | | | number of older jet fighters. |
| creation of a low-cost part directly from a CAD file in | | | | Charges have been successfully brought against |
| a matter of minutes or hours, depending on the | | | | those illegally exporting components for fighter jets |
| part's complexity. This is sometimes known as | | | | and S-65 Sikorsky military assault helicopters. |
| additive fabrication. | | | | Despite the current boost in government military |
| In the military aerospace market, the method has | | | | spending, military aircraft in service are largely older |
| attracted interest because of its potential for part | | | | than their pilots, with no plans to build new bombers |
| cost savings and the ability to create new copies of | | | | for the next 10 years. Aging aircraft require |
| legacy parts from either the original CAD information | | | | ever-increasing amounts of expensive maintenance, |
| or reverse engineering data. | | | | repairs and replacement parts. U.S. military budget |
| But military spares also require high-temperature | | | | alone has allocated twenty-five percent for spare |
| performance. Higher speeds and higher engine | | | | parts and military ground support systems. |