Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 14 hours ago
DISCOVER's job is to find feasible design options through a method called design-space exploration, which relies on models and rules. Once DISCOVER finds the feasible options, it evaluates them with numerical models, which simulate the physics and other metrics including cost and reliability. Larry Zeidner, who’s been working on DISCOVER for 20 years, describes finding the optimal design as trying to find a pearl in the ocean. The challenge, he said, isn’t recognizing pearls – it’s the water that makes it difficult. Hear Zeidner describe how they reveal the best ideas.
RTX is the world's largest aerospace and defense company. With more than 185,000 global employees, we push the limits of technology and science to redefine how we connect and protect our world.
DISCOVER's job is to find feasible design options through a method called design-space exploration, which relies on models and rules. Once DISCOVER finds the feasible options, it evaluates them with numerical models, which simulate the physics and other metrics including cost and reliability. Larry Zeidner, who’s been working on DISCOVER for 20 years, describes finding the optimal design as trying to find a pearl in the ocean. The challenge, he said, isn’t recognizing pearls – it’s the water that makes it difficult. Hear Zeidner describe how they reveal the best ideas.
RTX is the world's largest aerospace and defense company. With more than 185,000 global employees, we push the limits of technology and science to redefine how we connect and protect our world.
