Reproducible industrial multifidelity optimization benchmark problems for air, space, and sea vehicles

This article focuses on defining benchmarks of industrial interest for design problems in air, space, and sea vehicles. The intent is to create engineering benchmarks that are usable as a black box by the developers of multifidelity optimization methods to allow an analysis of problems as close as possible to the real world. The benchmarks and the chain of parametric generators of shapes and solvers developed in the framework of NATO STO-AVT-331 are presented in detail. NATO group members will use the benchmark problems and related computation chains to calibrate and test their multifidelity optimization procedures. A reference optimum is also reported for each benchmark, and its characterizing aspects are discussed in detail.