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The design of multidisciplinary systems (such as aircraft, automobiles, and others) often requires an iterative cycle that includes a design initialization, a system analysis, a sensitivity analysis, and design optimization. This design cycle is standard in the field of Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) and has often been referred to in literature as the" Multiple-Discipline-Feasible"(MDF) approach. The name stems from the fact that complete multidisciplinary feasibility is maintained each and every design cycle. The drawback of MDF is that it can be a timely and a costly procedure. Numerous researchers have developed alternate means for posing and subsequently solving the multidisciplinary design problem. One such solution procedure has been referred to both as" Simultaneous Analysis and Design"(SAND) and" All-at-Once"(AAO), and treats the entire multidisciplinary design cycle as one large optimization …