This paper reports on analysing components of a drone in minimising the quantity required as well as to examine the potential sustainable design that can be improved. Design for Manufacturing Assembly (DFMA) and Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) were applied and combined in this work. Results showed how the numbers of components were reduced down to 38% after applying DFMA, whereas the LCA proved that the weight was reduced to 30%, carbon footprint 38.4%, water eutrophication 36.4%, air acidification 67% and total energy consumed 31.2%. This newly approach is significant in proving the effectiveness of both tools to be applied in reducing the cost of manufacturing a drone as well as to improve the sustainable aspects of designing products.
