Configurable Air Transport

Abstract

• This paper describes a concept of a large flying fuselage transport aircraft that carries the cargo or missionized payload in several large, detachable modules instead of carrying this cargo or payload internally as in current aircraft designs. The paper addresses the application of this concept to the global military airlift missions of air refueling, materiel transport, and persistent air power projection. The paper concludes with a brief discussion of the extension of this module-based aircraft design to other emerging military and commercial air transport needs.

Original document

The different versions of the original document can be found in:

• http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/733c/c7993250ff309e9d5be3c62ca1a85b006245.pdf

• http://arc.aiaa.org/doi/pdf/10.2514/6.2005-814,

http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2005-814

• http://mikesnead.net/resources/cat/tech_paper_configurable_air_transport.pdf,

https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2005-814,

https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2099756442