The design of four hypersonic reconnaissance aircraft
- Author:
- Gregorek, G. M.
- Published:
- JAN 1, 1992.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators:
- Detwiler, D. T.
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- Four different hypersonic reconnaissance aircraft were designed by separate student teams. These aircraft were designed to provide the U.S. with a system to acquire aerial tactical reconnaissance when satellite reconnaissance proved unobtainable or ineffective. The design requirements given for this project stated that these aircraft must carry a 7500 lb, 250 cu ft payload of electronic and photographic intelligence gathering equipment over a target area at speeds between Mach 4-7 and at altitudes above 80,000 ft. Two of the aircraft were required to be manned by a crew of two and have a range of 12,000 nmi. One of these was to use airborne refueling to complete its mission while the other was not to use any refueling. The other two aircraft were required to be unmanned with a range of 6,000 nmi. One of these was to take off from another aircraft. The final details of all four aircraft designs along with an overview of the design process is provided.
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- Collection:
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note:
- Document ID: 19940021223.
Accession ID: 94N25716.
USRA, Proceedings of the 8th Annual Summer Conference: NASA(USRA Advanced Design Program; p 453-462. - Terms of Use and Reproduction:
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