Hybrid Aircraft for Heavy Lift / High Speed Strategic Mobility

Abstract

US Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) has at its disposal a wide range of vehicles to support its strategic lift requirements. Across this range of capabilities, there exists an operational hole characterized by heavy lift at high speed. Surface vessels, such as the LMSR and FSS, can be categorized as Heavy Lift / Low Speed (HL/LS) vehicles while aircraft, the C-17 and C-5, can be categorized as Light Lift / High Speed (LL/HS). This paper proposes that the US military procure a Heavy Lift / High Speed (HL/HS) Hybrid Aircraft transport, able to transport 15 C-17 loads of cargo (approximately 1300 tons of cargo) at a cruising speed of 115 knots. Such a vehicle would greatly improve USTRANSCOM's ability to meet its mission objectives while expanding the geography into which cargo transport is possible.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2011
Accession Number
AD1019070

Entities

People

  • Nicholas A. Kristof

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerostats
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airships
  • Balloons
  • Blimps
  • Cargo Aircraft
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Control Systems
  • Employment
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Personnel Management
  • Second World War
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.