An Evaluation of Very Large Airplanes and Alternative Fuels: Executive Summary

Abstract

Candidate applications of very large airplanes include: strategic airlifter, tanker, missile launcher, tactical battle platform, maritime air cruiser, and C3 platform. This report summarizes AD-A040 532 which explored the military utility of very large airplanes (over 1 million pounds gross weight) and examined several alternative fuels that could be used by such airplanes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA042112

Entities

People

  • W. T. Mikolowsky

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airlift Operations
  • Cargo Aircraft
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Energy
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Petroleum
  • Transport Aircraft

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Business Analytics
  • Missile Defense Systems.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control