The submersible aircraft study combines the speed and range of an airborne platform with the stealth of an underwater vehicle by developing a vessel that can both fly and submerge. The study explores the feasibility of a design capable of insertion and extraction of Special Forces at greater ranges, higher speeds, and in locations not previously accessible without direct support from additional military assets. The concept design goals are to find a solution space for the feasibility of a vessel capable of multi-modal operations (airborne, surface, and submerged) that can also easily transition between these modes of operation. Within this study a variety of technologies including developing technologies are considered. Materials and structures that provide the desirable characteristics for both a submerged and airborne platform are exploited in order to overcome the major challenges that the design of a submersible aircraft poses.
Submersible Aircraft Concept Design Study
2010
102 pages
Report
No indication
English
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