Conceptual Design Proposal: Hugo Global Range/Mobility Transport Aircraft
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Authors
Johnston, Tom
Perretta, Dave
McBane, Doug
Morin, Greg
Thomas, Greg
Gulakowski, Steve
GLOBAL TRANSPORT INC.
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Newberry, Conrad F.
Platzer, Max F.
Date of Issue
1993-03
Date
1993-03
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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en_US
en_US
en_US
Abstract
With the collapse of the former Soviet Union and the emergence of the United Nations actively pursuing a peace keeping role in world affairs, the United States has been forced into a position as the world's leading peace enforcer. It is still a very dangerous world with seemingly never ending ideological, territorial and economic disputes requiring the U.S. to maintain a credible deterrent posture in this uncertain environment. This has created an urgent need to rapidly transport large numbers of troops and equipment from the Continental United States (CONUS) to any potential world trouble spot by means of a global range/mobility transport aircraft. The most recent examples being Operation Desert Shield/Storm and Operation Restore Hope. To meet this challenge head-on, a Request for Proposal (RFP) was developed and incorporated into the 1992/1993 AIAA/McDonnell Douglas Corporation Graduate Team Aircraft Design Competition. The RFP calls for the conceptual design and justification of a large aircraft capable of power projecting a significant military force without surface transportation reliance.
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Technical Report
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AIAA/McDonnell Douglas Graduate Team Aircraft Design Competition HUGO Global Range/Mobility Transport Aircraft Global Transport, Inc. Design Team
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Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California.
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