X-41 Common Aero Vehicle

Concept drawing of NASA's X-41 Common Aero Vehicle

The X-41 Common Aero Vehicle is or has been an under lock standing development project for a US military spacecraft . No specifications or pictures were released until at least 2006. The X-41 was described as a controllable re-entry aircraft that can release a payload of 450 kg into the earth's atmosphere in suborbital hypersonic flight .

The X-41 was part of the now discontinued FALCON program and is or was financed by NASA and DARPA .

Web links

Global Security via the X-41 (English)
Space Daily about CAV (english)
Terry H Phillips: A Common Aero Vehicle (CAV). Model, Description, and Employment Guide. January 27, 2003, archived from the original on June 29, 2011 ; Retrieved January 11, 2013 .


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