Ultra-rapid Air Vehicle Patent Highlights Airbus R&D Efforts
The patent shows interesting features of an Airbus design for an ultra-rapid air vehicle that could carry 20 passengers at up to Mach 4.5.
A team of engineers led by Airbus Defence and Space advanced project system engineer Marco Prampolini has secured a U.S. patent for an “ultra-rapid air vehicle” design that envisions transport of 20 passengers at up to Mach 4.5 and range of nearly 5,000 nm.
