Artemis Supersonic Transport
NASA ARMD Undergraduate Entry

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Design driver: Maximize value of the aircraft (including marketing presence)

Team Composition

• Multidisciplinary, multi-national, multi-university
• Four students, three schools, three countries
• Wildly different backgrounds: engineering, industrial design, business
• Collaboration done entirely online

Project Guidelines

• Supersonic business-class transport
• ‘Sensibly supersonic’ - make a compelling economic case for design, incorporating real-world fiscal and logistical constraints

Outcomes

• 70-passenger, dual-class cabin
• 30% estimated gross profitability
• Reduced boom signature: 34 PLdB
• 4,400 nmi range; Mach 1.6 cruise
• Customer- and operations-centric design approach

Competition Results

• 2nd place; ~140 entries
• Internship: NASA LaRC

Artemis images copyright Gary Redman, Red Man Designs