X-41 Common Aero Vehicle

X -41 Common Aero Vehicle is a standing under lock and development project for a U.S. military spacecraft. Specifications or images have not been published, so no details or objectives of the project are known. The X - 41 was described as a controllable reentry aircraft that can release a payload of 450 kg for suborbital hypersonic flight in the atmosphere.

The X -41 is part of the FALCON program and is funded by NASA and DARPA.

DARPA FALCON Project Bell X-1 Bell X-2 Douglas X-3 Stiletto Northrop X-4 Bantam Bell X-5 Lockheed X-7 Aerobee Bell X-9 Shrike North American X-10 SM-65A Atlas SM-65B Atlas Ryan X-13 Vertijet Bell X-14 North American X-15 Bell X-16 Lockheed X-17 Hiller X-18 Curtiss-Wright X-19 Northrop X-21 Bell X-22 Martin X-23 PRIME Martin Marietta X-24A Bensen B-8 Schweizer X-26 Frigate Lockheed CL-1200 Osprey Osprey I Grumman X-29 Rockwell X-30 Rockwell-MBB X-31 Boeing X-32 Orbital Sciences X-34 Lockheed Martin X-35 McDonnell Douglas X-36 Boeing X-37 NASA X-38 Boeing X-40 NASA X-43 Lockheed Martin X-44 MANTA Boeing X-45 Boeing X-46 Northrop Grumman X-47B Boeing X-48 Boeing X-50 Dragonfly Boeing X-51 Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing Lockheed Martin X-55 Lockheed Martin X-56

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