The Boeing Company

Jeremy Nicholas O'Hara

Jonathan David Embler

Ali Yousefiani

Elaine MacDonald

John Scott Kruse

Daniel E Driemeyer

Daniel C Stanley

Nicholas B Segobiano

Justin L'Hote

Grant G Gvozdich

An envelope portion of an airborne craft comprises a metallic outer wall and a metallic inner wall arranged interior to the outer wall. The outer and inner walls delimit an inter-wall volume configured to support a flow of coolant to cool the outer wall during atmospheric heating of the outer wall.

Active cooling of windward surface of craft

There is provided a leading edge system for an aerospace vehicle. The leading edge system has at least one structural member. The leading edge system further has a plurality of removable modules removably attached to the at least one structural member. Each removable module has a hollow box substructure and at least one flange portion disposed along a first end of the hollow box substructure. The leading edge system further has a plurality of first attachment elements configured for attaching the at least one flange portion of the removable module to a first end portion of the at least one structural member. The leading edge system further has a plurality of second attachment elements configured for attaching a second end of the hollow box substructure opposite the flange portion, to a second end portion of the at least one structural member opposite the first end portion.

Leading edge systems and methods for aerospace vehicles

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University City, MO, United States of America

Jeremy Nicholas O'Hara