A rapid analytical method for predicting the transonic pressure distribution on high-speed, waverider-based, vehicle fuselages is presented. The goal of this method is theprediction of inviscid lift and drag using minimal CPU time. The method is based on the solution of the two-dimensional and axisymmetric transonic, small disturbance, velocity potential equations. Comparison is made between theory and the matching inviscid, three-dimensional, computational solution over a representativevehicle geometry. For purely subsonic e ow, the methodology predicts lift, drag, and thrust on the lowersurfaceto within 0.5, 1.1, and 0.5%, respectively, compared to the computational solution. For sonic e ow, the methodology predicts lift, drag, and thrust on the lower surface to within 4.7, 5.1, and 9.5%, respectively, compared to the computational solution. For purely supersonic e ow, the methodology predicts lift, drag, and thrust on the lower surface to within 7.4, i1.6, and i4.4%, respectively, compared to the computational solution. The analytical and computational analyses showed that this class of vehicle geometry generates little lift at low-speed and will require lift augmentation.