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This is the second part of a two-paper series that describes the derivation, development, and practical application of a shape optimization method for aerodynamic design problems involving complex aircraft configurations including multiple design points, subject to geometric constraints. The aerodynamic performance is evaluated using the Euler equations discretized on body-conforming multiblock meshes. The design process is greatly accelerated by the use of control theory for the calculation of sensitivity information and the implementation of the method on distributed memory parallel computers. Whereas the first paper of the series (Reuther, JJ, Jameson, A., Alonso, JJ, Rimlinger, MJ, and Saunders, D.," Constrained Multipoint Aerodynamic Shape Optimization Using an Adjoint Formulation and Parallel Computers, Part 1," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 36, No. 1, 1999, pp. 51-60) placed emphasis on the foundations of …