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  Stealth technology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Increased awareness of stealth vehicles and the technologies behind them is prompting the development of techniques for detecting stealth vehicles, such as passive radar arrays and low-frequency radars.
Stealth technology is not a single technology but a combination of technologies that attempt to reduce the radar cross section, specifically:
As well as altering the tail, stealth design must bury the engines within the wing or fuselage, or in some cases where stealth is applied to an existing aircraft, install baffles in the air intakes, so that the turbine blades are not visible to radar.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stealth_technology   (1704 words)

  
 l a b D N A - Thomas Mical : Stealth Landscapes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Stealth technology posits a mutable and deliberate relation between what is revealed and what is concealed, where one appears as opposed to where one is projected (both positionally and conceptually).
The stealth landscape engages assemblages and techniques of concealment and erasure derived from (stealth) technology (insofar as all technology is stealth technology).
Stealth technology is also a deliberate negation of form by form - though the stealth aircraft may be visually seen, its threat of instantaneous presence (a negation of distance time) is a distillation of suspense.
www.labdna.com /mical-SL.htm   (3847 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Stealth Aircraft
Stealth Aircraft, military aircraft, fighters, and bombers designed to elude detection and tracking systems, such as radar and infrared monitoring (see Airplane: Military Airplanes).
Stealth technology is also used to mask unmanned objects such as cruise missiles (see Guided Missiles: Tactical Missiles).
Stealth technology includes a variety of design features that affect an aircraft’s signal, also called its signature, on tracking systems.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761588874/Stealth_Aircraft.html   (532 words)

  
 .::What is Stealth Technology?::.
Stealth or low observability (as it is scientifically known) is one of the most misunderstood and misinterpreted concepts in military aviation by the common man. Stealth aircraft are considered as invisible aircraft, which dominate the skies.
The motive behind incorporating stealth technology in an aircraft is not just to avoid missiles being fired at is but also to give total deniability to covert operations.
Stealth technology is a concept that is not at all new.
www.totalairdominance.50megs.com /articles/stealth.htm   (2815 words)

  
 Stealth Technology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The great secrecy surrounding stealth programs is designed not simply to protect a particular stealth technology, as it is to protect the choice and mix of techniques that have been used in a specific system.
Thus while a stealth aircraft may be difficult to track when it is flying toward a ground-based radar or another aircraft at the same altitude, a high-altitude airborne radar or a space-based radar may have an easier time tracking it.
Thus, "their" best aircraft is based on technology 11 years more modern than "ours." Secretary of Defense Cheney (1989 - 1992) voiced concern that this may apply to the fielding of stealth technology, and that 11 years after the F-22s IOC, for example, we will be facing a brand new Russian stealth fighter.
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The United States is the world leader in stealth technology, and this lead has given U.S. forces a clear battlefield advantage as was demonstrated in Operation Desert Storm.
DOD's policy on the commercial export of stealth technology recognizes its military significance and sensitivity while acknowledging that some items with stealth properties have been developed for commercial purposes, are widely available, and are not militarily significant.
Consequently, any possible overlap in export controls for other aspects of stealth technology (e.g., technologies and materials related to reducing infrared, acoustic, electromagnetic and visual signatures, and counter low-observables technologies) was not addressed in our report.
nsi.org /Library/Export/exportstealth.txt   (3844 words)

  
 Stealth Micro Spotting Device (US Patent 6,101,946)
Stealth technology is compatible with any high quality motion control system, allowing users to equip their favorite robot with Stealth.
Stealth technology is used with robots made by 20 different companies, and our worldwide placements exceed 1,100.
Stealth Pins are equipped with collars that ride freely in the Printhead guiding channels, exploiting gravity to return the Pins stationary position during each Printing cycle.
arrayit.com /Products/Printing/Stealth/stealth.html   (2276 words)

  
 Aerospaceweb.org | Ask Us - Stealth Technology
Stealth technology is any technology that makes an aircraft more difficult to detect.
The revolution in radar stealth came in the 1970s when computers were powerful enough to solve the Maxwell electromagnetic equations for reasonably complicated shapes.
The massive improvements in computer technology over the past two decades have allowed the same basic method to be applied to smooth, contoured surfaces.
www.aerospaceweb.org /question/design/q0010.shtml   (1124 words)

  
 Stealth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stealth technology used to conceal ships, aircraft, and missiles
"Stealth" is claimed as a trademark by Leo Stoller, who threatens to sue anybody who uses it in a product or company name, domain name, or even in the text of a Web site.
Stealth (roller coaster), roller coaster at Thorpe Park in development
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stealth   (134 words)

  
 Readers turn searchlight on stealth controversy | The Register
Stealth aircraft do not absorb most incoming RF energy, instead they reflect it to somewhere other than from whence it came.
It is possible to defeat such stealth by moving the receiver away from the transmitter and by using multiple receivers and/or transmitters.
All US stealth aircraft are fitted with sophisticated systems to mitigate their heat signature, making it difficult to obtain the necessary missile lock.
www.theregister.co.uk /2001/06/21/readers_turn_searchlight_on_stealth   (1109 words)

  
 Encyclopedia article on Stealth technology [EncycloZine]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The technology was first used on a large scale during the Gulf War in 1991.
In addition, awareness about the existence of stealth vehicles and the technologies behind them is prompting the development of techniques useful for detecting stealth vehicles such as passive radar arrays and low-frequency radars.
For example, even if a surface-to-air missile battery defending a target observes a bomb falling and surmises that there must be a stealth aircraft in the vicinity, if it cannot get a lock on the aircraft in order to feed guidance information to its missiles, it is still unable to respond.
encyclozine.com /Stealth   (1315 words)

  
 ALZA: STEALTH® Liposomal Delivery
STEALTH® liposomal technology is designed to improve efficacy and reduce toxicity of intravenous drugs with site-specific targeting.
ALZA Corporation's STEALTH® liposomal technology, developed for state-of-the-art intravenous drug delivery, is the basis for the anticancer agent Doxil® (doxorubicin HCl liposome injection).
ALZA's patented STEALTH® technology is composed of lipid nanoparticles that incorporate a polyethylene glycol (PEG) coating.
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 Stealth
As a concept, stealth is nothing new, having been invented by the first caveman to cover himself with leaves so that he could sneak up on a dim-witted antelope.
While stealth was a major effort of aircraft designers of the 1980s and 1990s, the widespread availability of powerful computers and knowledge of stealth techniques has meant that it is no longer difficult to design an aircraft with some
Finally, stealth teaches the lesson that technology is never static - a "stealth breakthrough" may only last for a few years before an adversary finds a means of countering it.
www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Evolution_of_Technology/Stealth_tech/Tech18.htm   (1183 words)

  
 stealth technology. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Stealth, or antidetection, technology is applied to vehicles (e.g., tanks), missiles, ships, and aircraft with the goal of making the object more difficult to detect at closer and closer ranges.
Since radar is the most difficult form of detection to elude, avoidance is generally accomplished by reducing the radar cross section (RCS) of the object to within the level of background noise; for example, the reported goal of U.S. military designers is to make a fighter plane with an RCS the size of a bird.
The implementation of stealth technology usually requires such compromises as reduced payload capacity, aerodynamic instability, and high design, production, and maintenance expenses.
www.bartleby.com /65/st/stealtht.html   (268 words)

  
 aviation: Scouting For Surveillance Detection of the B-2 Stealth Bomber And a Brief History on “Stealth”
Stealth technology is the most potent symbol of America's military supremacy in the post-Cold War world.Though other nations have worked on similar technology, so far none have been as successful as the United States.
Stealth technology had begun with coatings that reflect less radar than the aluminum commonly used on airplanes.
Stealth relies not only on its ability not to be detected by radar, but also on its ability not to be detected by other means.
www-tech.mit.edu /V121/N63/Stealth.63f.html   (2144 words)

  
 stealth technology
As is the case with its immediate predecessor, the US F-117A, the advanced technology of the B-2 ensures that detection of its presence by radar and heat sensors is virtually impossible.
This is achieved by a combination of aircraft-design elements:; smoothing off all radar-reflecting sharp edges; covering the aircraft with radar-absorbent materials; fitting engine coverings that hide the exhaust and heat signatures of the aircraft;; and other, secret technologies.
The US F-117A stealth fighter-bomber was used successfully during the 1991 Gulf War to attack targets in Baghdad completely undetected.
www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0031889.html   (339 words)

  
 Air-Attack.com - Stealth Technology
Stealth technology was initially developed to bypass intense Soviet defense systems.
The F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter attack aircraft was developed by Lockheed Martin after years and years of work on stealth technology, and the predecessor test demonstrator aircraft, Have Blue, was carried out in secret from 1975.
The latest aircraft with stealth technology are the F-22 Raptor, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the Eurofighter Typhoon.
www.air-attack.com /page.php?pid=20   (1239 words)

  
 Flight Journal magazine - Articles - The Myth Of Stealth, Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The principal danger is the conviction in the minds of many of this country's decision-makers that stealth renders us invincible.
In that regard, stealth is greatly misunderstood by the U.S. taxpayer, and its effectiveness is deliberately overstated by too many government officials—civilian and military—who know better.
Stealth is purely a phenomenon associated with radar signature.
www.flightjournal.com /articles/stealth/stealth1.asp   (373 words)

  
 VI - STEALTH AIRCRAFT: EAGLES AMONG SPARROWS?
Stealth is by not means a prerequisite for delivery ordnance on target, since as previously discussed, the performance of air defense systems against more conventional attack aircraft still leaves much to be desired.
Nor should stealth be regarded as the final move in the game of electronic countermeasures, given the variety of design and operational constraints imposed by stealth.
Thus, "their" best aircraft is based on technology 11 years more modern than "ours." Secretary of Defense Cheney has recently voiced concern that this may apply to the fielding of stealth technology, and that 11 years after the F-22s IOC, for example, we will be facing a brand new Russian stealth fighter.
www.fas.org /spp/aircraft/part06.htm   (5361 words)

  
 Plasma Stealth Technology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It is not known whether the plasma stealth system developed by the Russians employs a plasma laser or some other method for creating a plasma field.
This technology was first developed in Russia (mainly by Keldysh Research Center) and recently successfully used on an American satellite Deep Space 1.
article mentioning a possibility of a plasma stealth device on the MFI appeared in the April 1999 issue of Air Forces Monthly.
www.aeronautics.ru /plasmamain.htm   (2084 words)

  
 The Atlatl: Stealth Technology 1992 BC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Stealth Technology 1992 BC by William R. "Atlatl Bob" Perkins, ©1992 AD I've made the study of atlatls and the technology they represent my life work.
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Stealth Technology 1992 BC was published in the Bulletin of Primitive Technology, Issue #4, Fall 1992.
www.primitive.org /atlstealth.htm   (1845 words)

  
 stealth technology on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
STEALTH TECHNOLOGY [stealth technology] designs and materials engineered for the military purpose of avoiding detection by radar or any other electronic system.
Stealth aircraft have now participated in five combat actions--Panama, the 1991 and 2003 Gulf Wars, Yugoslavia and Afghanistan, so can perhaps be considered to have won 'ace' status.(Technology)
SunnComm Technologies Licenses StealthChannel from Stealth MediaLabs for Use as a 'Super-Watermark' in Digital Audio Content.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/s/stealtht.asp   (758 words)

  
 Anti-gravity and us - OpinionWebDiaryArchive2003 - www.smh.com.au
Technology transfer in the JSF will be very tightly controlled, with only the UK (developing a version to replace the Harrier jump-jet) so far as an inner partner.
While stealth took second place to speed, the fact was that stealth elements were a major factor in the airframe configuration, design of which dated back to the late 1950s, twenty years before stealth technology was even mentioned by the US government.
However, stealth is relatively old-hat; the F117, the first stealth aircraft, turns up regularly at air shows, much of the US 70s and 80s stealth program has been declassified and the general principles, if not specific applications, of stealth technology are now well-known in the unclassified world.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/01/28/1043534050248.html   (1904 words)

  
 RETHINKING STEALTH TECHNOLOGY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Pentagon has already spent billions on stealth related programs, including $60 billion to develop stealth technology and billions more on stealth aircraft, including $46 billion for the B-2 bomber and billions more for the F-117.
They argue that stealth planes are visible to radar, only a little harder to detect than other aircraft.
But the stealth planes are easy to pinpoint with older air defense radars that use lower frequencies.
www.taxpayer.net /TCS/wastebasket/nationalsecurity/1-11-00.htm   (418 words)

  
 F-117A Nighthawk - Military Aircraft
The stealth fighter emerged from the classified world while stationed at Tonapah Airfield with an announcement by the Pentagon in November 1988 and was first shown publicly at Nellis in April 1990.
Although only 36 stealth fighters were deployed in Desert Storm and accounted for 2.5 percent of the total force of 1,900 fighters and bombers, they flew more than a third of the bombing runs on the first day of the war.
The stealth fighter, which is coated with a secret, radar-absorbent material, operated over Iraq and Kuwait with impunity, and was unscathed by enemy guns.
www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ac/f-117.htm   (1293 words)

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