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	Air Force Unveils TACIT BLUE Stealth Aircraft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		TACIT BLUE initially was created to demonstrate that a low observable surveillance aircraft with a low probability of intercept radar and other sensors could operate close to the forward line of battle with a high degree of survivability.
		TACIT BLUE was developed and tested at several different locations and flown by both Air Force and contractor pilots.
		TACIT BLUE is undergoing final preparations to include painting, de-arming the ejection seat and canopy, purging all fuels, oils and lubricants as well as the hydraulic system, etc., that must be completed before public viewing and access at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
	www.serve.com /mahood/nellis/groom/tacitpr2.htm (638 words)

	Northrop Tacit Blue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Northrop Tacit Blue was a technology demonstrator aircraft created to demonstrate that a stealth low observable surveillance aircraft with a low probability of intercept radar and other sensors could operate close to the forward line of battle with a high degree of survivability.
		Tacit Blue was created to demonstrate that a low observable surveillance aircraft with a low probability of intercept radar and other sensors could operate close to the forward line of battle with a high degree of survivability.
		In 1996, Tacit Blue was placed on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northrop_Tacit_Blue (436 words)

	Tacit Blue
		However, it was also the first aircraft to combine a number of new stealth designs such as a low radar cross section.
		In 1982, the Tacit Blue flew for the first time in a test flight, and after that it flew 135 times over 3 years.
		The data collected from the Tacit Blue project was later used on the B-2 Spirit, also made by Northrop.
	www.area51zone.com /aircraft/tacitb.shtml (360 words)

	CD Baby: TACIT BLUE: Dreamland
		TACIT BLUE released their first CD, "Dreamland" to critical acclaim in May of 2001.
		Chris Crabtree comes from the small Texas town of Stratford where the horizon is flat and the sky is deep, at night revealing the millions of stars that hide behind the cloak of light pollution of cities.
		Tacit Blue is dedicated to the exploration of space - in all of its forms.
	www.cdbaby.com /tacitblue (906 words)

	The (Tacit) Blue Whale
		Some of the old Tacit Blue team still have plaster casts of that lump of clay, as a reminder of the days when they were working on a cutting-edge program they thought might make history.
		If a model of Tacit Blue was balanced on its point of gravity and placed in a wind tunnel, it would weathervane around until it was pointing tail first into the onrushing wind.
		Technicians from Hughes and DARPA used Tacit Blue test flights to increase their knowledge of such radar-cloaking techniques as the use of low-power signals and the spreading of signals around the spectrum.
	www.afa.org /magazine/Aug1996/0896whale.asp (2624 words)

	Deep Black: Stealth Technology F-117 B-2 Combat Performance Tactics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Have Blue aircraft had the same general shape as that which would later become familiar with the F-117A, except that the twin rudders were located forward of the exhaust ejectors and were angled inward rather than outward.
		Lockheed workers assembled the two Have Blue aircraft in Burbank in Building 82, one of their big assembly hangers that was the size of three football fields.
		TACIT BLUE owes some of its unique shape and size to the reconnaissance equipment it was designed to carry.
	www.danshistory.com /stealth.shtml (2016 words)

	The Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber
		Tacit Blue performed its initial flight in February 1982, followed by 134 more flights over a three-year evaluation.
		Tacit Blue was powered by twin high-bypass turbofan engines, had a wingspan of 14.7 meters (48 feet 2 inches), a length of 17 meters (55 feet 10 inches), and a weight of 13,605 kilograms (30,000 pounds).
		Apparently the Tacit Blue program did much to advance LPI radar technology, since it would have made absolutely no sense to design a stealthy battlefield surveillance aircraft and then have it announce its presence by blasting out strong and easily detected radar signals.
	www.vectorsite.net /avb2.html (5353 words)

	ATF3 Online Museum - Tacit Blue
		News Release by U.S. Department of Defense on the Tacit Blue
		TACIT BLUE was developed as a potential platform for radar sensors developed under the Air Force Pave Mover and Army SOTAS programs.
		At the time, one option under active consideration was a two-phased program in which the radar would initially be deployed on ten conventional aircraft, with subsequent production focused on a stealth platform derived from the TACIT BLUE test aircraft.
	www.pocketprotectors.com /atf3/Tacit_Blue.htm (537 words)

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		Lessons gleaned from the Tacit Blue's flights were used to develop the B-2 bomber and FY-22 and F-23 fighters.
		The Tacit Blue remained a mystery plane until it was unveiled to the public in 1990.
		As the original Tacit Blue was unmarked, the only decals that came with the kit were the triangular "rescue" markings for the cockpit's side windows.
	www.fantastic-plastic.com /NorthropTacitBluePage.htm (253 words)

	Tacit >> Connect the Dots so the Right Collaboration Happens
		Tacit's experienced leadership team comes from backgrounds serving many of the world's best-known and successful innovators.
		Prior to joining Blue Martini, Yeh was a partner at Mercer Management Consulting where he led successful strategy consulting engagements for such companies as Eastman Kodak, IBM, General Motors, Philips Electronics and Sears.
		Before joining Tacit, Hamel was a founder and General Manager of E-commerce at Propel, an e-commerce infrastructure company.
	www.tacit.com /company/about_tacit/executives.html (504 words)

	Fact Sheets : Northrop Tacit Blue : Northrop Tacit Blue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Tacit Blue (Whale) aircraft was built to test the advances in stealth technology.
		With such a low radar return signal, Tacit Blue demonstrated that such an aircraft could operate close to the battlefield forward line without fear of being discovered by enemy radar.
		Tacit Blue had a single flush inlet on the top of the fuselage to provide air to its two engines.
	www.nationalmuseum.af.mil /factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=353 (281 words)

	The Tacit Blue Stealth Aircraft - Above Top Secret Conspiracy Community
		They say that the Tacit Blue was the X-plane that paved the way for all of the modern stealth aircraft, from the B-2, to the F-35 JSF.
		The two Major lessions from Tacit Blue were, how to achieve stealth with a curved airframe, and how to put radar and data links in a stealth aircraft.
		Even the old F-117 Nighthawk is being upgraded to make use of some of the lessions that were learned from the Tacit Blue, such as new stealth antannas and radios that can be used while the plane is flying in stealth mode.
	www.abovetopsecret.com /forum/thread60787/pg1 (995 words)

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		says "Tacit Blue is a programme that has been a very well kept secret, its an aircraft that is not been publicly seen until today'.] first flown in 1982, this was one of a kind airplane was part of a revolution in technology that helped to change forever the way military aircraft are designed.
		Everything about Tacit Blue was top secret, only 5 pilots ever flew the plane, and when it was retired 10 years ago, it was locked away, its now headed for a museum, a piece of aviation history, that until this afternoon was classified.
		Tacit Blue is an interesting plane, but it is a mere sideshow.
	www.netwrx1.net /skunk-works/v05.n656 (3612 words)

	UFO.Whipnet.org \| Aliens \| UFO \| Area 51 \| Timeline 2
		The first Have Blue prototype crashes at Groom after its landing gear is damaged and was unable to land.
		The second Have Blue prototype crashes 35 miles NW of Groom, due to an engine fire.
		TACIT BLUE was declassified and delivered to the U.S. Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio, for permanent display.
	ufo.whipnet.org /area.51/timeline/index2.html (1166 words)

	F-117A: The Loss of Have Blue #1002
		Dyson later flew the Tacit Blue, which demonstrated radically different stealth technologies from Have Blue.
		Dyson flew "Have Blue," a highly secret prototype for the F-117A stealth fighter, and Tacit Blue, which demonstrated radically different technologies.
		Dyson was awarded the Iven C. Kincholoe Award in 1989 for test flying Have Blue and in 1996 for Tacit Blue after those programs were declassified.
	www.f-117a.com /HB2.html (1143 words)

	Polly Moller's Web Site: Discography: Diogenes
		The life-cataclysm spurred her to change the title of her upcoming third album from "Tacit Blue" (the name of the lead-off track) to Diogenes.
		"Tacit Blue was one of the very first stealth aircraft, and there was only one prototype built.
		I imagined the plane must have been awfully lonely, and uncomfortable with the fact that she couldn't be seen on radar.
	www.silverwheel.com /diogenes_new.html (752 words)

	Skywrighter.com: News
		Tacit Blue differed dramatically in appearance from the multifaceted Have Blue, and its smooth, bulbous appearance earned it a nickname of “the Whale.” The test program began in 1982 and was complete in 1985 after 135 flights.
		Tacit Blue then was placed on display at the Air Force Museum.
		Have Blue and Tacit Blue provided the basis for competition between Lockheed and Northrop for a stealth bomber.
	www.skywrighter.com /news/2003/0418/10stealth.asp (666 words)

	Stealth - United States Prototypes and Demonstrators (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Shortly after the "Have Blue" contract was given, the project was taken over by the Air Force and became highly "fl".
		As part of its secret status, the "Have Blue" prototype was tested at the Groom Lake Test Facility in Nevada.
		The first flight of a "Have Blue" took place in January or February of 1978 (the exact date is still classified).
	www.lowobservable.com /usprotos.htm (1480 words)

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		The US Air Force, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and Northrop Corp. teamed up for the TACIT BLUE Technology Demonstration Program from 1978 to 1985.
		TACIT BLUE validated a number of innovative stealth technology advances.
		The program provided valuable engineering data that aided in the B-2 "Spirit" design.
	homepage.eircom.net /~militaryx/shijin/newarea51/tacit.html (573 words)

	MILNET: The Early History of Stealth
		Work was quickly begun on upgrading an existing "blue sky" design Lockheed had been thinking about, and the YF-11 project was born.
		Northrop lost the stealth fighter contract, but was able to continue their design work through funding of the Tacit Blue project, a predecessor to the E-8 Joint Stars battlefield radar system.
		Tacit Blue was an ungainly design, however, it pioneered a number of important breakthroughs in shaping and skin design that are used in all stealth aircraft today.
	www.milnet.com /shistory.htm (1278 words)

	Mystery - TACIT BLUE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The U.S. Air Force unveiled the Tacit Blue Technology Demonstration Program on April 30, 1996, at the Pentagon.
		The aircraft has a wingspan of 48.2 feet and a length of 55.8 feet and weighed 30,000 pounds.
		The aircraft had been in storage since 1985, and is now on display at the US Air Force Museum at WPAFB, OH.
	www.fas.org /irp/mystery/tacitblu.htm (366 words)

	Light Reading - Brocade Invests in Tacit - Telecom News Analysis
		Tacit has raised about $24.2 million to date (see Tacit Takes In $16.9M).
		This is Tacit's most dramatic pairing yet, though the vendor has an earlier resale agreement with IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM - message board) and a typical development deal with Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT - message board).
		The news also gives a boost to Tacit, which Kidd says was chosen after "quite a bit of due diligence" on other firms.
	www.lightreading.com /document.asp?doc_id=73242 (1102 words)

	F-117A: The XST
		However, according to John K. "Jack" Twigg, former HAVE BLUE program manager (who was heavily involved with subsequent low observables programs), nothing related to HAVE BLUE or the F-117A was ever called "Project Harvey." "All activities that led directly to HAVE BLUE were never referred to as Project Harvey," said Twigg.
		The designation XST was replaced with the code name Have Blue, the project was transferred over to Air Force System Command, and the project office moved from Washington to a secure "vault" at Wright-Patterson AFB.
		The 135 Tacit Blue flights from February 1982 to 1985 provided valuable data for Northrop's entry in another poleoff compition with Lockheed for the Advanced Technology Bomber (ATB).
	www.f-117a.com /XST.html (2389 words)

	Byte and Switch - Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) - Tacit Tightens Blue Connection - Storage Networking News ...
		Tacit Networks Inc., a maker of wide-area file services (WAFS) software, has announced an agreement with IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM - message board) that illustrates the growing role of WAFS in storage networks and data centers (see Tacit Networks, IBM Team).
		Tacit's also developing a rackmount version of its WAFS appliance for use with IBM's eServer xSeries servers, which run under Linux and Windows.
		Tacit is one of a handful of suppliers that specialize in caching software for faster read/write access to multiple remote sites (see Watch Out for WAFS).
	www.byteandswitch.com /document.asp?doc_id=56547 (990 words)

	CNN - Pentagon lifts cloak of secrecy - May 1, 1996 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Begun in 1978 and halted in 1985, the Tacit Blue program produced only one flying version of the aircraft.
		According to a Defense Department statement, the reason for lifting the cloak of secrecy was that the plane's "technologies and capabilities are currently in operational use and knowledge of the program no longer needs protection".
		The Tacit Blue aircraft will go on public display May 22 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.
	www.cnn.com /TECH/9605/01/stealth.unveiled (217 words)

	Author Peter Merlin, Member Roadrunners Internationale
		As Northrop chief test pilot, Thomas led the flight-testing of TACIT BLUE, a one-of-a-kind demonstrator.
		He flew the first flight of TACIT BLUE at Groom Lake, Nevada, on 5 February 1982 and piloted 70 of the airplane's 135 flights.
		Carried out in total secrecy, the TACIT BLUE program was not declassified until 1996 when the airplane was publicly unveiled at the U.S. Air Force Museum (now National Museum of the U.S. Air Force) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
	area51specialprojects.com /merlin.html (1323 words)

	Stealth Aircraft
		The Blackbird's paint is highly sophisticated: it is formulated to radiate excess heat as well as to disrupt incoming radar energy.
		It changes to blue at operating temperatures and altitudes.
		Tacit Blue featured a straight tapered wing with a V-tail mounted on an oversized fuselage with a curved shape.
	www.seorf.ohiou.edu /~af641 (3223 words)

	UFOS at close sight: the Tacit Blue low observable project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		After years of secret development and testing, the Air Force recently declassified the TACIT BLUE program: the pathfinder project for today's stealth aircraft.
		At a final cost of $165 million, the TACIT BLUE program is now being declassified since the technology it evaluated is a part of the active inventory and the existence of the program no longer needs protection.
		On 22 May 1996, the only flight-worthy airframe used in the program was unveiled at the U.S. Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, where it is now on permanent display.
	ufologie.net /htm/tacit.htm (145 words)

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		Bissell autobio RE: 1957 UFO, or Tacit Blue?
		All HAVE BLUE flights were made from Groom Lake, and both >> aircraft crashed and were subsequently buried there.
		First flight of TACIT BLUE was in Feb. 1982.
	www.netwrx1.net /skunk-works/v05.n667 (3474 words)

	3D lwo Tacit Blue Stealth
		KEYWORDS: Tacit Blue Stealth Aircraft The Whale The U.S. Air Force the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Northrop Aircraft Jet UFO
		The U.S. Air Force, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), and the Northrop Corporation worked together from 1978 to 1985 to demonstrate that curved surfaces on an aircraft result in a low radar return signal from ground radar.
		With such a low radar return signal, TACIT BLUE demonstrated that such an aircraft could operate safely close to the battlefield forward line without fear of being discovered by enemy radar.
	www.turbosquid.com /FullPreview/Index.cfm/ID/259758 (158 words)

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