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United States Air Force. Produced. 1987–2000. Number built. 21 [ 1][ 2] The Northrop B-2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber, is an American heavy strategic bomber, featuring low-observable stealth technology designed to penetrate dense anti-aircraft defenses. A subsonic flying wing with a crew of two, the plane was designed by Northrop ...
[143] [144] For missions where stealth is required, the mission capable rate is 62–70%. [N 14] Front fuselage detail of an F-22. The effectiveness of the stealth characteristics is difficult to gauge. The RCS value is a restrictive measurement of the aircraft's frontal or side area from the perspective of a static radar.
Senior Bowl – 2 B-52Hs, serials 60-21 and 60–36, modified to carry two Lockheed D-21B "Tagboard" reconnaissance drones; Senior Cejay – Northrop B-2A stealth bomber, former Senior Ice (name changed when the development contract was awarded to Northrop on 4 November 1981). Sometimes quoted as Senior CJ.
Stealth aircraft are designed to avoid detection using a variety of technologies that reduce reflection/emission of radar, infrared, [ 1] visible light, radio frequency (RF) spectrum, and audio, all collectively known as stealth technology. [ 2] The F-117 Nighthawk was the first operational aircraft explicitly designed around stealth technology.
Lockheed Martin X-35. The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, stealth multirole combat aircraft designed for air superiority and strike missions; it also has electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. Lockheed Martin is the prime F-35 contractor with ...
The two Chengdu J-20s making their first public appearance at Airshow China 2016. The J-20 emerged from the late-1990s J-XX program. In 2008, the PLAAF endorsed Chengdu Aerospace Corporation 's proposal, Project 718. Chengdu had previously used the double-canard configuration in the J-9, its first design and cancelled in the 1970s, and the J-10 ...
Eurofighter Typhoon variants. The Eurofighter Typhoon is a European multinational twin-engine, supersonic, canard delta wing, multirole fighter. [ 3 ][ 4 ] The Typhoon was designed originally as an air-superiority fighter [ 5 ] and is manufactured by a consortium of Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo that conducts the majority of the project ...
The T-14 Armata (Russian: Т-14 «Армата»; industrial designation Russian: Объект 148, romanized : Obyekt 148, lit. 'Object 148') is a Russian main battle tank (MBT) based on the Armata Universal Combat Platform . The Russian Army initially planned to acquire 2,300 T-14s between 2015 and 2020. [ 13][ 14][ 15] By 2018, production ...