Totally invisible

1995/11/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Garraioak
• Aeronautika

The prototype you can see in the photo below will finish its first flight later this year. The companies Lockheed Martin and Boeing have named him Darkstar and will soon have a lot to say. 450 kilometers per hour can reach 20 kilometers in height and stay 24 hours in a row in the sky without cuts.

Obviously, the new aircraft has not been created for any use. On the contrary, it is specially designed for military function and to fulfill this objective it carries two systems that make it invisible in front of the radar. As we know, radars calculate the position of an object by emitting radio waves. One of the systems established in the Darkstar plane consists of diamond structure screens that divert the radio waves and when they return to the radar, they are too weak to determine the position of the plane.

The second system is based on the absorption of radio waves. The entire exterior of the Darks is made of material called RAM. This substance completely absorbs radio waves emitted by the radar and this step does not release waves. Radar prevents the arrival of the plane.