Stealth

Technology

By Deepak Jacob
S7 L
Roll No: 16
MACE

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Introductio
n
Means :- low
observable.
Basic idea :- to
blend with the
surroundings.
Quest :- began
more than 60
years ago
during World
War II.
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 Goal of Stealth
Technology
To make aircraft invisible to
RADAR
To reduce RADAR, IR, acoustic,
visual and avionics signature

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Aircraft detection
methods

RADAR
Heat detection
Turbulence detection
Visual detection
Acoustic Detection

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 How to get Stealthy…

By reducing the imprint on radar

system
By turning down the heat of IR
picture
By reducing the turbulence
By reducing the sound
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How Radar works…

Principle of
Echo and
Doppler
effect
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◦ The amount of power reflected
back to the radar depends largely
on a quantity called the radar
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Received power Vs Range

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 Defeating RADAR
Diffraction – Scattering of RADAR
energy
Absorption – Absorb RADAR energy
and transform and re-emit as heat
energy

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RCS Reduction techniques
Purpose shaping
◦ The shape of the target’s reflecting
surfaces is designed such that they reflect
energy away from the source
Radar absorbent material
◦ As an addition to highly reflective surfaces
Active Cancellation
◦ Target generates a radar signal equal in
intensity but opposite in phase to the
predicted reflection of an incident radar
signal
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Reduction by Radio wave
scattering
Usual Aero planes Stealth aircrafts

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Angled Surfaces

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 Internal Radar Absorbent
Construction
Special Radar Absorbent structure
– re-entrant triangles
First used on SR-71 Blackbird

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Re entrant triangles

Traps radar
energy and
bounces it off
internal faces
RADAR
beam dissipating the
energy

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 Principle behind RAM
 Coating contains
carbonyl iron
ferrite.
 When a radar
wave encounters
this coating, it
creates a
magnetic field
within the metallic
elements of the
coating.
 The field has
alternating polarity
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Three types of RAM
◦ Resonant
◦ Non-resonant magnetic
◦ Non-resonant large volume
• Materials
• carbon fiber composites
• magnetic ferrite-based
substance
RAM reduces the RCS by making the object
appear
smaller

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Plasma stealth

Is a proposed process that uses

ionized gas (plasma) to reduce
the radar cross section (RCS) of
an aircraft.
While it is theoretically possible
to wrap the airframe in plasma, it
is practically difficult.

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 Plasma around a stealth
aircraft

Attained by electrostatic or RF discharges

or by laser-produced plasmas

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Anti stealth / Counter
stealth
By triangulating its location with
a network of radar systems.
With the help of microwaves
similar to the ones emitted by the
cell phone towers.
By using over the horizon radar,
ultra wide band (impulse) radar,
bistatic radar, imaging radar and
IR imaging seekers.
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Disadvantages of stealth
technology
It cannot fly as fast or is not
maneuverable like conventional
aircraft.
The reduced amount of payload
it can carry.
The cost. Stealth aircraft literally
costs its weight in gold. B-2 ($2
billion), F-117 ($70 million) and
the F-22 ($100 million) are the
costliest planes in the world.
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References
Journal of aerospace sciences &
technologies vol.59, no.3
‘Introduction to radar systems’
Merrill I Skolnik
www.wikipedia.com
www.aerospaceweb.org
www.ausairpower.net
www.centennialofflight.gov

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Thank You

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Questions???

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