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STEALTH TECHNOLOGY

Presented By SUPREETH.S (4MH07ME047) Mysore, karnataka

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION HISTORY CASE STUDY:F-117 NIGHTHAWK RADAR ABSORBING MATERIALS ADVANTAGES LIMITATIONS CONCLUSION FUTURE STEALTH TECHNOLOGY REFERENCES / BIBLIOGRAPHY

INTRODUCTION

What is Stealth Technology ? Stealth is a technique in which we can make any object invisible. Stealth is an important technology which used in military operations. Stealth technology also known as LO technology (low observable technology)

HISTORY
The first "stealth" aircraft have been developed in Germany during the last years of WWII. This technique has also been used in ships. Later americans worked on stealth technology And suceeded.

RADAR CROSSSECTION REDUCTIONS

Almost since the invention of radar, various techniques detection. Some of the techniques used for this purpose are: 1. vehicle shape 2. radar absorbing material have been tried to minimize

STEALTH VECHICLE SHAPES & DESIGN

It should be coated with the Radar Absorbing Materials. Its tail should kept an ACUTE angle. Planes wings has to kept at Angle. Design of Nose. Stealth aircraft must bury the Engines within the wing or fuselage.

corner

reflector

is

retroreflector

consisting of three mutually perpendicular, intersecting flat surfaces, which reflects electromagnetic waves back towards the source.

Difference between conventional & stealth aircraft design

When we are using normal shape

While we use Stealth Technology

CASE STUDY ON NIGHTHAWK PLANES

Nighthawk design
Crew One Length 19.4m (63ft 9in) Height 3.9m (12ft 9in) Weight 23,625kg (52,500lb) Angle of Sweep of Delta Wing 67

A: Two imaging infrared B: The edges of the F-1 C: The unique arrow turrets are recessed into 17's cockpit canopy, like shape of the F-117 is the nose of the F-1 17. all surfaces on the aircraft naturally unstable. One looks forward to , have no right-angles- Stability is maintained by acquire targets; the other these are strong reflectors computerized fly-by-wire is on the underside and is of radar. controls. used for tracking and laser designators .

D: Bombs are strong radar reflectors, so the F1 17 carries its weapons internally. The bomb doors only open for a moment when the warload is released.

E: The Nighthawk's twin F: it is kept at an angle in General Electric engines order to reduce the are buried deep in the detected by the radar. fuselage. They have shallow exhausts, which cool and deflect the exhaust gases upward to minimize heat emissions.

NORMAL FIGHTER PLANE SHOWING THE ENGINE

ENGINES OF THE AIRCRAFT ARE COVERED

EXHAUST PLUME OF A NORMAL PLANE

STEALTH AIRCRAFT WITHOUT EXHAUST

Sensors

 For navigation and weapon aiming, the aircraft is equipped with a forwardlooking infrared (FLIR) and a downward-looking infrared (DLIR) sensors It consist of four probes at the nose.

COCKPIT

HEAD UP DISPLAY

The cockpit has Head-up display. equipped with large video monitors. The cockpit has a full-colour moving map.

FLIGHT MANAGEMENT

Before flight, mission data is downloaded on to the IBM AP-102 mission control computer, which integrates it with the navigation and flight controls to provide a fully automated flight management system.

What is Radar Absorbing Materials (Stealth)?

Nanostructural composite material, absorbing without reflection radar wave.

Magnetic ferrite-based substance

RAM reduces the radar cross section making the object appear smaller.

B-2 STEALTH BOMBER

PLASMA STEALTH

In this stealth the aircraft injects a stream of ionized gas which envelopes the aircraft due to which most of the radar wave are observe this make the aircraft completely invisible

ADVANTAGE
Stealth aircraft are invisable to radar. Develop the military secretes. Saving military budget.

DISADVANTAGE
Stealth technology has its own disadvantages like other technologies. Stealth aircraft cannot fly as fast or is not maneuverable like conventional aircraft. Another serious disadvantage with the stealth aircraft is the reduced amount of payload it can carry. On the other hand a conventional aircraft can carry much more payload than any stealth aircraft of its class. Cost of maintenance

CONCLUSION
Stealth technology is a techniques used with Aircrafts, ships order to make them less visible to radar. Need of Stealth Technology very

importance in military field.

REFERENCE:
Future Flight: The Next Generation of Aircraft Technology, William D. Siuru , Jhon D. Busick, Published 1933 McGrew-Hill Professional, 194 pages, ISBN 0830643761 Have Blue and the F-117A: Evolution of Stealth Fighter, By David C. Aronstein, Albert C Piccirillo, Published 1997 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 305 pages, ISBN 1563472457 Stealth technology: The Art of Back Magic, By J. Jones, Matt Thunder http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shadowlands/6583/projects.html http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stealth_aitcraft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-117_Nighthawk

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