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F-117 Nighthawk F-117 flying over mountains in Nevada in 2002 General information Type Stealth attack aircraft National origin United States Manufacturer Lockheed Corporation Status Retired from combat, used as training aircraft as of 2025 Primary user United States Air Force Number built 64 (5 YF-117As, 59 F-117As) History Introduction date October 1983 ; 41 years ago (1983-10) First flight ...
F-117 stealth aircraft PL-01 stealth tank Surcouf French stealth frigate. Stealth technology, also termed low observable technology (LO technology), is a sub-discipline of military tactics and passive and active electronic countermeasures. [1]
On 10 November 1988, the long-rumored existence of the F-117 Stealth Fighter was finally officially confirmed by the Pentagon. [5] In 1990 the last F-117A was delivered. and the flight test squadron no longer had to perform acceptance flights at Groom Lake.
The F-117 Nighthawk #833, nicknamed Black Devil, went on display over the weekend at the Palm Springs Air Museum.
F-117 stealth aircraft PL-01 stealth tank Surcouf French stealth frigate. Development of modern stealth technologies in the United States began in 1958, [3] [4] where earlier attempts to prevent radar tracking of its U-2 spy planes during the Cold War by the Soviet Union had been unsuccessful. [5]
The F-117 while having sufficient stealth, also had a low visual signature. Even still, if the F-117 was visually acquired, it, like all aircraft, were subject to visual air-to-air interception. This was easily circumvented by flying at night. [39] The F-22 Raptor, is an American fifth-generation stealth air superiority fighter
In large part to the 1980 announcement by Secretary Brown, aerospace circles published speculative articles, By 1983, artists' conceptions of the "F-19" began to appear (F-19 was the speculative name of the aircraft, since the F-18 designation was the Navy derivative of the F-17, and Northrop used the F-20 designation for its privately funded F ...
The PL-01 was a Polish light tank concept created by OBRUM with support from BAE Systems, based on the Swedish CV90120-T light tank. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The concept vehicle was first unveiled at the International Defence Industry Exhibition in Kielce on 2 September 2013, [ 3 ] but the project was scrapped in 2015.