Tag: stealth technology
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F-47 Design Exposes Boeing's Shift in Sixth-Gen Fighter Strategy
Meet Darold Cummings, the aerospace engineer behind Northrop's YF-23, who shares his insights on fighter design, revealing that every fighter's blueprint revolves around its weapon bay. He breaks down the delicate balance between aerodynamics and stealth, where getting the radar cross-sectional area down is the ultimate goal.
Images Near Area 51 Suggest F-47 Roots in Stealth Legacy
Mysterious infra-red images captured near Area 51 have sparked speculation that a long-forgotten 1990s aircraft, the X-36, may be influencing the design of a modern stealth plane, with some observers drawing striking comparisons to the proposed F-47.