Chinese researchers have allegedly developed a new tool to detect U.S. stealth aircraft using a modified commercially ...

In 1990, the F-117 Nighthawk was the first warplane to use stealth technology. Now the B-21 Raider promises new leaps in ...

Like the fifth generation, the sixth will be dominated by stealth technology. This helps fighter jets to reduce their chances of being detected by infrared and radar sensors, to the point that ...

The U.S. Navy's deployment of new extremely long-range air-to-air missiles in the Indo-Pacific could erase China's advantage in aerial reach, experts say, part of an intensifying focus on ...

This article was updated on April 14, 2025 to highlight updated Flight Global data, as well as advances in stealth technology in various countries. Covert air operations began in World War I ...

All About Stealth Aircraft To begin with, stealth technology does not make an aircraft “invisible,” either to the naked eye or to radar. This is impossible. Instead, effective stealth ...

With the rapid development of nanophotonics, spectrally selective infrared stealth technology has achieved great success through the design of metamaterials. However, as the background environment ...