Stealth

Maintaining the F-35’s stealth edge is no cosmetic job—it’s a matter of survival in a future battlespace where even slight imperfections can light up the jet like a Christmas tree on enemy radar.

Benjamin Rich didn’t just build planes—he redefined the very concept of modern warfare by making the impossible task of invisibility a reality, and in doing so, gave the U.S. military an edge no enemy could see coming.

The growing dominance of China’s long-wave radar systems signals a new era of anti-stealth warfare, one where even the most advanced US stealth platforms like the B-2 Spirit may no longer fly undetected across the Pacific.

In a game of clandestine cat and mouse across the city, each ring of the phone booth hurled me further into the enigma, with nothing but my wits and a Chapstick tube of secrets to keep me in play.

Discover Northrop’s Tacit Blue demonstrator aircraft: an enigmatic stealth technology pioneer that shaped military aviation history.

The Have Blue project, a covert endeavor during the height of the Cold War, paved the way for one of the most revolutionary advancements in modern aviation history: stealth technology.

The F-22 Raptor is both a beauty and a technological marvel. Here are three things you might not know about it.

In this article we revisit whether Russian and Chinese stealth fighters really live up to their name.

For years, Air force Special Tactics operators have trained with and utilized open-circuit dive gear. While this is a great capability and allows for diversity within their mission-set, any savvy tactical individual knows that open-circuit dive gear creates a ton of bubbles. This completely negates the stealth factor, which is often at the heart of […]

In the first reported total loss of one of Russia’s exceedingly rare fifth-generation Sukhoi Su-57 “stealth” fighters, one of the jets crashed approximately 68 miles from the Komsomolsk-on-Amur aircraft plant in Russia, where it was likely built. The pilot ejected from the aircraft safely and was recovered soon after the incident by Russian military MI-8 […]

The legendary F-117 Nighthawk, sometimes referred to colloquially as the “Stealth Fighter,” may have formally retired in 2008, but sightings of the angular-angel have persisted for years in the skies above America’s southwest. This culminated recently in a series of new sightings near the infamous airstrip of “Area 51,” located in the dry bed that […]

America’s venerable B-2 Spirit may be thirty years old, but it still offers the United States a unique combat capability not found in any other nation. The stealthy platform can penetrate deep into contested airspace, delivering massive amounts of ordnance on unsuspecting targets while avoiding detection and — just as importantly — weapons lock from […]