English Wikipedia - The Free Encycl...
Download this dictionary
Lockheed Have Blue
Lockheed
Have Blue
was the code name for
Lockheed
's demonstrator (i.e., "
proof of concept
") that preceded the
F-117 Nighthawk
production
stealth aircraft
.
Have Blue
was designed by Lockheed's
Skunk Works
division, and tested at
Groom Lake
,
Nevada
. The
Have Blue
was the first
fixed-wing aircraft
designed from an
electrical engineering
(rather than an aerospace engineering) perspective. The aircraft's plate-like,
faceted
shape was designed to deflect
electromagnetic waves
in directions other than that of the originating
radar
emitter, greatly reducing its
radar cross-section
. Two flyable vehicles were constructed, but both crashed during the flight-test program.
See more at Wikipedia.org...
© This article uses material from
Wikipedia
®
and is licensed under the
GNU Free Documentation License
and under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License