Rostec has developed a radar-absorbing material for aircraft

Ruselectronics holding (part of Rostec) has developed prototypes of a new material capable of absorbing radio waves in a wide frequency range, which can be used in aviation, informed press service of the state corporation.

“Thanks to the glass fiber backing with a metal core, the thin-layer material can be used for the manufacture of aircraft parts. This design solution is proposed for the stealth material for the first time,” the report says.

The factory-tested material absorbs up to 95% of the incident electromagnetic radiation from radars, which makes it very difficult to detect an airborne object. The Central Design Bureau for Special Radio Materials, which created the samples, emphasized that the material does not require maintenance, unlike existing types of stealth coatings, which must be regularly restored.

Earlier in February, Deputy General Director of Rostec Vladimir Artyakov informedthat the state corporation will switch to the production of unmanned aerial vehicles entirely from Russian components in a maximum of a year. In January it became knownthat the enterprises of the corporation in the coming months should complete tests and begin mass production of a new generation of electronic warfare equipment (EW) and combat UAVs. Rostec also stated that its enterprises are handing over to the Ministry of Defense a batch of small arms and ammunition for it, drones, portable anti-aircraft missiles, anti-tank systems, missile formations are replenished with Iskander-M complexes, and anti-aircraft gunners receive Pantsir-S1 complexes.