The structure of “Rostec” has developed a material for stealth aircraft

The Roselectronics holding (part of Rostec) has developed samples of a material capable of absorbing radio waves in a wide frequency range. Rostec clarified that this material makes it difficult to detect the aircraft using radar equipment, since it absorbs up to 95% of the incident electromagnetic radiation from radars.

IN message The state corporation states that the thin-layer material is based on glass fibers with a metal core, so it can be used for the manufacture of aircraft parts. This design solution was first proposed for a stealth material, Rostec emphasized.

“The problem of creating a structural radar-absorbing material has long been a problem in the modern military aircraft industry. Existing types of aircraft stealth coatings need to be regularly restored, and fiberglass with a reduced reflection coefficient does not require maintenance. Our prototypes have already successfully passed the necessary factory tests,” said Alexei Dymovskikh, Director General of the Central Design Bureau for Special Radio Materials.

Stealth technology is a set of measures aimed at reducing the visibility of combat vehicles in the radar and infrared detection spectra through specially designed geometric shapes and the use of radar-absorbing materials and coatings. Aircraft with early stealth technologies were also used in the USSR.

Milena Kostereva