Tacit Blue flight tests lead to E-8 radar system

A combined flight-test team from Northrop Grumman, the US Air Force and Calspan has revealed new details of the flight characteristics of the Tacit Blue technology demonstrator. The formerly classified USAF/Defense Advanced Research Agency project was initially used as a proof-of-concept stealthy surveillance radar platform. The 17m-long low-observable aircraft defeated ...

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