Stealth aircraft

The retired F-117 Nighthawk stealth strike aircraft of the U.S Air Force

A stealth aircraft is an aircraft that uses special alloys and design features that make them difficult for radar to see. They are also made to emit little infrared radiation.

F-35 vs J-20 vs Su-57 – MASS PRODUCTION STEALTH FIGHTERS : Radar cross-section (RCS)
PICTURE	TYPE	COUNTRY	X-BAND(8150 MHz)	S-BAND(3150 MHz)	L-BAND(1150 MHz)	VHF (150 MHz)
	Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II	United States	0.06 m2	0.08 m2	0.13 m2	0.74 m2
	Chengdu J-20	China	0.21 m2	0.21 m2	0.24 m2	1.15 m2
	Sukhoi Su-57	Russia	0.48 m2	0.32 m2	0.35 m2	0.66 m2

Stealth Aircraft Media

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  Vehicles like this RAH-66 proved challenging to design stealth capabilities for helicopters.

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  B-2 Spirit stealth bomber of the U.S. Air Force

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  In a 1994 live fire exercise near Point Mugu, California, a U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit dropped forty-seven 500 lb (230 kg) class Mark 82 bombs, which represents about half of a B-2's total ordnance payload in Block 30 configuration.

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  The Linke-Hofmann R.I prototype, an experimental German World War I bomber covered with transparent covering material (1917–1918)

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  The F-22 Raptor, is an American fifth-generation stealth air superiority fighter