[Ads-l] Stealth

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

"Aviation Week & Space Technology" was nicknamed "Aviation Leak" in
the aerospace industry because it published sensitive information. The
magazine published a 1976 article containing many instances of
"stealth".

Date: January 19, 1976
Periodical: Aviation Week & Space Technology
Volume 104, Number 3
Article: Advanced Tactical Fighter Studies Set
Author: Barry Miller
Quote Page 16
Publisher: McGraw-Hill, New York
Database: Internet Archive

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Besides the overall design studies, the Flight Dynamics Laboratory
intends to sponsor two other ATF studies in the area now generally
called Stealth--ways and means of reducing an aircraft’s radar,
acoustic and optical signatures.
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Flight Dynamics Laboratory had been asked to use Northrop and Lockheed
as its Stealth contractors because these two companies have been
working on a Stealth fighter aircraft program sponsored by Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency.
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The intent of the Stealth studies will be to explore how far it is
practical to progress in the application of signature reduction
techniques such as aerodynamic body shaping, absorptive materials and
paint coverings ...
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Flight Dynamics Laboratory has sponsored other studies in
low-signature or Stealth aircraft.
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Garson

On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 10:00 PM Bill Mullins <amcombill at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> OED has [6/1975], 1/1979
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> 1978  _Casa Grande Dispatch_ Arizona,  13 May 3/2 [genealogybank]
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> However, some sources implied the plane may have been part of what has been called a "stealth" program aimed at developing reconnaissance planes which would be significantly less vulnerable to enemy counteraction.
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