Northrop Tacit Blue Stealth Technology Demonstrator Family
Northrop Tacit Blue was a one-of-a-kind technology demonstrator built in the early 1980s to test low-observable shaping, digital flight control, and battlefield-surveillance sensor integration. Its unconventional rounded planform and hidden sensors made the aircraft a pivotal research step between earlier stealth experiments and later operational reconnaissance and strike systems.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Tacit BlueBlue WhaleBSAX
- Family Name
- Northrop Tacit Blue
- Full Name
- Northrop Tacit Blue Stealth Technology Demonstrator Family
- Roles
- researchexperimentaltechnology_demonstratorreconnaissancemilitary
- Status
- retired
- Type
- aircraft
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- fixed_wing
- Operating Modes
- land
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- conventional
- Description
- Northrop Tacit Blue was a one-of-a-kind technology demonstrator built in the early 1980s to test low-observable shaping, digital flight control, and battlefield-surveillance sensor integration. Its unconventional rounded planform and hidden sensors made the aircraft a pivotal research step between earlier stealth experiments and later operational reconnaissance and strike systems.
- First Flight Year
- 1,982
- Manufacturer
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- Creation Time
- August 6, 2026 at 23:55:31 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 6, 2026 at 23:55:31 UTC