Chinese firm selling stealth 'core technology by the kilogram' to make drones almost invisible to radars — spray-on coating is almost affordable by F-117 standards, slashes reflected radar power by 50%
- Star-Navi, a Shenzhen-based company, is now selling access to stealth drone tech that normally has a multi-billion-dollar barrier to entry as a standard package containing a spray gun
- The tech essentially makes a drone's radar cross-section smaller and harder to track on modern radars
- The coatings are being marketed as the XRAM-C series, with 3 different variants being offered that deal with different threat radar frequencies.
While modern drone technology has evolved considerably from the rudimentary designs we first saw over a decade ago, it is becoming an increasingly important industry for the military in most countries to use and counter alike.
Two recent modern conflicts, including the Russia-Ukraine war, as well as the US-Iran war, have shown that drones are effective and often inexpensive ways to wage an unconventional conflict that can often cause significant damage to a conventionally stronger adversary.
A Shenzhen-based Chinese firm, Star-Navi, might have further...
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