The Boeing Model 853-21 Quiet Bird was a US Army reconnaissance plane study developed by
Boeing
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in the early 1960s from their Model 831.
It was an early example of stealth technology, especially electromagnetic low-observability.
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Boeing's 'Alien' Looking Stealth Fighter From The 60s Looks Futuristic Even Today
, ''Huffington Post'', 2015. (retrieved 29 June 2023).
Design and development
Development of the Model 853-21 began in
1962
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at Boeing Wichita, only a 1/2 scale prototype was produced which never flew, but tests showed that it had a very low
radar cross-section
Radar cross-section (RCS), also called radar signature, is a measure of how detectable an object is by radar. A larger RCS indicates that an object is more easily detected.
An object reflects a limited amount of radar energy back to the source. ...
(
stealth aircraft
Stealth aircraft are designed to avoid detection using a variety of technologies that reduce reflection/emission of radar, infrared, visible light, radio frequency (RF) spectrum, and audio, collectively known as stealth technology. The F-117 N ...
).
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1960s United States experimental aircraft
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