Stealth prototype undergoing radar cross-section testing

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By: Pdunn @ 2008-02-11 05:56:34
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"The Helendale Radar Cross Section Facility is an aircraft research facility developed and operated by the Lockheed Martin Corporation. It is a secretive test range developed at an old WWII training field, used to measure the radar reflectivity of stealth aircraft designs. There are assembly facilities located underneath the old runway, and prototypical forms tested outside on the range are mounted on hydraulic pylons that rise out of the ground through doors in the runway surface. The facility is one of at least three Radar Cross-Section facilities owned by the major aerospace companies and located in the Antelope Valley area. It is at facilities such as this where stealth technologies, like the F-117 and B-2, and Joint Strike Fighter are developed."
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kjfitz @ 2008-02-11 10:24:58
kjfitz's picture I'm wondering if the delta shaped object isn't a seam artifact. If you look at the lines along the tarmac to the east you'll see a shif there. I think the bottom tip of the square at the base of the pylon is shifted to the east a bit at the seam.
Pdunn @ 2008-02-11 20:00:03
Pdunn's picture After closer inspection, I think you're right. It looks like it is the corner of the diamond skewed to the right a tad. Rats!

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