TACIT BLUE is fucking brilliant, love it.

• bleeding edge technology
• hyper goofy motherfucker

For those who need it, context —

Early research and development by DARPA led to the design and fabrication of the TACIT BLUE low observable stealth aircraft. Most notably, it was the first aircraft to demonstrate a low radar cross section using curved surfaces, along with a low probability of intercept radar and data link. As such, the DARPA TACIT BLUE Program contributed directly to the development of the B-2 Stealth Bomber so successfully deployed by the Air Force.

In the early 1970s a study by DARPA, the Air Vehicle Observables workshop, brought to light the extent of the vulnerabilities of U.S. aircraft and their on-board equipment to detection and attack by our adversaries. After the successes of the DARPA HAVE BLUE Stealth Fighter Program, DARPA initiated the TACIT BLUE Technology Demonstration Program, an effort to demonstrate that a low observable surveillance aircraft with a low probability of intercept radar and other sensors could operate close to the forward line of battle with a high degree of survivability. TACIT BLUE first flew in February 1982 and accumulated 135 flights over a three-year period.

Other technologies addressed by DARPA included the reduction of radar cross section through a combination of shaping to form a limited number of radar return spikes designed to be less detectable by ground-based radars, radar absorbent materials, infrared shielding, heat dissipation, reduced visual signatures, low-probability-of-intercept (LPI) radar, active signature cancellation, and inlet shielding, exhaust cooling and shaping, and windshield coatings.

per [DARPA — Tech Transition](https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA434135.pdf