Low Observable https://www.lowobservable.com/ Seeing the unseen in defense and aerospace. en Thu, 05 Nov 2026 16:16:48 GMT Ghost Stories: Five Contested Radar Sightings of Stealth Aircraft, Examined https://www.lowobservable.com/contested-radar-sightings-stealth-aircraft/ https://www.lowobservable.com/contested-radar-sightings-stealth-aircraft/ Every few years, a claim surfaces that someone's radar 'saw' an American stealth aircraft. Some are exaggerated, some are misread, and a few are genuinely instructive. We sort the physics from the folklore in five of the most-cited cases. Low Observable History & Analysis Thu, 05 Nov 2026 16:16:48 GMT The Heat Is On: Why Infrared Is Stealth's Uncomfortable Blind Spot https://www.lowobservable.com/infrared-signatures-stealth-blind-spot/ https://www.lowobservable.com/infrared-signatures-stealth-blind-spot/ Radar cross-section numbers dominate the stealth conversation, but heat never got the memo. As IRST sensors proliferate across rival air forces, the infrared signature is becoming the metric that matters — and the one the Pentagon talks about least. Low Observable Signature Management Thu, 05 Nov 2026 16:16:48 GMT