Defense & Security · Recorded milestone
Stealth aircraft
Recorded year1983
The F-117 uses shaping and absorbent materials to evade radar.
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- RadarRecorded · 1935requires
- Jet aircraftRecorded · 1939requires
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- IBM System/360Recorded · 1964enables
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.