Chinese company selling stealth ‘core technology by the kilogram’ to make drones almost invisible to radars – spray-on coating almost affordable by F-117 standards, cuts reflected radar power by 50%

• Star-Navi, a Shenzhen-based company, is now selling access to stealth drone technology that normally has a multi-billion dollar barrier to entry as a standard package containing a spray gun
• The technology essentially makes a drone’s radar cross-section smaller and harder to track on modern radars
• The coatings are marketed as the XRAM-C series, offering 3 different variants that handle different threat radar frequencies.

While modern drone technology has evolved significantly from the rudimentary designs we first saw over a decade ago, it is becoming an increasingly important industry for the military of most countries to use and counter alike.

Two recent modern conflicts, including the war between Russia and Ukraine, as well as the war between the United States and Iran, have shown that drones are effective and often inexpensive ways to conduct an unconventional conflict that can often cause significant damage to a conventionally stronger opponent.