Middle Eastern Technical University (METU) produced a textile material which prevents military equipments from being caught by radar. Developed in the study conducted by the faculty members of Iskenderun Technical University and Çukurova University under the coordinatorship of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cumali Sabah, faculty of member of METU, the textile material prevents reflections and transmission in the direction the radar signal comes from.
Military Equipment Not Caught by Radar
In the structure produced, the back of the fabric is fully covered by textile materials while metal is sprayed partially on the front part at specific ratios. The metal sprayed poses no threat to human health. The structure which was developed as a result of intense works which lasted for more than two years ensures the extinction of signals of around 4,5 GHz and prevents detection of objects covered in this structure. With the outcomes of the study, the aim is to create product prototype for ensuring that such military equipments as cannon, tank and ground-based planes etc. are not caught by radar.
Target: Moving Objects
With respect to the study for which a patent application was made, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cumali Sabah, academic member of METU Northern Cyprus Campus stated that there were similar studies in the part but the last one was different than the others in terms of the techniques used. Sabah added that they want to develop the study on the moving objects in the upcoming stages. Concerning the study also published in Journal of Industrial Textiles, one of the most prestigious journals of the world, Sabah said that, “Radar is a device which has a 360 degree perception area and detects objects with the help of reflections of their waves. Therefore, it sends angular signals. The structure that we designed can also work independently from the angle. This prevents the object we hide behind the textile material in question from being perceived by the radar systems no matter from which point or from which angle the signal comes. For instance, even if the textile material takes the geometric shape of the tank, it is not caught by the radar owing to its angle-independent characteristic.”
