A future solution for bird ingestion
Imagine an engine mounted a bit lower than the one at the empennage of a MD-11, only with the intake assembled low as in the F-16 featuring a material that would allow a bird to pass through in case of a "nose up" attitude...the fuselage itself would protect the engine intake. It is possible to imagine a thin grid in front of the rear engines which woud trigger some device to deflect a bird away from the engine intake too. As fast as an air bag.
By the way, is there any register of a bird ingestion / bird strike during the night? I guess flying at night offers far less chances to find birds ahead.
I had no idea that birds could feel the RADAR, that's very interesting.