Originally Posted by
Photonic
If I can throw a question out here, as a non-expert in this area:
To what extent is the competition between ABC and tilt-rotor designs determined by radar profile? Tilt-rotors obviously presenting a larger target in cruise mode. Or does that not matter anymore, with current AA radar tech being able to pick up anything of that size inbound and flying low?
On what information do you base your conjecture that the tiltrotor had a higher RCS in cruise?