Pyotr Ufimtsev

Pyotr Yakovlevich Ufimtsev
Born (1931-07-08) 8 July 1931 (age 93)[citation needed]
Ust-Charyshskaya Pristan, West Siberian Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
NationalitySoviet, Russian
Alma materOdesa State University
Known forStealth technology
Physical theory of diffraction
Scientific career
Fieldselectrical engineering, physics
InstitutionsInstitute of Radio-engineering and Electronics

Pyotr (Petr) Yakovlevich Ufimtsev (Russian: Пётр Я́ковлевич Уфи́мцев; born 1931) is a Soviet Russian electrical engineer and mathematical physicist, considered the seminal force behind modern stealth aircraft technology. In the 1960s he began developing equations for predicting the reflection of electromagnetic waves from simple two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects.[1]

Much of Ufimtsev's work was translated into English, and in the 1970s American Lockheed engineers began to expand upon some of his theories to create the concept of aircraft with reduced radar signatures.[2]

  1. ^ Ufimtsev, P. Ya. (7 September 1971). "Method of Edge Waves in the Physical Theory of Diffraction". Archived from the original on 1 February 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  2. ^ Dwayne A. Day. "Stealth Technology". U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission. Archived from the original on 18 January 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2009.