美空军赖特实验室授予诺斯罗普公司一个历时五个月价值280元美元的合同,为其研究,研制和演示论证多功能天线及其在飞机机身结构中的支持电子装置的综合化性能。此概念通常称其为“灵巧蒙皮”,艺将以飞机外层表面(或日蒙皮)上的共享孔径替代各自为阵的通信、导航、ECM 和情报收集天线。目前飞机上的许多天线都是外表蒙皮上的 The U.S. Air Force Wright Laboratory awarded Northrop to a $ 280-a-$ 500 contract to research, develop and demonstrate multi-function antennas and their integration of supporting electronics in aircraft fuselage structures performance. This concept, often referred to as “smart skins,” will replace the respective array of communications, navigation, ECM and intelligence gathering antennas with shared apertures on the outer surface of the aircraft (or skins). Many of the antennas on the plane are skinned at the moment