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Joana Mourão Carvalho

From lab to sky: Portuguese graphene that hides jets and drones may transform defence

Portugal is developing a material based on graphene that can significantly reduce the visibility of drones and military aircraft to radar, an innovation that could position Europe in the race for stealth technology.

The project is led by GTechPlasma (source in Portuguese), a spin-off from the Plasma and Nuclear Fusion Institute at Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon, which has created a plasma-based system to produce customised, high-quality graphene materials.

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