The SR-72 Darkstar isn't just fast, it's a fully armed, AI-guided hypersonic strike platform that can spy on a target and ...

Key Points and Summary - America’s proposed SR-72 revives the Blackbird idea: survive not by hiding, but by outrunning. -A Mach-6 ISR/strike jet could compress decision cycles, pierce dense air ...

At Mach 6, the SR-72 can cut across radar fields of view so quickly that establishing a continuous track becomes nearly impossible. The Lockheed Martin SR-72, known as the “Son of Blackbird,” could ...

Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs, better known as Skunk Works, might be further along in the development process for the SR-72 than it has let on. A proposed hypersonic reconnaissance ...

Envisioned as an unmanned, reusable hypersonic intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft, the much-touted SR-72 could, in theory, reach speeds of Mach 6 – double the speeds of the ...

On June 7, Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs (ADP), also known as Skunk Works, revealed new information about their hypersonic technologies. Specifically, they discussed the successor to ...

Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works recently divulged some information about the SR-72 program to build a successor to the iconic SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft. The advanced aircraft development ...

An early prototype of the new SR-72 Mach 6 spy plane has reportedly appeared for the first time at a secretive facility in California belonging to defense giant Lockheed Martin. The trade publication ...

Lockheed Martin's famed Skunk Works has finally unveiled the long-awaited successor to the SR-71 Blackbird. Aviation Week and Space Technology's Guy Norris pulled the covers off the project that ...

Aviation Week’s Guy Norris has an exclusive article on the successor for the Lockheed Martin SR-71 Blackbird, the legendary spy plane that may be the favorite of every airplane nerd in the world. The ...

When the last SR-71 Blackbird was grounded in 1998 it was a double blow. Not only did aviation lose one of the most advanced aircraft ever built, but also one of the most beautiful. Lockheed Martin's ...

In 2013, Lockheed Martin announced development of the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane. The SR-71 was capable of reaching speeds over three times the speed of sound, and the SR-72 is ...