Key Points and Summary - A futuristic warfighting concept envisions the hypersonic SR-72 "Darkstar" acting as a "mothership" or "quarterback" for U.S. air dominance. -In this scenario, the Mach 6+ ...

Key Points and Summary - SR-72 Could Soon Replace SR-71 As Fastest Plane Ever? Yes, the SR-71 Blackbird officially remains the fastest acknowledged crewed, air-breathing jet aircraft ever put into ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The SR-72’s promoters argue that “speed is the new stealth,” reflecting a growing belief in some quarters that improved networked sensors will eventually diminish the ...

One of the stars of the new film Top Gun: Maverick is the SR-72 Darkstar hypersonic aircraft. The SR-72 doesn't really exist, but engineers at Lockheed Martin had a hand in its development. The ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The latest surface-to-air missiles render Mach 3 speeds inadequate to assure survival, but a hypersonic aircraft might again outpace the threats arrayed against it.

It’s not every day you wake up to the news that Lockheed Martin confirmed it has been secretly working on a successor to its famous hypersonic spyplane, the SR-71 Blackbird. That’s what happened on ...

(ISR) missions that is capable of Mach 6.0 flight, or nearly twice the top speed of the long-retired SR-71 Blackbird. Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works is proposing to develop a new aircraft for ...