What happens if the “Son of Blackbird” never leaves the nest? The SR-72 promises something we don’t have: a reusable, ...

Key Points and Summary on SR-72 - The SR-72 "Darkstar," the hypersonic successor to the SR-71 Blackbird, is being envisioned not just as a spy plane but also as a bomber, a role its famous predecessor ...

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 ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Lockheed’s hyping of a hypersonic aircraft which may-or-may-not already exist seems explicitly intended to build support for additional funding. This may be because ...

On Sunday, the company unveiled Vectis, which it says represents a new class of collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) that combines elements of survivability with lethality and overall ...

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 ...

There’s a brand-new, special digital issue of Pop Mech available NOW, and it’s packed with original, in-depth feature stories you can’t find anywhere else, exploring the most compelling corners of the ...

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 ...

A video for the 80th anniversary of the Skunk Works shows, through renderings and sketches, the past, the present and the future of the secretive division of Lockheed Martin. To celebrate 80 years of ...

If you are into flight, 2024 (and the next few years for that matter) could be a rather interesting time for aviation advancements. We are entering an era of pushing the boundaries, reviving ...