However, it faces potential threats from advanced directed-energy and hypersonic weapons, demanding new countermeasures. The SR-72, developed by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, is a proposed ...

Lockheed Martin, which is designing the SR-72 along with its legendary Skunkworks team, claims that the new bird can travel at Mach 6, or around 4,000 mph at an altitude of 85,000 feet.

It stands to reason that the next jet in the series would be assigned the designation SR-72, and as it happens, there is such an aircraft in development. Unfortunately, it's not what you see in ...

The SR-71 was capable of reaching speeds over three times the speed of sound, and the SR-72 is intended to have even more impressive specs. Following is a transcript of the video. The SR-72 is the ...

While the name of Lockheed Martin’s experimental SR-72 is the Darkstar in “Top Gun: Maverick,” that is not the jet’s actual name. The name hasn’t been officially revealed. The closest ...