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.

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 ...