SR-72 will reach hypersonic speeds for fast global deployment, focusing on stealth and evasion. PAK DA is a subsonic stealth bomber dedicated to dropping ordinance undetected. SR-72 is ...

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 ...

What You Need to Know: The SR-72, developed by Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, is a proposed hypersonic reconnaissance aircraft aimed to fill critical intelligence gaps in the U.S. Air Force.

When "Top Gun: Maverick" begins, U.S. Navy aviator Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is working as a test pilot on the highly secret "Darkstar" project. The aircraft is a scramjet ...

INCREDIBLE plans have been revealed for a hypersonic superjet dubbed “Son of Blackbird” that could soon become the world’s fastest aircraft. Building on the legacy of the SR-71 ...

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 ...