The hypersonic SR-72 “Son of Blackbird” could reach Mach 6, giving the US Air Force a revolutionary reconnaissance and strike ...

Steve Balestrieri, a former U.S. Army Special Forces NCO and National Security Columnist, evaluates the hypothetical ...

Key Points and Summary - The secretive SR-72 "Darkstar" is Lockheed Martin's ambitious project to build a Mach 6+ hypersonic ISR and strike aircraft. -Its success hinges on a revolutionary and highly ...

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.

Here’s What You Need to Remember: So far, the SR-72 exists only on paper; none of the aircraft have yet been built, let alone flown. More than fifty years after its... Here’s What You Need to Remember ...

NASA awarded Lockheed Martin a modest $892,292 earlier this month to study the feasibility of developing an unmanned hypersonic spy plane called the SR-72. This superfast recon drone, first teased in ...