The SR-71 retired in 1999, but its rumored successor—the SR-72 “Darkstar”—keeps resurfacing. -Lockheed’s Skunk Works has ...

The secretive SR-72 “Darkstar” is Lockheed Martin’s ambitious project to build a Mach 6+ hypersonic ISR and strike aircraft. ...

Summary and Key Points: Tom Cruise’s dramatic entrance at the 2024 Olympics, reminiscent of his iconic role as Maverick in Top Gun, has reignited interest in the mysterious SR-72 Darkstar, a ...

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 ...

Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works is developing the SR-72, a hypersonic spy plane designed to reach Mach 6. The SR-72, intended to replace the SR-71 Blackbird, will utilize a scramjet engine and is ...

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 ...

“Top Gun: Maverick,” the sequel to the 1980’s naval aviation blockbuster debuts at the end of this month. It looks to feature plenty of F/A-18 Hornets and what may be Russia’s next-generation stealth ...

SPEED LIMITS: U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh is disavowing any knowledge of Lockheed Martin’s hypersonic concept, the SR-72, recently revealed by Aviation Week (Aerospace DAILY, Nov. 4) ...