The SR-72 is one of the most secretive projects currently in development. Often called the “Darkstar” based on its portrayal in the film Top Gun Maverick (the plane doesn’t actually have a ...

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.

Although little is known about the SR-72 Darkstar jet, including whether it even really exists yet, there have been some mind-blowing rumors about it so far. Tech. Smartphones; ...

Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works has confirmed that it is developing the SR-72 spy plane. The successor to the SR-71 Blackbird, which was capable of Mach 3.5, the SR-72 will be a hypersonic unmanned ...

The SR-72 is a concept aircraft that's likely been in development since the early 2000s. In 2017, Lockheed Martin suggested it could take to the skies as early as 2025, so it may be fast ...

Great artists' sketch - a boondoggle idea.” While others studied the technology: Taxpayer71: “ Given a speed of 60 nm per minute, a SR-72 would be an exceedingly poor SIGINT or GMTI asset.

Two combined-cycle engines are planned to power the SR-72, which is designed to be about the same size of the SR-71 and could achieve first flight in the late 2020s. Lockheed Martin.

The SR-72 is the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane, which was the fastest plane to ever exist. Built by Lockheed Martin in the 1960s, the SR-71 could reach speeds exceeding Mach 3 (above ...

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works and Aerojet Rocketdyne have made a breakthrough in hypersonic propulsion technology, but the Mach 6.0-capable SR-72 remains more of aspiration than a real airplane. The ...

SR-72: Let’s Make a Hypersonic Bomber Already . A hypersonic, somewhat stealthy plane, like the SR-72 places the Americans back in the running. What’s more, the concept is really cool.