The SR-72 Dark Star is pitched as the Mach 6 successor to the SR-71, but new disclosures point to $335 million in losses and a propulsion transition problem that may decide its fate. We break down the ...

Key Points and Summary - America’s proposed SR-72 revives the Blackbird idea: survive not by hiding, but by outrunning. -A Mach-6 ISR/strike jet could compress decision cycles, pierce dense air ...

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 Martin maintains that an SR-72 concept demonstrator will take to the skies by the mid-2020s, possibly entering service as soon as 2030. However, unanswered ...

On June 7, Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs (ADP), also known as Skunk Works, revealed new information about their hypersonic technologies. Specifically, they discussed the successor to ...

Could Lockheed Martin Skunk Works’ SR-72 hypersonic concept design fill the Pentagon’s need for a penetrating intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft? The answer could be yes.

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 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Most aviation aficionados are quite familiar with the SR-71 Blackbird, Lockheed’s Cold War-era ...

Aviation Week’s Guy Norris has an exclusive article on the successor for the Lockheed Martin SR-71 Blackbird, the legendary spy plane that may be the favorite of every airplane nerd in the world. The ...