The Lockheed Martin SR-72, often referred to as the “Son of Blackbird,” is a proposed hypersonic aircraft intended to fill a ...

The SR-72 Darkstar, also known as the “Son of Blackbird,” is Lockheed Martin’s next-generation hypersonic aircraft designed ...

The jet will be an unmanned hypersonic aircraft. Lockheed claims ... Following is a transcript of the video. The SR-72 is the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane, which was the fastest ...

The SR-72 is the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane ... The jet will be an unmanned hypersonic aircraft. Lockheed claims it will reach speeds topping Mach 6 (over 4,500 mph) and they ...

Building on the legacy of the SR-71 Blackbird, the SR-72 "Darkstar" is reportedly part ... hypersonic high-altitude surveillance aircraft. The next-generation aircraft is designed to reach speeds ...

While the name of Lockheed Martin’s experimental SR-72 is the Darkstar in “Top Gun ... which refers to it as “Son of Blackbird.” In addition to the movie creating a name, the jet design ...

“Faster than a speeding bullet” may bring to mind a certain superhero from the planet Krypton, but it was literally true of the SR-71 Blackbird, the sleek, stealthy Air Force spy plane taken ...

A Blackbird takes off from Beale AFB. The SR-71 was the last major aircraft designed with a slide rule. When Bob Gilliland made the first flight of the SR-71 on December 22, 1964, engineers were ...

However, none of these fifth-generation platforms beat out a Cold War-era aircraft when it comes to top speed. The SR-71 “Blackbird” broke the world’s record for sustained altitude in ...

NASA released video footage of the SR-71 Blackbird, the high-altitude recon aircraft capable of reaching speeds over Mach 3. More from Military & Defense A triangle pointing right which indicates ...