The SR-71 is perhaps the most iconic Cold War spy aircraft, famous for many record-setting flights. Seemingly impervious to ...

The famed SR-71 spy plane ... the plane is preparing to move indoors this fall to star in a new “Speed” exhibit at the Science Museum of Virginia. The SR-71 Blackbird reached a record speed ...

What made the SR-71 Blackbird the ultimate spy plane? Was it its stealth, speed, or high-altitude capabilities? And why did it disappear from military service? Mulvaney warns of safety concerns ...

The Blackbird was created for long-range, strategic reconnaissance (hence the SR in the name), succeeding the U-2 spy plane. This two-crew, twin-engine plane first flew in 1964, and was one of ...

To commemorate the Blackbird, Urwerk issued its Electronic Mechanical Control (EMC) SR-71 watch in 2014 with a design that echoes the aesthetics of the spy-plane. Today, the company has updated ...

It’s hard to think of a stealthier watch than one made using parts from an actual spy plane. Urwerk The pair had in their possession a piece of fuselage from the legendary Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird.

The legendary SR-71 Blackbird can be linked back to Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works in the 1950’s, when the team developed the U-2 spy plane. Although the high-flying reconnaissance airframe ...

The news, revealed by a defense industry podcast, may lend credibility to rumors of a coming replacement for the Mach 3 SR-71 Blackbird ... for the U-2 spy plane. “There is another program ...

And there’s really no better choice than the SR-71—which was nicknamed the Blackbird—a long-range ... has been redesigned to resemble the spy plane’s afterburners. The hypercar also ...

The Blackbird moniker is a nod to the radar-absorbing black paint that was used on these sleek spy planes. Designers at Lockheed were able to develop some of the first composite materials ever ...

President Dwight Eisenhower, recognizing this flaw, commissioned a new spy plane capable of evading enemy missiles. Source: Lockheed Martin That's where the SR-71 Blackbird came in, a supersonic ...