the SR-72 “Son of Blackbird.” Expected to fly sometime in 2025, the potential American hypersonic unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) concept is being developed by manufacturer Lockheed Martin as a ...

The Lockheed Martin SR-72, known as the “Son of Blackbird,” could fly before the end of the decade. Developed in secret at Lockheed’s renowned Skunk Works division, the SR-72 is expected to ...

Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works has now revealed that it is building a successor to the Blackbird: the SR-72. Using a new hypersonic engine design that combines turbines and ramjets, the company ...

In 2013, Lockheed Martin announced development of the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane. The SR-71 was capable of reaching speeds over three times the speed of sound, and the SR-72 is ...

Lockheed Martin Corp has unveiled plans for a hypersonic spy plane that could fly at Mach 6, twice as fast as its famed SR-71 Blackbird ... dubbed the SR-72, was designed using off-the-shelf ...

also called the Blackbird, in obvious homage to the SR-71. Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works has already begun development on the high altitude SR-72, which will fly at Mach 6—twice the speed of ...

the “Son of Blackbird”—the SR-72. So far, the SR-72 exists only on paper; none of the aircraft have yet been built, let alone flown. With that said, if Lockheed Martin’s plans come to ...

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 ...

A Lockheed Martin executive recently hinted that the SR-72, the hypersonic successor to the SR-71 Blackbird, may already exist. The executive said that new design tools and more powerful computers ...

On June 7, Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development ... Specifically, they discussed the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft: the SR-72, a strike and reconnaissance aircraft.

A Lockheed Martin executive recently hinted that the SR-72, the hypersonic successor to the SR-71 Blackbird, may already exist. The executive said that new design tools and more powerful computers ...