The SR-72 Son of Blackbird promises to be a groundbreaking spy plane with Mach 6 speeds and the potential to carry hypersonic ...

The U.S. Air Force's SR-72 “Son of Blackbird” is expected to be the hypersonic successor to the iconic SR-71 Blackbird, which ...

The SR-72 was once publicly touted as a Mach 6+ spy plane with strike capabilities, meaning this high-flying jet wouldn’t be limited to solely taking pictures like its Blackbird predecessor ...

Defense contractor Hermeus announced it selected the Cecil Airport in Jacksonville, Florida as the site for the High Enthalpy ...

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 ...

Between February 2018, when the SR-72 went dark and September 2023 ... Lockheed Martin began development on a hypersonic successor to the SR-71 Blackbird in 2006. The program continued in secret for ...

In 2013, Lockheed Martin announced development of the 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 ...

This week, we delve into the mysterious “Darkstar” SR-72 and sightings that could involve encounters with unacknowledged U.S.

The player's SR-72 Darkstar is inspired by the conceptual hypersonic aerial vehicle being developed as the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird. Although the player did not share the exact procedure ...

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 ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — A two-vehicle crash has closed State Route 72 in Jefferson Township. According to Greene County Dispatch, the call came in at 3:57 p.m. on a crash on SR-72 involving two ...