The SR-71 Blackbird is one of history's great aircraft. It was built during the Cold War in the early 1960s by Lockheed at its secret Skunk Works facility and flew from 1966 to 1998.

Summary and Key Points: The SR-71 "I" was a proposed interceptor variant of the famed SR-71 Blackbird, designed to counter Soviet air defenses during the Cold War. -Lockheed Martin conceptualized ...

The introduction of the Lockheed SR-71 is perhaps the most outstanding aerial achievement produced in America. Designed in secrecy, the Blackbird could fly near the edge of space and outfly a missile.

Lockheed Martin's famed Skunk Works has finally unveiled the long-awaited successor to the SR-71 Blackbird. Aviation Week and Space Technology's Guy Norris pulled the covers off the project that ...

Following the loss of a U-2 reconnaissance aircraft over the Soviet Union on May 1, 1960, Lockheed needed “to build the impossible—and do it fast.” Called the SR-71—SR for Strategic ...

The Skunk Works SR-72 design â a hypersonic aircraft developed to execute Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance and strike missions at speeds up to Mach 6. (Lockheed Martin) ...

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 ...

However, this has not prevented the U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin from examining how the SR-71, or a derivative, could be made to go even faster.

SR-71 in flight over California. Blackbird and X-35B parked together in a hangar at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California.

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works reveals a Mach 6 strike successor of SR-71 Blackbird dubbed SR-72 Published on: November 1, 2013 at 2:35 PM David Cenciotti ...

Summary and Key Points: The SR-71 “I” was a proposed interceptor variant of the famed SR-71 Blackbird, designed to counter Soviet air defenses during the Cold War. -Lockheed Martin ...