The SR-72 is one of the most secretive projects currently in development. Often called the “Darkstar” based on its portrayal ...

As for what we know about the Darkstar, the aircraft was conceived to replace Lockheed's high-altitude SR-71 Blackbird, which ...

While the name of Lockheed Martin’s experimental SR-72 is the Darkstar in “Top Gun: Maverick,” that is not the jet’s actual name. The name hasn’t been officially revealed. The closest ...

INCREDIBLE plans have been revealed for a hypersonic superjet dubbed “Son of Blackbird” that could soon become the world’s fastest aircraft. Building on the legacy of the SR-71 ...

While Lockheed has hinted that a potential Darkstar prototype could be finalized by this year, any other information surrounding the Blackbird successor remains highly under wraps or simply not ...

PALM SPRINGS, Calif., April 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Visitors' demand to see Lockheed Martin's DARKSTAR (manufactured for a major motion picture) and NASA's X-38 International Space Station Crew ...

The Palm Springs Air Museum has unveiled two new exhibits: Darkstar, a sleek mock jet featured in Top Gun: Maverick, and the X-38, a real spacecraft prototype designed as an emergency escape ...

PALM SPRINGS, Calif., April 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Visitors' demand to see Lockheed Martin's DARKSTAR (manufactured for a major motion picture) and NASA's X-38 International Space Station Crew ...