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Mach 6 SR-72 Son of Blackbird Could Soon Become Very Real
Summary and What You Need to Know: Lockheed Martin’s SR-72 hypersonic aircraft, a successor to the SR-71 Blackbird, is ...
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SR-72: The U.S. Air Force's 'New Hypersonic Bomber' Could Be Real
Expected to fly in the mid-2020s, it may reach Mach 6 (4,100 mph), surpassing all previous aircraft speeds. -Unlike the SR-71 Blackbird, the SR-72 could be armed with hypersonic munitions to ...
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Here's what we know about Lockheed Martin's mysterious SR-72
The jet will be an unmanned hypersonic aircraft. Lockheed claims ... Following is a transcript of the video. The SR-72 is the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane, which was the fastest ...
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Everything we know about the mysterious SR-72 - Lockheed Martin's successor to the fastest plane ever
The SR-72 is the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane ... The jet will be an unmanned hypersonic aircraft. Lockheed claims it will reach speeds topping Mach 6 (over 4,500 mph) and they ...
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Lockheed Martin’s “Son of Blackbird” Could Fly By 2030
When an airframe is named in reference to the SR-71 Blackbird ... speed will allow the SR-72 to simply outrun surface-to-air missiles – which would permit the aircraft to operate behind enemy ...
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These 3 American Aircraft Redefined What It Meant to Fly “Fast”
The SR-71 was so fast that when fired upon with a surface-to-air missile, the SR-71 could simply accelerate and outrun it. Perhaps no aspect of human flight captivates the public’s imagination like ...
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SR-72 ‘Darkstar’ Jet Rumors That Have Us Fascinated
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 ...