Key Points and Summary - Lockheed Martin’s SR-72 Son of Blackbird or “Darkstar” aims to replace the SR-71 with hypersonic ISR—and possibly strike—using a turbine-based combined cycle (TBCC) that ...
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The SR-72 hypersonic arms race reality check, can Lockheed solve Mach 6 propulsion before the program breaks?
The SR-72 Dark Star is pitched as the Mach 6 successor to the SR-71, but new disclosures point to $335 million in losses and a propulsion transition problem that may decide its fate. We break down the ...
NASA awarded Lockheed Martin a modest $892,292 earlier this month to study the feasibility of developing an unmanned hypersonic spy plane called the SR-72. This superfast recon drone, first teased in ...
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