June 9, 2017 - Lockheed Martin report that work on the planned SR-72 – a strike and reconnaissance aircraft capable of topping Mach 6 – can begin thanks to development in hypersonic technologies, including a combined cycle propulsion system that merges a jet and rocket engine. infographic

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As the Senate votes to cut military spending on the $350 million F-22 fighter, here's a look at the military aircraft with the biggest price tags

June 10, 2022 - The Darkstar hypersonic jet in Tom Cruise’s latest blockbuster movie, “Top Gun: Maverick”, offers a peek at what might be the SR-72 – the super-secret experimental spy plane under development by Lockheed Martin. infographic

International law and your enemies (potential or otherwise) can't catch you if you fly fast enough! With this in mind, spy-planes which fly over (or close to) enemy territory scooping up illicit visual and electronic information, tend to be very fast. With every air defence radar, interceptor and surface-to-air missile out to get them they evolved…

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If they actually build this plane, then the U-2 could fly on in spirit until its 100th birthday.

The SR-72 could travel at Mach 6 and fire hypersonic missiles into denied airspace -- all before an enemy has time to react.

Many X-Men movies have rolled out to theaters worldwide, and we have a unique connection to this group of 'gifted youngsters' and superheroes.