But The SR-72 Darkstar Is Not a Fighter Jet. Unlike fighter jets, the SR-72 is not designed for close-quarters aerial combat, maneuverability, or air-to-air missiles.

The SR-72’s planned ability to go from a standing start to Mach 6 and back again is a hat trick no one has been able to pull off. Yet, an SR-72 demonstrator reportedly first appeared in plain ...

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Dubbed the SR-72, the twin-engine aircraft is designed for a Mach 6 cruise, around twice the speed of its forebear, and will have the optional capability to strike targets.” ...

New Details On SR-72. On June 7, Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs (ADP), also known as Skunk Works, revealed new information about their hypersonic technologies. Specifically, they ...

Lockheed Martin Corp. said Tuesday it was on the verge of a technological breakthrough that would allow its conceptual SR-72 hypersonic plane to reach six times the speed of sound, or Mach 6 ...

Lockheed told Aviation Week that the goal is for the new aircraft to be seriously hypersonic, blazing across the sky at around Mach 6. The intent, too, is to broaden the mission: The SR-72 would ...