The SR-72 “Darkstar” is envisioned as a Mach-6, air-breathing ISR platform—but could it strike? -Hypersonic speed complicates ...

Key Points and Summary - A debate is underway on whether the expensive, hypersonic SR-72 Darkstar is still needed given the arrival of 6th-generation stealth fighters. -The argument for the SR-72 ...

When "Top Gun: Maverick" begins, U.S. Navy aviator Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is working as a test pilot on the highly secret "Darkstar" project. The aircraft is a scramjet-powered ...

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 ...

Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) weapons developers and scientists are intensifying efforts to quickly produce technologies that may show promise in the near term. The developers aim to not only..

This year’s Air Force budget is roughly $228 billion. It is estimated that about 30 percent of that budget is dedicated to procuring aircraft, including both new fighter jets and the modernization of ...