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The Mach 6 SR-72 Darkstar bomber could surely come in handy right now

Steve Balestrieri, a former U.S. Army Special Forces NCO and National Security Columnist, evaluates the hypothetical ...
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SR-72 ‘Son of Blackbird’ Could Hit 4,000 Miles Per Hour

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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Lockheed Gets NASA Funding for the SR-72 Hypersonic Spy Drone

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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Lockheed Martin gets a second hypersonic weapons contract, this time for $480 million, as the US tries to keep pace with Russia and China

Lockheed Martin secured a $480 million U.S. Air Force contract to design a hypersonic weapon prototype, the Pentagon said Monday. The Pentagon's second hypersonic contract comes as Russia and China ...