The Top Gun franchise uses several military aircraft for its action scenes, including the 'Darkstar.' However, is the ...

In 2013, Lockheed Martin announced development of the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane. The SR-71 was capable of reaching speeds over three times the speed of sound, and the SR-72 is ...

SR-72 is revolutionary but costly, while PAK DA is cheaper with existing technology. Pitting Lockheed Martin’s SR-72 and the Tupolev PAK DA against each other seems futile. Other than being next ...

While the name of Lockheed Martin’s experimental SR-72 is the Darkstar in “Top Gun: Maverick,” that is not the jet’s actual name. The name hasn’t been officially revealed. The closest ...

Ride along on a Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 journey in the semifictional scramjet based on the Lockheed SR-72 and flown by Tom Cruise in ‘Top Gun: Maverick.’ ...

Lockheed Martin’s SR-72 concept featured a turbine-based combined cycle propulsion system. Credit: Lockheed Martin A secretive DARPA office has a new project: a large hypersonic bomber prototype.