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 blends a turbofan for ...

The world of hypersonic vehicles is getting increasingly interesting, with a number of companies already working on designs that should make high-Mach travel inside our planet's atmosphere a reality.

Summary and All You Need to Know: The SR-72 Son of Blackbird promises to be a groundbreaking spy plane with Mach 6 speeds and the potential to carry hypersonic missiles. Developed by Lockheed Martin’s ...

An Indian government defence laboratory has successfully tested a scramjet as part of efforts to develop hypersonic missiles. The Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL) conducted the 120s ...

Today scramjet propulsion is the subject of continued study, as it appears to be one of the most promising methods of powering hypersonic weapons and aircraft. So, you may be surprised to learn that ...

The scramjet in the movie "Top Gun: Maverick" was roughly based on the Lockheed SR-72, which is supposedly in development. [Image courtesy of Patrick Chovanec] A simulated flight in Microsoft Flight ...

Forget low-altitude carpet bombing—the B-52 bomber’s future is as a standoff “missile truck” that slings precision weapons ...

minister’s efforts to move as quickly as possible on the investigation into flight anomalies of the October 30 rocket launch at Woomera. This investigation effectively means a second rocket launch ...

A team at the Purdue Applied Research Institute (PARI), the university’s research and development center, is using state-of-the-art additive-manufacturing equipment to print a full-scale, fully ...

Russia launched a Zircon hypersonic missile and staged bomber strikes during Zapad 2025 drills with Belarus in the Barents ...

The multi-award-winning SPARTAN scramjet engine is now available in Inconel 718, 3D- printed in Australia in cooperation with Amiga Engineering, capable of speeds of up to Mach 7. This technology ...

The air-breathing weapon’s expected appearance at the WWII commemorative parade will be a global public debut for the ...