The SR-72, successor to the SR-71 Blackbird, will drastically shift global military power with its hypersonic speeds. The ...

The SR-72 Darkstar, also known as the “Son of Blackbird,” is Lockheed Martin’s next-generation hypersonic aircraft designed ...

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 ...