Conceived in the late 1950s, as the Cold War was underway, the SR-71 was designed to fly faster than any known aircraft. At that time, Soviet air defenses were becoming more complex and could do more ...

What You Need to Know: The SR-71 Blackbird, one of the fastest aircraft ever built, was powered by revolutionary Pratt & ...

The termination of operations caught most observers off guard, although several aircraft were briefly reactivated before their second retirement in 1998. The SR-71 first flew in 1964 and remained ...

But only one, the legendary Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane, holds the speed record with humans on board. Back in 1976 one of these planes reached a staggering speed of Mach 3 (2,193.2 mph ...

A laboratory in South China has completed ground testing of an artificial intelligence-powered turbine engine that can reach ...

As the Cold War between the United States and USSR was heating up, U.S. policymakers desired new aerial platforms that could circumvent the Soviets’ advanced air defense systems. The resulting ...

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 ...

In 1963, the Lockheed A-12 (code-named “Archangel”) became America’s first supersonic stealth plane. Incredibly fast, much ...

NASA released video footage of the SR-71 Blackbird, the high-altitude recon aircraft capable of reaching speeds over Mach 3. More from Military & Defense NASA released video footage of the SR-71 ...

Chinese scientists have tested a turbojet engine, capable of touching Mach 4 speeds, sparking rumors of a new SR-71-like spy ...

Conceived in the late 1950s, as the Cold War was underway, the SR-71 was designed to fly faster than any known aircraft. At that time, Soviet air defenses were becoming more complex and could ...