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From Popular Mechanics

Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs, better known

as Skunk Works, might be further along in the development process
for the SR-72 than it has let on. A proposed hypersonic
reconnaissance and strike aircraft, the SR-72 would serve as a
replacement for the famed SR-71 Blackbird, which was retired by the
Air Force back in 1998. In June, Lockheed announced early progress What to Read Next
on the program, and now a source told Aviation Week that they
spotted a small demonstrator aircraft landing at Skunk Works facilities
in Palmdale, California, possibly associated with early tests for the
unmanned SR-72 program.

The reported sighting corresponds with announcements from

Lockheed regarding progress in hypersonic aircraft research. The
aerospace firm previously reported work on a combined-cycle engine
Lockheed Martin adds a lander to its picture for
that uses elements of both a turbine and a scramjet to achieve NASAs future journeys to Mars
hypersonic speeds, something Lockheed Martin tested with partner GeekWire

Aerojet Rocketdyne from 2013 to 2017. Two combined-cycle engines

are planned to power the SR-72, which is designed to be about the
same size of the SR-71 and could achieve first flight in the late 2020s.

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An optionally piloted flight research vehicle (FRV) is also in the works

to flight test elements of the SR-72 design. The FRV will be about the
size of an F-22 and use a single combined-cycle engine for
propulsion. Development of the FRV is expected to begin next year SR-71 Blackbird: America's Old Super Spyplane
and first flights could occur as soon as 2020. Leading up to the FRV, Is Still the World's Fastest Jet
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Lockheed could be conducting ground and flight tests on even smaller
demonstrators, which might explain the small aircraft that was
reportedly spotted landing at Lockheed Martin facilities in California.

From Aviation Week:

According to information provided to Aviation Week, one

such technology demonstrator, believed to be an
unmanned subscale aircraft, was observed flying into the
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NOC) Goes All
U.S. Air Force's Plant 42 at Palmdale, where Skunk in on Orbital
Works is headquartered. The vehicle, which was noted InvestorPlace

landing in the early hours at an unspecified date in late

July, was seen with two T-38 escorts. Lockheed Martin
declined to comment directly on the sighting.

In addition to the sighting, Orlando Carvalho, executive vice president

of aeronautics at Lockheed Martin, alluded to the SR-72 program at
this week's SAE International Aerotech Congress and Exhibition in
Fort Worth, Texas. "Although I can't go into specifics, let us just say Mark Zuckerberg's Prenup Left Us Speechless
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our commitment to speed," he said, as reported by Aviation Week.

Carvalho went on to say, "Hypersonics is like stealth. It is a disruptive
technology and will enable various platforms to operate at two to three
times the speed of the Blackbird... Security classification guidance will
only allow us to say the speed is greater than Mach 5."

With classified military aircraft development, it has historically been

the case that systems and flight testing begin years before the full
details of the program are made public. Such was the case with the Boeing Gets $2.16B Order From Qatar Airways,
original SR-71, as well as the F-117 Nighthawk and the B-2 Spirit Backlog Rises
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stealth aircraft. The fact that Skunk Works is letting some information
slip about the SR-72 program, combined with the possible subscale
demonstrator sighting in Palmdale, suggests the Blackbird's
hypersonic successor could only be a matter of time.

Source: Aviation Week

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SR-72 will be 2 to 3 times faster than the SR-71 , No Soviet
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