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Named after the fastest shark in the ocean, the missile has been in development for over seven years.

Secret ‘Mako’ missile: Lockheed Martin’s hypersonic shark ready to hunt

Space.com

Lockheed Martin has shared its vision for humanity's future in space, as global space agencies aim for the moon and beyond.

Life on the moon: Lockheed Martin shares exploration vision for 2044

Voyager Space announced the company was selected by Lockheed Martin to support the delivery of an advanced solid-propulsion subsystem for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Next Generation Interceptor (NGI), the nation's new homeland missile defense capability. NGI, as part of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, will be a...

Voyager Space Selected by Lockheed Martin to Deliver Interceptor

The SR-71 The SR-71, the most advanced member of the Blackbird family that included the A-12 and YF-12, was designed by a team of Lockheed personnel led by Clarence “Kelly” Johnson, then vice president of Lockheed’s Advanced Development Company Projects, commonly known as the “Skunk Works” and now a part of Lockheed Martin.

Once F-4 crews told the SR-71 couldn’t go vertical after takeoff. They gave up after a Blackbird did a high-performance takeoff (with sensitive equipment replaced with ballast).

What aviation geek doesn’t love speed, new technologies, advanced manufacturing methods, and the mysteries of a secret government program? Many aircraft embody these features, but none come close to the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. It could fly over Vietnam in eight minutes, its electronic counter measures were so advanced that...

SR-71 pilot recalls when a Soviet MiG-23 pilot asked him to bring his Blackbird at Vladivostok as a gesture of peaceful relationship. He answered him to forward his request to US state department.

War History Online

In July 1986, a Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk crashed in California's Sequoia National Forest - two years before it was announced to the public.

The US Air Force Was Caught Red-Handed Trying To Cover-Up The Crash of Its Top-Secret Stealth Fighter

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall has hinted at the existence of a new intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) platform, something that has long been a topic of discussion around the future of U.S. Air Force capabilities. Frequently, such a platform has been understood as a very stealthy, long-range, high-altitude surveillance drone commonly referred to as the RQ-180, although there are other possibilities, too, and even an RQ-180 would only be one facet in a larger constellation of next-generation ISR systems.

Air Force Chief Hints At Existence Of Clandestine Spy Aircraft

Business Insider

A powerful laser could threaten satellite networks, but there are many reasons to believe this scheme likely wouldn't work.

Chinese scientists claim Star Wars-like laser submarines can blast US satellites

The Northrop F-5 is a supersonic lightweight fighter aircraft that continues to see service, despite dating back to the Cold War.

The World Couldn't Get Enough Of The American Fighter Jet The US Air Force Rejected

The B-2 aircraft released an experimental weapon called QUICKSINK to help take out the decommissioned amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa.

A US Air Force B-2 stealth bomber helped sink an old warship in the Pacific with new anti-ship QUICKSINK bombs

NASA’s Office of Inspector General issued a highly critical report today on Boeing’s development of an upgraded version of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket, Block 1B, and NASA’s oversight of the program. Block 1B will be able to launch much more mass to the Moon and is needed beginning with the 2028 Artemis IV mission. The OIG is skeptical that the date is achievable and estimates the cost will rise from $5 billion to $5.7 billion.

NASA IG Blasts Boeing on Block 1B

The launch clock isn't set yet, but the hardware is lined up for what would become the most powerful rocket to ever send humans into space during a moonbound trip the likes of which has not happened in more than 50 years. The biggest piece of the Space Launch System...

'The clock's already started': NASA counting down to most powerful human spaceflight ever

24/7 Wall St.

24/7 Wall St. Insights: The B-21 Raider is the newest stealth bomber that will enter the U.S. Air Force in the coming years The Stealth technology incorporated to the B-21 Raider greatly surpasses that of previous generations of stealth aircraft The United States plans on ordering 100 B-21 Raider stealth bombers Also: Discover the next […]
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This Is the Newest Stealth Bomber That the US Is Adding to Its Fleet

LiveScience

Twenty doomed Starlink satellites, which were prematurely released during a botched Falcon 9 rocket launch last week, have burned up in the upper atmosphere after falling back to Earth, new data confirms. Experts are currently investigating what went wrong.

20 satellites fall from sky after catastrophic SpaceX rocket failure, triggering investigation

The first images of Northrop Grumman’s Model 437, an advanced air combat drone that could potentially fill the requirement for the Air Force’s and/or Navy’s “loyal wingman” Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) programs, as well as those of allies, have hit social media. The relatively small tactical jet looks impressive and is very much in line with the concept renderings we have seen of it, aside from one major detail — it has a cockpit.

Northrop’s Stealthy Drone Breaks Cover… And It Has A Cockpit!?

WASHINGTON — As the US Army moves to build a layered defense system to protect key locations like Guam from aerial threats, it has officially awarded a high-dollar initial production contract of a key component of that plan: a new 360-degree radar dubbed the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense System, or LTAMDS.

Army awards Raytheon $2 billion to begin LTAMDS production

American flying ace Bruce Carr was so desperate to get out of enemy territory that he tried to fly back in a stolen German Focke-Wulf Fw 190.

This American Pilot's Unbelievable Escape Involved Flying A Stolen German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 to Safety

Founded in 2017, Dawn Aerospace is a New Zealand-based company building a rocket-powered aircraft for supersonic flight. The team, which has about 130 employees, wants to build a space transportation network and has built a foundation in the aerospace industry by supplying safe, accessible propellants and propulsion systems that various classes of satellites have used. According to the company, it already has 76 thrusters in space.

Aircraft Prototype Can Now Fly at Unlimited Speeds

The findings may lead to the creation of the most precise clock ever, facilitating advancements in deep space navigation and communication. Using a laser to raise the energy state of an atom’s nucleus, known as excitation, can lead to the development of the most precise atomic clocks. This process has been challenging because the electrons surrounding the nucleus are highly reactive to light, necessitating more light to affect the nucleus. UCLA physicists have overcome this by bonding the electrons with fluorine in a transparent crystal, allowing them to excite the neutrons in a thorium atom’s nucleus using a moderate amount of laser light. This achievement paves the way for significantly more accurate measurements of time, gravity, and other fields, far surpassing the current accuracy levels provided by atomic electrons.

Astonishing Nuclear Breakthrough Could Rewrite the Fundamental Constants of Nature

Defense News

Boeing's MH-139A Grey Wolf is slated to conduct security patrols at nuclear missile fields, but plans to slash the fleet have triggered cost overruns.

First Huey replacement helicopter delivered to US Air Force

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Lockheed Martin’s SR-72: The SR-71 Blackbird’s Supersonic Successor

In 1998, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird was officially retired, concluding its more than 30 years of service with the US Air Force. Throughout its three decades...

Lockheed Martin’s SR-72: The SR-71 Blackbird’s Supersonic Successor

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