The division has been tasked with making the SR-72 fly twice as fast and higher than the original, which is no easy feat given that the original reached a top speed of Mach 3.4 (2,300 mph ...
The SR-71 was capable of reaching speeds over three times the speed of sound, and the SR-72 is intended to have even more impressive specs. Following is a transcript of the video. The SR-72 is the ...
“Speed is the next aviation advancement to counter ... deal of work with the Defense Department in the past. But the SR-72’s ...
Sixty years later, the speed bar has changed, however; Lockheed is expected to craft an SR-72 capable of hypersonic speeds, that is, speeds in excess of Mach 5. The SR-72 could have a top speed in ...