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Leaving the airspace above New York City at 2,455 miles per hour, SR-71 tail number 64-17972 would set a transatlantic speed record on Sept. 1, 1974.

More than 60 years after it graced the skies for the first time, Lockheed's SR-71 Blackbird remains the fastest manned plane ever developed. With the ability to hit a maximum speed of 2,193 miles per ...

Traveling over our heads at hypersonic speeds beyond Mach 7, lies the future of spy plane technology. It can be anywhere in the world in one hour, enter any country unnoticed, and be out before their ...

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is unlike virtually any plane that came before it, and virtually no planes like it have been made since. Even though the remarkable machine's development began in the ...

The SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest aircraft ever built, was ultimately done in by the Air Force’s most notorious and intractable enemy: budget cuts. The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird remains one of the most ...

Venus Aerospace, a five-year-old developer of rocket engine propulsion technologies, has secured an investment from Lockheed Martin’s venture capital arm with an eye toward further scaling its ...

Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) on Tuesday reported third-quarter results that exceeded Wall Street expectations for both profit and revenue, driven by performance in its aeronautics and missile programs ...

Lockheed Martin LMT-1.47%decrease; red down pointing triangle increased its full-year earnings outlook and said it is boosting production as it continues to see strong demand for its defense programs.

Watch the impressive engineering in this in-depth tour of the SR-71 Blackbird's jet engine and you'll see an extraordinary reconnaissance aircraft that still impresses despite taking its first flight ...

The SR-71 could cruise at speeds exceeding Mach 3 and at altitudes exceeding 80,000 feet—both of which represent performance extremes. At such extremes, the airframe generated heat, which posed ...