Dec 24, 2021
The World’s Fastest Plane’s Successor Will Reach Over 4,600 Miles
Posted by Gemechu Taye in categories: robotics/AI, surveillance, transportation
Lockheed Martin’s new hypersonic plane is expected to travel at Mach 6.
The Lockheed Martin SR-72, which is rumored to be the world’s fastest plane, is expected to make a test flight in 2025, eight years after its private proposal in 2013.
SR-72 will be the successor of the SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest manned aircraft which smashed speed records in 1974 and was retired by the U.S. Air Force back in 1998.
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