(Image: Concept image of Lockheed Martin's planned SR-72 hypersonic strike aircraft to serve as a replacement for the SR-71 Blackbird.) It is not yet clear what aircraft DARPA has in mind for the new ...
Key Points - The SR-72 "Darkstar," Lockheed Martin's anticipated successor to the SR-71 Blackbird, is designed for uncrewed Mach 5+ hypersonic flight, focusing on intelligence, surveillance, ...
Venus Aerospace and Hermeus are the modern day companies that are truly using the small and effective engineering team approaches and methods of the Clarence “Kelly” Johnson led (1943-1975) Lockheed ...
The new Mayhem demonstrator vehicle for a hypersonic, air-breathing propulsion system traces back to budget planning documents that describe a proposal to develop “multi-cycle engines,” the U.S. Air ...
LOS ANGELES—Atlanta-based hypersonic aircraft developer Hermeus has completed scaled static and high-speed laboratory tests of a turbine-based combined cycle (TBCC) engine prototype up to Mach 5 and ...
Private aircraft developer Hermeus has scored a $60 million deal with the United States Air Force (USAF), the company has announced. The funds are earmarked specifically for flighting testing the ...