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| Lockheed may have completed a prototype hypersonic SR72 |
| 2018-01-10 |
 Jack O’Banion, Vice President of Strategy and Customer Requirements, Advanced Development Programs for Lockheed Martin, at a presentation said that the SR72 could not have been made without digital transformation. This seems to indicate that a hypersonic vehicle has been built.The SR72 is a mach 6+ hypersonic precision bomber that can also act as a spyplane. |
| Posted by:C. Ebbealet4244 |
| #4 You would think that this time around they would get the RS order right. |
| Posted by: T. Panda2560 2018-01-10 21:02 |
| #3 Let's not forget the $100 billion/per plane price tag. Hell, we can nuke anyone we want to spy on out of existence for less than the cost of alot of these programs. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2018-01-10 17:15 |
| #2 digital transformation means the danged thing wouldn't fly and was aerodynamically unstable and unflyable without a bunch of computers working their asses off to keep it going in one direction and in one piece...much like the dear departed F-119 |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-01-10 09:09 |
| #1 There have been wild-eyed guesses about a "above supersonic" methane-fueled spy plane, like the hypothetical SR-75 Aurora, percolating for a decade. It will be interesting to see what is actually behind the smokescreen. |
| Posted by: magpie 2018-01-10 00:11 |