The SR-71 Blackbird remains one of the most impressive aircraft ever built, capable of flying at Mach 3.2 and reaching ...

The Viggen-Blackbird combination made headlines again in 1987, when an SR-71 suffered an engine explosion and had to be ...

In 2013, Lockheed Martin announced development of the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane. The SR-71 was capable of reaching speeds over three times the speed of sound, and the SR-72 is ...

A laboratory in South China has completed ground testing of an artificial intelligence-powered turbine engine that can reach ...

Perhaps the most innovative and qualified aircraft designer of the time, Kelly’s vision helped shape the Blackbird we know today. The task of creating the SR-71 was unique, since “everything h ...

The most recognizable of the fast aircraft ever flown is the SR-71 Blackbird. Distinctly shaped ... upon a two-chambered Curtiss-Wright XLR25 engine capable of generating 15,000 pounds of thrust.

The engine meets the military’s requirement ... build a plane faster and more advanced than the legendary American SR-71 Blackbird. The Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft could reach speeds ...

The engine and research behind it are part of China's quest to build fast reconnaissance aircraft similar to the America's legendary Lockheed Martin SR-71 'Blackbird'. Capable of flying at the speed ...

The South China Morning Post also highlighted that the aim of China's testing of this new technology is to build a jet that operates faster than the U.S. SR-71 Blackbird fighter aircraft. The recent ...