The SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest plane ever built, faced numerous hidden challenges during its career. Engineers discovered that summer-welded titanium parts were corroded due to chlorine in the water ...

INCREDIBLE plans have been revealed for a hypersonic superjet dubbed “Son of Blackbird” that could soon become the world’s ...

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 ...

NASA released video footage of the SR-71 Blackbird, the high-altitude recon aircraft capable of reaching speeds over Mach 3. More from Military & Defense NASA released video footage of the SR-71 ...

This is different from the SR-71, which was used only for intelligence ... that could help in enabling its desired speed. Building a plane that can move people along at Mach 5.0 is far more ...

The SR-71 Blackbirds were used in intelligence-gathering ... conceptualized to fulfill the CIA’s need for a new spy plane. The intelligence agency had been previously relying on the U-2 Dragon ...

a similar closure impacted parts of the 71 and 91 Freeways for similar work, and again in December. The closures will turn through at least March 28. Periodically, east and westbound lanes of SR ...