Thursday, November 14, 2013

Tech Article 11/15

New Hypersonic Spy Plane

Artist's rendering shows Lockheed Martin's planned SR-72 twin-engine jet aircraft

Lockheed Martin is developing a hypersonic spy plane, called the SR-72, that will be able to fly at Mach 6, or six times the speed of sound (which would make it the fastest plane in the world). Missiles targeting this aircraft is impossible as its speed will make the missiles follow it until it explodes on its own. It can travel anywhere in the world in less than an hour. This plane is expected to start flying early 2018 and is also causing more jobs to be open for Lockheed Martin. 

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