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Matt Molnar
2007-06-21, 05:24 PM
Air Force Times:

An SR-72 in the works? (http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2007/06/airforce_sr72_070617/)

By Vago Muradian - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Jun 21, 2007 14:31:17 EDT

Ten years after the Air Force retired the SR-71 spy plane, Lockheed Martin’s legendary Skunk Works appears to be back at work developing a new Mach-6 reconnaissance plane, sources said.

The Air Force has awarded Lockheed’s Advanced Development Projects arm a top-secret contract to develop a stealthy 4,000-mph plane capable of flying to altitudes of about 100,000 feet, with transcontinental range. The plan is to debut the craft around 2020. More... (http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2007/06/airforce_sr72_070617/)

Tom_Turner
2007-06-21, 10:13 PM
Wonder when Aurora will be declassified.