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Behold The X-59 Quiet Supersonic Test Jet’s Absolutely Epic Schnoz

Behold The X-59 Quiet Supersonic Test Jet’s Absolutely Epic Schnoz

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Feb 16, 2022
NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Test Jet Spotted On A Trailer Heading To Texas

NASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Test Jet Spotted On A Trailer Heading To Texas

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Dec 23, 2021
The F-117 Tested A Mirror-Like Skin Decades Before The F-22 Did

The F-117 Tested A Mirror-Like Skin Decades Before The F-22 Did

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 23, 2021
Celebrate The F-117’s Extended Service With This Tonopah Canyons Active Retirement Community T-Shirt

Celebrate The F-117’s Extended Service With This Tonopah Canyons Active Retirement Community T-Shirt

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 28, 2021
Skunk Works Boss Says He Can’t Comment On Video Of Mysterious Stealth Shape At Radar Test Range

Skunk Works Boss Says He Can’t Comment On Video Of Mysterious Stealth Shape At Radar Test Range

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Oct 1, 2021
Mysterious Stealthy Shape That Resembles Future Fighter Concepts Spotted At Radar Test Range (Updated)

Mysterious Stealthy Shape That Resembles Future Fighter Concepts Spotted At Radar Test Range (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Sep 22, 2021
Skunk Works’ Factory Of The Future Will Use Roaming Robots To Rapidly Assemble Top Secret Aircraft

Skunk Works’ Factory Of The Future Will Use Roaming Robots To Rapidly Assemble Top Secret Aircraft

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Aug 13, 2021
NASA’s Experimental X-56B Unmanned Aircraft Suffered An “Anomaly” After Takeoff

NASA’s Experimental X-56B Unmanned Aircraft Suffered An “Anomaly” After Takeoff

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 9, 2021
Why The F-117 Made Its First Flight In Pastel Camouflage 40 Years Ago Today

Why The F-117 Made Its First Flight In Pastel Camouflage 40 Years Ago Today

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jun 19, 2021
Here’s Everything We Know About Skunk Works’ Secretive ‘Speed Racer’ Program

Here’s Everything We Know About Skunk Works’ Secretive ‘Speed Racer’ Program

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Mar 1, 2021
Images Show U-2 That Flew Intriguing Flight Over California Was Equipped With A Panoramic Camera

Images Show U-2 That Flew Intriguing Flight Over California Was Equipped With A Panoramic Camera

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Feb 7, 2021
An A-12 Oxcart Spyplane Crashed Near Area 51 In 1967. This Is How One Explorer Found It.

An A-12 Oxcart Spyplane Crashed Near Area 51 In 1967. This Is How One Explorer Found It.

By Sarah Scoles—Popular Science
Posted on Jan 5, 2021
U-2 Spy Plane Taps Into Computers On The Ground To Expand Data Processing Ability Mid-Mission

U-2 Spy Plane Taps Into Computers On The Ground To Expand Data Processing Ability Mid-Mission

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Dec 15, 2020
Notoriously Shy RQ-170 Spy Drone Lands At Its Skunk Works Birthplace

Notoriously Shy RQ-170 Spy Drone Lands At Its Skunk Works Birthplace

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 27, 2020
Was The Secret RQ-180 Stealth Drone Really Photographed Over The Mojave Desert?

Was The Secret RQ-180 Stealth Drone Really Photographed Over The Mojave Desert?

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 2, 2020
RQ-170 Sentinel Stealth Spy Drone Photographed Landing At Plant 42 In Palmdale

RQ-170 Sentinel Stealth Spy Drone Photographed Landing At Plant 42 In Palmdale

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 26, 2020
What’s The Deal With Lockheed’s Gabbing About The Secretive Hypersonic SR-72?

What’s The Deal With Lockheed’s Gabbing About The Secretive Hypersonic SR-72?

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 5, 2020
Exclusive: Uniquely Configured RQ-170 Stealth Spy Drone Appears At Vandenberg AFB

Exclusive: Uniquely Configured RQ-170 Stealth Spy Drone Appears At Vandenberg AFB

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 5, 2020
The Mysterious Case Of The F-117 Nighthawk’s Flip-Down Radar Locators

The Mysterious Case Of The F-117 Nighthawk’s Flip-Down Radar Locators

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 3, 2020
Satellite Image Of RQ-170 Taxiing By MQ-9 Gives Best Size Estimate Yet Of Stealth Drone

Satellite Image Of RQ-170 Taxiing By MQ-9 Gives Best Size Estimate Yet Of Stealth Drone

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jun 6, 2020
Elon Musk And His Partner Grimes Name Their Newborn After The A-12 Spy Plane

Elon Musk And His Partner Grimes Name Their Newborn After The A-12 Spy Plane

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on May 6, 2020
The SR-71 Blackbird Was Almost Brought Back For The Global War On Terror

The SR-71 Blackbird Was Almost Brought Back For The Global War On Terror

By Stephen Walker
Updated on Mar 28, 2020
The Second Top Gun 2 Trailer Has Landed, Secret High-Speed Test Jet And All

The Second Top Gun 2 Trailer Has Landed, Secret High-Speed Test Jet And All

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 16, 2019
Test Pilot Recounts F-117’s Wobbly First Flight And Entering Into Its Top Secret World

Test Pilot Recounts F-117’s Wobbly First Flight And Entering Into Its Top Secret World

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
Tom DeLonge’s Origin Story For To The Stars Academy Describes A Government UFO Info Operation

Tom DeLonge’s Origin Story For To The Stars Academy Describes A Government UFO Info Operation

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
Air Force Wanted To Turn Skunk Works’ Mach 3 Capable Recon Drone Into A Nuclear Bomber

Air Force Wanted To Turn Skunk Works’ Mach 3 Capable Recon Drone Into A Nuclear Bomber

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
CIA And Skunk Works Secretly Planned To Turn The A-12 Spy Plane Into A Space Launch Mothership

CIA And Skunk Works Secretly Planned To Turn The A-12 Spy Plane Into A Space Launch Mothership

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Dec 1, 2019
Check Out These Exclusive Shots Of An F-117 Stealth Jet Arriving At The Reagan Library

Check Out These Exclusive Shots Of An F-117 Stealth Jet Arriving At The Reagan Library

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 14, 2019
Stunning Video And Photos Of Skunk Works Preparing An F-117 For The Reagan Library

Stunning Video And Photos Of Skunk Works Preparing An F-117 For The Reagan Library

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 9, 2019
Behold The SR-71 Blackbird’s Raw Power In This Crazy Low-Light Afterburner Photo (Updated)

Behold The SR-71 Blackbird’s Raw Power In This Crazy Low-Light Afterburner Photo (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 3, 2019
Skunk Works’ Exotic Fusion Reactor Program Moves Forward With Larger, More Powerful Design

Skunk Works’ Exotic Fusion Reactor Program Moves Forward With Larger, More Powerful Design

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jul 29, 2019
This Overview Of NASA’s SR-71 Blackbird Is A Must Watch

This Overview Of NASA’s SR-71 Blackbird Is A Must Watch

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jul 13, 2019
This U.S. Army Manual Has New Official Details About the RQ-170 Sentinel Drone

This U.S. Army Manual Has New Official Details About the RQ-170 Sentinel Drone

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 29, 2019
NASA Captured Two Jets’ Supersonic Shockwaves Merging By Applying New Tech To An Old Idea

NASA Captured Two Jets’ Supersonic Shockwaves Merging By Applying New Tech To An Old Idea

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 18, 2019
Air Force Considering Making Its Next Tanker A Drone With A Podded Refueling Boom

Air Force Considering Making Its Next Tanker A Drone With A Podded Refueling Boom

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on May 3, 2019
Skunk Works’ Helendale Radar Signature Test Range Is Where Stealth Dreams Become Reality

Skunk Works’ Helendale Radar Signature Test Range Is Where Stealth Dreams Become Reality

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Apr 2, 2019
F-117 Sported Mysterious “Dark Knights” Tail Flash During Recent Mojave Desert Flights

F-117 Sported Mysterious “Dark Knights” Tail Flash During Recent Mojave Desert Flights

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Mar 20, 2019
Exclusive: Lockheed Skunk Works’ X-44A Flying-Wing Drone Revealed

Exclusive: Lockheed Skunk Works’ X-44A Flying-Wing Drone Revealed

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Feb 6, 2019
NASA’s X-59A Quiet Supersonic Test Jet Will Have Zero Forward Visibility For Its Pilot

NASA’s X-59A Quiet Supersonic Test Jet Will Have Zero Forward Visibility For Its Pilot

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Aug 24, 2018
New Video Of F-117s Flying Out Of Tonopah Emerges Despite Their Fates Being Sealed

New Video Of F-117s Flying Out Of Tonopah Emerges Despite Their Fates Being Sealed

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Jul 29, 2018
For Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, It’s All About Getting To The Prototype Stage

For Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, It’s All About Getting To The Prototype Stage

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 27, 2018
China Touts Fusion Progress As New Details On Lockheed Martin’s Reactor Emerge

China Touts Fusion Progress As New Details On Lockheed Martin’s Reactor Emerge

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Apr 21, 2018
NASA Awards Contract To Lockheed’s Skunk Works To Build Manned Quiet Supersonic X-Plane

NASA Awards Contract To Lockheed’s Skunk Works To Build Manned Quiet Supersonic X-Plane

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Apr 3, 2018
Lockheed Martin Now Has a Patent For Its Potentially World Changing Fusion Reactor

Lockheed Martin Now Has a Patent For Its Potentially World Changing Fusion Reactor

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Mar 27, 2018
Lockheed’s MQ-25 Tanker Drone Looks Impressive, But It’s Still Just A Paper Plane

Lockheed’s MQ-25 Tanker Drone Looks Impressive, But It’s Still Just A Paper Plane

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Mar 26, 2018
Exclusive Photos: Lockheed Skunk Works’ X-44A Flying Wing Drone Breaks Cover

Exclusive Photos: Lockheed Skunk Works’ X-44A Flying Wing Drone Breaks Cover

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Mar 23, 2018
Boeing’s Hypersonic Valkyrie Will Likely Struggle To Catch Up With Lockheed’s SR-72

Boeing’s Hypersonic Valkyrie Will Likely Struggle To Catch Up With Lockheed’s SR-72

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Feb 2, 2018
Let’s Talk About The Supposed Sighting Of A Skunk Works Hypersonic Test Aircraft

Let’s Talk About The Supposed Sighting Of A Skunk Works Hypersonic Test Aircraft

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Oct 2, 2017
No, That YF-23 Like Rendering Of The Skunk Works’ Next Gen Fighter Isn’t New

No, That YF-23 Like Rendering Of The Skunk Works’ Next Gen Fighter Isn’t New

By Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Sep 19, 2017