Featured in LockheedBYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayApr 2, 2021ShareThe Cheyenne Attack Helicopter Had A Crazy Rotating Gunner’s Seat Right Out Of Star WarsLockheed’s AH-56 Cheyenne was ahead of its time in many ways. While its swiveling gunner’s seat was not one of them, it certainly was cool. BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayApr 2, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 4, 2021ShareEverything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Navy’s Ever-Evolving Aegis Combat SystemWe go in-depth with Lockheed’s point man on Aegis about the combat system’s revolutionary past, evolving present, and universal future. BYTyler RogowayMar 4, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 10, 2020ShareHow The Once Elusive Dream Of Laser Weapons Suddenly Became A RealityOne of Lockheed Martin’s top directed energy minds explains how breakthroughs in communications and industrial tech made laser weapons possible. BYTyler RogowayDec 10, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 3, 2020ShareLaser Weapons On The Battlefield Of Tomorrow: Separating Fact From FictionOne of Lockheed’s top laser minds tells about the limits of current tech and what is needed to make lasers more prevalent on tomorrow’s battlefield. BYTyler RogowayDec 3, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayAug 9, 2020ShareCheck Out This B-52 Stratofortress Carrying Two AGM-183 Hypersonic Test MissilesThe USAF just completed the last captive carry flight of what’s slated to become the service’s first hypersonic weapon. Launch tests are next. BYTyler RogowayAug 9, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareStudy On Restarting F-22 Production Has Finally Arrived, Here’s The VerdictThe report has finally been delivered to the House Armed Services Committee, and its secret, but its findings are already emerging. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareWhat’s The Deal With Lockheed’s Gabbing About The Secretive Hypersonic SR-72?Could the exotic and shadowy jet concept be much further along in development than Lockheed is letting on? BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareThe Mysterious Case Of The F-117 Nighthawk’s Flip-Down Radar LocatorsThe F-117 had extendable antenna farms that could detect and possibly locate enemy radar emitters—or did it? BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 3, 2020ShareLockheed Once Pitched the Massive C-5 as a Flying Command CenterThe company told the Air Force the massive airlifter could be a super-sized replacement for the EC-135 doomsday plane. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 3, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayMay 6, 2020ShareElon Musk And His Partner Grimes Name Their Newborn After The A-12 Spy PlaneThe kid’s full name is “X Æ A-12,” the latter part being a tribute to Lockheed Skunk Works’ Mach 3-capable jet it built for the CIA in the 1960s. BYTyler RogowayMay 6, 2020ShareBYStephen WalkerMar 28, 2020ShareThe SR-71 Blackbird Was Almost Brought Back For The Global War On TerrorA little known chapter in the twilight of the SR-71 program became the final nail in its coffin. BYStephen WalkerMar 28, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareTest Pilot Recounts F-117’s Wobbly First Flight And Entering Into Its Top Secret WorldSkunk Works test pilot Harold “Hal” Farley Jr. was at the controls of the YF-117 as it wobbled into the skies for the first time over Area 51. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 1, 2019ShareCIA And Skunk Works Secretly Planned To Turn The A-12 Spy Plane Into A Space Launch MothershipThe proposal sheds more light on decades of secretive U.S. work to realize air-launched space access capabilities. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 1, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 13, 2019ShareCheck Out These Exclusive Shots Of An F-117 Stealth Jet Arriving At The Reagan LibraryThe F-117 will join an F-14 Tomcat, a VC-137 “Air Force One” jet, and a VH-3 “Marine One” helicopter that already call the Reagan Library home. BYTyler RogowayNov 13, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 30, 2019ShareIran’s Newest ‘Homemade’ Drone Is An Unmanned Conversion Of A 1940s American Jet TrainerThe converted T-33 is the latest example of Iran’s routinely dubious boasts about its military capabilities. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 30, 2019ShareBYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJul 29, 2019ShareHere’s The F-22 Production Restart Study The USAF Has Kept Secret For Over A YearWe finally see the study that was oddly classified on arrival and it has new relevance based on Japan’s desire for a new stealth fighter. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJul 29, 2019Share12
BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayApr 2, 2021ShareThe Cheyenne Attack Helicopter Had A Crazy Rotating Gunner’s Seat Right Out Of Star WarsLockheed’s AH-56 Cheyenne was ahead of its time in many ways. While its swiveling gunner’s seat was not one of them, it certainly was cool. BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayApr 2, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 4, 2021ShareEverything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Navy’s Ever-Evolving Aegis Combat SystemWe go in-depth with Lockheed’s point man on Aegis about the combat system’s revolutionary past, evolving present, and universal future. BYTyler RogowayMar 4, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 10, 2020ShareHow The Once Elusive Dream Of Laser Weapons Suddenly Became A RealityOne of Lockheed Martin’s top directed energy minds explains how breakthroughs in communications and industrial tech made laser weapons possible. BYTyler RogowayDec 10, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 3, 2020ShareLaser Weapons On The Battlefield Of Tomorrow: Separating Fact From FictionOne of Lockheed’s top laser minds tells about the limits of current tech and what is needed to make lasers more prevalent on tomorrow’s battlefield. BYTyler RogowayDec 3, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayAug 9, 2020ShareCheck Out This B-52 Stratofortress Carrying Two AGM-183 Hypersonic Test MissilesThe USAF just completed the last captive carry flight of what’s slated to become the service’s first hypersonic weapon. Launch tests are next. BYTyler RogowayAug 9, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareStudy On Restarting F-22 Production Has Finally Arrived, Here’s The VerdictThe report has finally been delivered to the House Armed Services Committee, and its secret, but its findings are already emerging. BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020ShareWhat’s The Deal With Lockheed’s Gabbing About The Secretive Hypersonic SR-72?Could the exotic and shadowy jet concept be much further along in development than Lockheed is letting on? BYTyler RogowayJul 5, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020ShareThe Mysterious Case Of The F-117 Nighthawk’s Flip-Down Radar LocatorsThe F-117 had extendable antenna farms that could detect and possibly locate enemy radar emitters—or did it? BYTyler RogowayJul 3, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 3, 2020ShareLockheed Once Pitched the Massive C-5 as a Flying Command CenterThe company told the Air Force the massive airlifter could be a super-sized replacement for the EC-135 doomsday plane. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 3, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayMay 6, 2020ShareElon Musk And His Partner Grimes Name Their Newborn After The A-12 Spy PlaneThe kid’s full name is “X Æ A-12,” the latter part being a tribute to Lockheed Skunk Works’ Mach 3-capable jet it built for the CIA in the 1960s. BYTyler RogowayMay 6, 2020Share
BYStephen WalkerMar 28, 2020ShareThe SR-71 Blackbird Was Almost Brought Back For The Global War On TerrorA little known chapter in the twilight of the SR-71 program became the final nail in its coffin. BYStephen WalkerMar 28, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareTest Pilot Recounts F-117’s Wobbly First Flight And Entering Into Its Top Secret WorldSkunk Works test pilot Harold “Hal” Farley Jr. was at the controls of the YF-117 as it wobbled into the skies for the first time over Area 51. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 1, 2019ShareCIA And Skunk Works Secretly Planned To Turn The A-12 Spy Plane Into A Space Launch MothershipThe proposal sheds more light on decades of secretive U.S. work to realize air-launched space access capabilities. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 1, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayNov 13, 2019ShareCheck Out These Exclusive Shots Of An F-117 Stealth Jet Arriving At The Reagan LibraryThe F-117 will join an F-14 Tomcat, a VC-137 “Air Force One” jet, and a VH-3 “Marine One” helicopter that already call the Reagan Library home. BYTyler RogowayNov 13, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 30, 2019ShareIran’s Newest ‘Homemade’ Drone Is An Unmanned Conversion Of A 1940s American Jet TrainerThe converted T-33 is the latest example of Iran’s routinely dubious boasts about its military capabilities. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 30, 2019Share
BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJul 29, 2019ShareHere’s The F-22 Production Restart Study The USAF Has Kept Secret For Over A YearWe finally see the study that was oddly classified on arrival and it has new relevance based on Japan’s desire for a new stealth fighter. BYTyler Rogoway and Joseph TrevithickJul 29, 2019Share
