Featured in Skunk WorksBYThomas NewdickFeb 15, 2022ShareBehold The X-59 Quiet Supersonic Test Jet’s Absolutely Epic SchnozThis is our first look at the assembled X-59, a high-speed test jet that is nearly as much nose as it is fuselage. BYThomas NewdickFeb 15, 2022ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 23, 2021ShareNASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Test Jet Spotted On A Trailer Heading To TexasThe Skunk Works-built X-59 that could revolutionize supersonic travel is getting closer to its first flight. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 23, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 22, 2021ShareThe F-117 Tested A Mirror-Like Skin Decades Before The F-22 DidWe have more on the ‘mirrored’ F-22 Raptor mystery that includes a historical connection and an official Air Force statement. BYTyler RogowayDec 22, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 28, 2021ShareCelebrate The F-117’s Extended Service With This Tonopah Canyons Active Retirement Community T-ShirtTonopah Canyons: A safe and secure community for the granddaddy of stealth to live out its still remarkably active golden years. BYTyler RogowayNov 28, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 1, 2021ShareSkunk Works Boss Says He Can’t Comment On Video Of Mysterious Stealth Shape At Radar Test RangeThe Skunk Works head separately said digital engineering has reduced aircraft build times by two-thirds as business has exploded in recent years. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 1, 2021ShareBYThomas NewdickSep 22, 2021ShareMysterious Stealthy Shape That Resembles Future Fighter Concepts Spotted At Radar Test Range (Updated)The apparent low-observable aircraft test shape appeared in broad daylight at Lockheed Martin’s Helendale radar cross-section measurement range. BYThomas NewdickSep 22, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowaySep 16, 2021ShareBehold F-117s On Their Historic Deployment To Fresno In These Stunning ShotsThe officially retired F-117s are flying out of Fresno for training with resident F-15s and the Air Force is finally opening up about their mission. BYTyler RogowaySep 16, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickAug 13, 2021ShareSkunk Works’ Factory Of The Future Will Use Roaming Robots To Rapidly Assemble Top Secret AircraftSkunk Works’ knack for innovation enters the “digital” age with a factory able to spit out advanced aircraft faster and cheaper than ever before. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 13, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 9, 2021ShareNASA’s Experimental X-56B Unmanned Aircraft Suffered An “Anomaly” After TakeoffHow much damage the X-56B, which NASA only began using in a new flight test program in April, may have sustained in this incident is unclear. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 9, 2021ShareBYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayApr 30, 2021ShareF-22 And F-35 Datalinks Finally Talk Freely With Each Other Thanks To A U-2 Flying TranslatorBeyond linking up F-22s and F-35s, the U-2 and its gateway payload also connected naval and ground assets, and more. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayApr 30, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 1, 2021ShareHere’s Everything We Know About Skunk Works’ Secretive ‘Speed Racer’ ProgramThe design is primarily intended to validate new digital engineering tools and techniques, but that could be just the beginning. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 1, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayFeb 6, 2021ShareImages Show U-2 That Flew Intriguing Flight Over California Was Equipped With A Panoramic CameraThe U-2 Dragon Lady is one ultra-adaptable info collecting beast and in this case, it was equipped with a sensor that was still spinning as it landed. BYTyler RogowayFeb 6, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayJan 29, 2021ShareF-117s Cleared To Refuel From All KC-135s As “Retired” Stealth Jets Expand OperationsThe F-117 has been cleared to refuel from the entire KC-135 force again 13 years since its “retirement” and 38 years since its first flight. BYTyler RogowayJan 29, 2021ShareBYSarah Scoles—Popular ScienceJan 5, 2021ShareAn A-12 Oxcart Spyplane Crashed Near Area 51 In 1967. This Is How One Explorer Found It.Some people hunt for buried gold, a small number of others hunt for bits of titanium laced with aerospace history. BYSarah Scoles—Popular ScienceJan 5, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 14, 2020ShareU-2 Spy Plane Taps Into Computers On The Ground To Expand Data Processing Ability Mid-MissionThe test demonstrated how an aircraft could link up with computers on the ground for tasks that demand high levels of computing power. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 14, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 27, 2020ShareNotoriously Shy RQ-170 Spy Drone Lands At Its Skunk Works BirthplaceIt’s the second time the stealthy flying-wing drone has appeared in broad daylight at Plant 42 in Palmdale, California in the last two months. BYTyler RogowayNov 27, 2020Share12
BYThomas NewdickFeb 15, 2022ShareBehold The X-59 Quiet Supersonic Test Jet’s Absolutely Epic SchnozThis is our first look at the assembled X-59, a high-speed test jet that is nearly as much nose as it is fuselage. BYThomas NewdickFeb 15, 2022Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 23, 2021ShareNASA’s X-59 Quiet Supersonic Test Jet Spotted On A Trailer Heading To TexasThe Skunk Works-built X-59 that could revolutionize supersonic travel is getting closer to its first flight. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 23, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 22, 2021ShareThe F-117 Tested A Mirror-Like Skin Decades Before The F-22 DidWe have more on the ‘mirrored’ F-22 Raptor mystery that includes a historical connection and an official Air Force statement. BYTyler RogowayDec 22, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayNov 28, 2021ShareCelebrate The F-117’s Extended Service With This Tonopah Canyons Active Retirement Community T-ShirtTonopah Canyons: A safe and secure community for the granddaddy of stealth to live out its still remarkably active golden years. BYTyler RogowayNov 28, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 1, 2021ShareSkunk Works Boss Says He Can’t Comment On Video Of Mysterious Stealth Shape At Radar Test RangeThe Skunk Works head separately said digital engineering has reduced aircraft build times by two-thirds as business has exploded in recent years. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 1, 2021Share
BYThomas NewdickSep 22, 2021ShareMysterious Stealthy Shape That Resembles Future Fighter Concepts Spotted At Radar Test Range (Updated)The apparent low-observable aircraft test shape appeared in broad daylight at Lockheed Martin’s Helendale radar cross-section measurement range. BYThomas NewdickSep 22, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowaySep 16, 2021ShareBehold F-117s On Their Historic Deployment To Fresno In These Stunning ShotsThe officially retired F-117s are flying out of Fresno for training with resident F-15s and the Air Force is finally opening up about their mission. BYTyler RogowaySep 16, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickAug 13, 2021ShareSkunk Works’ Factory Of The Future Will Use Roaming Robots To Rapidly Assemble Top Secret AircraftSkunk Works’ knack for innovation enters the “digital” age with a factory able to spit out advanced aircraft faster and cheaper than ever before. BYJoseph TrevithickAug 13, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 9, 2021ShareNASA’s Experimental X-56B Unmanned Aircraft Suffered An “Anomaly” After TakeoffHow much damage the X-56B, which NASA only began using in a new flight test program in April, may have sustained in this incident is unclear. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 9, 2021Share
BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayApr 30, 2021ShareF-22 And F-35 Datalinks Finally Talk Freely With Each Other Thanks To A U-2 Flying TranslatorBeyond linking up F-22s and F-35s, the U-2 and its gateway payload also connected naval and ground assets, and more. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayApr 30, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 1, 2021ShareHere’s Everything We Know About Skunk Works’ Secretive ‘Speed Racer’ ProgramThe design is primarily intended to validate new digital engineering tools and techniques, but that could be just the beginning. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 1, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayFeb 6, 2021ShareImages Show U-2 That Flew Intriguing Flight Over California Was Equipped With A Panoramic CameraThe U-2 Dragon Lady is one ultra-adaptable info collecting beast and in this case, it was equipped with a sensor that was still spinning as it landed. BYTyler RogowayFeb 6, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayJan 29, 2021ShareF-117s Cleared To Refuel From All KC-135s As “Retired” Stealth Jets Expand OperationsThe F-117 has been cleared to refuel from the entire KC-135 force again 13 years since its “retirement” and 38 years since its first flight. BYTyler RogowayJan 29, 2021Share
BYSarah Scoles—Popular ScienceJan 5, 2021ShareAn A-12 Oxcart Spyplane Crashed Near Area 51 In 1967. This Is How One Explorer Found It.Some people hunt for buried gold, a small number of others hunt for bits of titanium laced with aerospace history. BYSarah Scoles—Popular ScienceJan 5, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 14, 2020ShareU-2 Spy Plane Taps Into Computers On The Ground To Expand Data Processing Ability Mid-MissionThe test demonstrated how an aircraft could link up with computers on the ground for tasks that demand high levels of computing power. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 14, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayNov 27, 2020ShareNotoriously Shy RQ-170 Spy Drone Lands At Its Skunk Works BirthplaceIt’s the second time the stealthy flying-wing drone has appeared in broad daylight at Plant 42 in Palmdale, California in the last two months. BYTyler RogowayNov 27, 2020Share
