Featured in Skunk WorksBYTyler RogowayNov 27, 2020ShareHow This F-117 Ended Up Nesting With An F-15 Alert Jet At Portland Air Guard BaseWe looked into the story behind how an F-117 ended up shoulder-to-shoulder with an F-15 in the NORAD alert facility at Portland International Airport. BYTyler RogowayNov 27, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 2, 2020ShareWas The Secret RQ-180 Stealth Drone Really Photographed Over The Mojave Desert?A very interesting image may provide our first glimpse of the shadowy RQ-180 or of a ghost from the past. BYTyler RogowayNov 2, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 30, 2020ShareF-117s Photographed Flying Out Of Nellis AFB For The First Time In Over A DecadeThe small flying force of F-117s continues to come out of its secretive bubble and is now operating out of Nellis AFB in Las Vegas. BYTyler RogowayOct 30, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 22, 2020ShareCheck Out These Close-Up Shots Of F-117s Deployed To MiramarThe jets have fresh radar-absorbent coatings and are adorned with bright tail codes, tail bands, and Nighthawk emblems. BYTyler RogowayOct 22, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 21, 2020ShareF-117s Make Surprise Visit To Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (Updated)The F-117s have become highly active as of late, but they’ve never staged out of a base like Miramar since their retirement. BYTyler RogowayOct 21, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 26, 2020ShareRQ-170 Sentinel Stealth Spy Drone Photographed Landing At Plant 42 In Palmdale13 years after it was first spotted, the RQ-170 still lives a secretive life. So, returning to its place of birth in broad daylight is a bit shocking. BYTyler RogowayJul 26, 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 5, 2020ShareExclusive: Uniquely Configured RQ-170 Stealth Spy Drone Appears At Vandenberg AFBIt’s the first photographic evidence that the famous but still extremely shy Sentinel has a presence at the Air Force’s premier missile test and rocket-launch facility. 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, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 19, 2020ShareNo, The F-117 Never Had Air-To-Air Capability, But One Did Get A RadarThe “Black Jet” never got the ability to shoot down other aircraft, but not due to a lack of creativity on behalf of the Skunk Works team. BYTyler RogowayJun 19, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 17, 2020ShareThe Stealthy F-117 Nighthawk Could Have Executed Nuclear Strikes Against The Soviet UnionThe F-117 was built with the ability to deliver nuclear bombs and the Air Force didn’t forget that during the last years of the Cold War. BYTyler RogowayJun 17, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 6, 2020ShareSatellite Image Of RQ-170 Taxiing By MQ-9 Gives Best Size Estimate Yet Of Stealth DroneEstimates of the RQ-170’s size have varied greatly over the years. Now we can put the debate to rest. BYTyler RogowayJun 6, 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, 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, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareTom DeLonge’s Origin Story For To The Stars Academy Describes A Government UFO Info OperationDeLonge is either lying and his company can’t be trusted or dark areas of the military-industrial complex had a direct hand in its founding. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 1, 2019ShareAir Force Wanted To Turn Skunk Works’ Mach 3 Capable Recon Drone Into A Nuclear BomberThe concept would have given the service a penetrating high-speed strike asset, something it is still interested in to this day. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 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, 2019ShareBYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareScientist Behind The Navy’s “UFO Patents” Has Now Filed One For A Compact Fusion ReactorThe latest in a series of bizarre Navy patents isn’t just for a revolutionary reactor that could power cities, but also potentially a craft. BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayDec 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 Trevithick and Tyler RogowayNov 8, 2019ShareStunning Video And Photos Of Skunk Works Preparing An F-117 For The Reagan LibraryThe stealth Nighthawk named Unexpected Guest flew more combat sorties than any other and will now sit alongside an F-14 Tomcat at the Reagan Library. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayNov 8, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 5, 2019ShareAirbus’s Secret Stealth Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Research Program Breaks Cover (Updated)The impressive-looking plane was part of a clandestine risk-reduction effort that will inform the firm’s future stealthy combat aircraft designs. BYTyler RogowayNov 5, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 3, 2019ShareBehold The SR-71 Blackbird’s Raw Power In This Crazy Low-Light Afterburner Photo (Updated)The SR-71’s Blackbird’s J58 engine was one of the biggest triumphs in aerospace history and it put on one hell of a light show at dusk. BYTyler RogowayNov 3, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 29, 2019ShareSkunk Works’ Exotic Fusion Reactor Program Moves Forward With Larger, More Powerful DesignThis will be the company’s fifth major design iteration as it pushes ahead toward building a potentially revolutionary practical prototype. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 29, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 12, 2019ShareThis Overview Of NASA’s SR-71 Blackbird Is A Must WatchEven the tiniest details about the SR-71 tend to be fascinating, but a good overview of the jet and its operations is also very intriguing. BYTyler RogowayJul 12, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMay 3, 2019ShareAir Force Considering Making Its Next Tanker A Drone With A Podded Refueling BoomPackaging an aerial refueling boom in a pod will be a major engineering challenge, but it would change the way the USAF keeps its planes in the fight. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 3, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 1, 2019ShareSkunk Works’ Helendale Radar Signature Test Range Is Where Stealth Dreams Become RealitySome of the biggest leaps in modern combat aircraft design have been made with the help of these facilities, many of which remain classified. BYTyler RogowayApr 1, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 19, 2019ShareF-117 Sported Mysterious “Dark Knights” Tail Flash During Recent Mojave Desert FlightsThe Dark Knights officially don’t exist. We look into what this surprise moniker could mean and where it might have come from. BYTyler RogowayMar 19, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayFeb 27, 2019ShareBehold The Most Detailed Photo Taken Of An Airborne F-117 Nighthawk In Over A Decade (Updated)The “retired” stealth jet has been photographed in the air once again, but this time while ripping around down low over Death Valley in California. BYTyler RogowayFeb 27, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayFeb 7, 2019ShareThis SR-71 Blackbird Cockpit Tour Is The Most Fascinating Thing You’ll See All WeekVeteran SR-71 pilot gives a highly detailed tour of both cockpits and shares incredible recollections from his time flying the legendary jet. BYTyler RogowayFeb 7, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayFeb 6, 2019ShareExclusive: Lockheed Skunk Works’ X-44A Flying-Wing Drone RevealedThe aircraft is a missing link in a lineage of shadowy unmanned flying-wing drones built by the legendary Skunk Works. BYTyler RogowayFeb 6, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickSep 20, 2018ShareLockheed Martin Is Crafting New Stealth and Drone Tanker Concepts For The USAFThe Air Force knows it needs tankers that can survive in high-risk areas and it might end up flying a mix of manned and unmanned types. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 20, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 29, 2018ShareNew Video Of F-117s Flying Out Of Tonopah Emerges Despite Their Fates Being SealedF-117s are still zipping around the skies of Southern Nevada even after Congress mandated the jets begin to be put to rest once and for all. BYTyler RogowayJul 29, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 26, 2018ShareFor Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, It’s All About Getting To The Prototype StageThe famous design division says “skunking” helps it avoid many traditional pitfalls in the development process and build flying examples faster. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 26, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayJun 5, 2018ShareJournalists Had A Surprise Close Encounter With An RQ-170 Sentinel At Vandenberg AFBThe chance encounter is the closest the press has gotten to the notoriously secretive stealth drones. BYTyler RogowayJun 5, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickApr 20, 2018ShareChina Touts Fusion Progress As New Details On Lockheed Martin’s Reactor EmergeChinese state researchers and the multi-national corporation are both aiming to be first to develop practical fusion power sometime in the 2020s. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 20, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 11, 2018ShareLockheed Is Already Pushing A Stealthy Version Of Its MQ-25 Stingray Tanker DroneThe sad thing is, the whole idea originally was for the Navy to get a stealth drone, but it ended up getting a flying gas can. BYTyler RogowayApr 11, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 3, 2018ShareNASA Awards Contract To Lockheed’s Skunk Works To Build Manned Quiet Supersonic X-PlaneNASA is leaping back in the manned x-plane business in dramatic and exciting fashion. BYTyler RogowayApr 3, 2018ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMar 27, 2018ShareLockheed Martin Now Has a Patent For Its Potentially World Changing Fusion ReactorWhen it first announced the project, the company said it could have a working prototype of the revolutionary power source as early as 2019. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 27, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 26, 2018ShareLockheed’s MQ-25 Tanker Drone Looks Impressive, But It’s Still Just A Paper PlaneLockheed’s flying-wing ‘Stingray’ drone is said to be largely a clean sheet design, and that could help or hurt its chances of winning. BYTyler RogowayMar 26, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 23, 2018ShareExclusive Photos: Lockheed Skunk Works’ X-44A Flying Wing Drone Breaks CoverWe finally get to see one of the key missing links that bridged the gap between Lockheed’s RQ-3 Darkstar and RQ-170 Sentinel flying-wing drones. BYTyler RogowayMar 23, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayFeb 2, 2018ShareBoeing’s Hypersonic Valkyrie Will Likely Struggle To Catch Up With Lockheed’s SR-72Years after Lockheed unveiled its SR-72 concept, Boeing has thrown its helmet into the hypersonic plane ring. BYTyler RogowayFeb 2, 2018ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 28, 2017ShareTest Pilot Recounts Flying Both Have Blue And Tacit Blue Experimental Stealth JetsOne test pilot flew both top-secret aircraft that are widely regarded as giving birth to the stealth revolution. BYTyler RogowayNov 28, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 15, 2017SharePictures Emerge Of Covered F-117 Being Transported On A Trailer In Southern NevadaThe photos come as another sign that the F-117 program is finally winding down once and for all. BYTyler RogowayNov 15, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 5, 2017ShareUSAF May Dump Its E-8C JSTARS Replacement Program For A Shadowy “Distributed” SolutionA Lockheed exec’s super slick pitch for the company’s E-8C JSTARS replacement jet hints at the use of technologies from top secret programs. BYTyler RogowayOct 5, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 2, 2017ShareLet’s Talk About The Supposed Sighting Of A Skunk Works Hypersonic Test AircraftThe report on the advanced state of the hypersonic aircraft program seems credible, but the part about the sighting at Plant 42 is far less so. BYTyler RogowayOct 2, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowaySep 18, 2017ShareNo, That YF-23 Like Rendering Of The Skunk Works’ Next Gen Fighter Isn’t NewThe concept may be ironic, but it isn’t new. BYTyler RogowaySep 18, 2017ShareBYJoseph TrevithickMay 22, 2017ShareU-2 Flies in Alaska Exercise for First Time, But Not as a Spy PlaneThe Dragon Lady carried a special communications package to help get information to and from other aircraft. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 22, 2017ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 11, 2016ShareRare Video of an RQ-170 Sentinel Making a Low Approach at Dawn Is Both Spooky And GloriousLike seeing a holy apparition. BYTyler RogowayJul 11, 2016Share12
BYTyler RogowayNov 27, 2020ShareHow This F-117 Ended Up Nesting With An F-15 Alert Jet At Portland Air Guard BaseWe looked into the story behind how an F-117 ended up shoulder-to-shoulder with an F-15 in the NORAD alert facility at Portland International Airport. BYTyler RogowayNov 27, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayNov 2, 2020ShareWas The Secret RQ-180 Stealth Drone Really Photographed Over The Mojave Desert?A very interesting image may provide our first glimpse of the shadowy RQ-180 or of a ghost from the past. BYTyler RogowayNov 2, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 30, 2020ShareF-117s Photographed Flying Out Of Nellis AFB For The First Time In Over A DecadeThe small flying force of F-117s continues to come out of its secretive bubble and is now operating out of Nellis AFB in Las Vegas. BYTyler RogowayOct 30, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 22, 2020ShareCheck Out These Close-Up Shots Of F-117s Deployed To MiramarThe jets have fresh radar-absorbent coatings and are adorned with bright tail codes, tail bands, and Nighthawk emblems. BYTyler RogowayOct 22, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 21, 2020ShareF-117s Make Surprise Visit To Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (Updated)The F-117s have become highly active as of late, but they’ve never staged out of a base like Miramar since their retirement. BYTyler RogowayOct 21, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 26, 2020ShareRQ-170 Sentinel Stealth Spy Drone Photographed Landing At Plant 42 In Palmdale13 years after it was first spotted, the RQ-170 still lives a secretive life. So, returning to its place of birth in broad daylight is a bit shocking. BYTyler RogowayJul 26, 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 5, 2020ShareExclusive: Uniquely Configured RQ-170 Stealth Spy Drone Appears At Vandenberg AFBIt’s the first photographic evidence that the famous but still extremely shy Sentinel has a presence at the Air Force’s premier missile test and rocket-launch facility. 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
BYTyler RogowayJun 19, 2020ShareNo, The F-117 Never Had Air-To-Air Capability, But One Did Get A RadarThe “Black Jet” never got the ability to shoot down other aircraft, but not due to a lack of creativity on behalf of the Skunk Works team. BYTyler RogowayJun 19, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 17, 2020ShareThe Stealthy F-117 Nighthawk Could Have Executed Nuclear Strikes Against The Soviet UnionThe F-117 was built with the ability to deliver nuclear bombs and the Air Force didn’t forget that during the last years of the Cold War. BYTyler RogowayJun 17, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 6, 2020ShareSatellite Image Of RQ-170 Taxiing By MQ-9 Gives Best Size Estimate Yet Of Stealth DroneEstimates of the RQ-170’s size have varied greatly over the years. Now we can put the debate to rest. BYTyler RogowayJun 6, 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
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
BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareTom DeLonge’s Origin Story For To The Stars Academy Describes A Government UFO Info OperationDeLonge is either lying and his company can’t be trusted or dark areas of the military-industrial complex had a direct hand in its founding. BYTyler RogowayDec 1, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 1, 2019ShareAir Force Wanted To Turn Skunk Works’ Mach 3 Capable Recon Drone Into A Nuclear BomberThe concept would have given the service a penetrating high-speed strike asset, something it is still interested in to this day. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 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
BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayDec 1, 2019ShareScientist Behind The Navy’s “UFO Patents” Has Now Filed One For A Compact Fusion ReactorThe latest in a series of bizarre Navy patents isn’t just for a revolutionary reactor that could power cities, but also potentially a craft. BYBrett Tingley and Tyler RogowayDec 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 Trevithick and Tyler RogowayNov 8, 2019ShareStunning Video And Photos Of Skunk Works Preparing An F-117 For The Reagan LibraryThe stealth Nighthawk named Unexpected Guest flew more combat sorties than any other and will now sit alongside an F-14 Tomcat at the Reagan Library. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayNov 8, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayNov 5, 2019ShareAirbus’s Secret Stealth Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Research Program Breaks Cover (Updated)The impressive-looking plane was part of a clandestine risk-reduction effort that will inform the firm’s future stealthy combat aircraft designs. BYTyler RogowayNov 5, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayNov 3, 2019ShareBehold The SR-71 Blackbird’s Raw Power In This Crazy Low-Light Afterburner Photo (Updated)The SR-71’s Blackbird’s J58 engine was one of the biggest triumphs in aerospace history and it put on one hell of a light show at dusk. BYTyler RogowayNov 3, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 29, 2019ShareSkunk Works’ Exotic Fusion Reactor Program Moves Forward With Larger, More Powerful DesignThis will be the company’s fifth major design iteration as it pushes ahead toward building a potentially revolutionary practical prototype. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 29, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 12, 2019ShareThis Overview Of NASA’s SR-71 Blackbird Is A Must WatchEven the tiniest details about the SR-71 tend to be fascinating, but a good overview of the jet and its operations is also very intriguing. BYTyler RogowayJul 12, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMay 3, 2019ShareAir Force Considering Making Its Next Tanker A Drone With A Podded Refueling BoomPackaging an aerial refueling boom in a pod will be a major engineering challenge, but it would change the way the USAF keeps its planes in the fight. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 3, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 1, 2019ShareSkunk Works’ Helendale Radar Signature Test Range Is Where Stealth Dreams Become RealitySome of the biggest leaps in modern combat aircraft design have been made with the help of these facilities, many of which remain classified. BYTyler RogowayApr 1, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 19, 2019ShareF-117 Sported Mysterious “Dark Knights” Tail Flash During Recent Mojave Desert FlightsThe Dark Knights officially don’t exist. We look into what this surprise moniker could mean and where it might have come from. BYTyler RogowayMar 19, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayFeb 27, 2019ShareBehold The Most Detailed Photo Taken Of An Airborne F-117 Nighthawk In Over A Decade (Updated)The “retired” stealth jet has been photographed in the air once again, but this time while ripping around down low over Death Valley in California. BYTyler RogowayFeb 27, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayFeb 7, 2019ShareThis SR-71 Blackbird Cockpit Tour Is The Most Fascinating Thing You’ll See All WeekVeteran SR-71 pilot gives a highly detailed tour of both cockpits and shares incredible recollections from his time flying the legendary jet. BYTyler RogowayFeb 7, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayFeb 6, 2019ShareExclusive: Lockheed Skunk Works’ X-44A Flying-Wing Drone RevealedThe aircraft is a missing link in a lineage of shadowy unmanned flying-wing drones built by the legendary Skunk Works. BYTyler RogowayFeb 6, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickSep 20, 2018ShareLockheed Martin Is Crafting New Stealth and Drone Tanker Concepts For The USAFThe Air Force knows it needs tankers that can survive in high-risk areas and it might end up flying a mix of manned and unmanned types. BYJoseph TrevithickSep 20, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 29, 2018ShareNew Video Of F-117s Flying Out Of Tonopah Emerges Despite Their Fates Being SealedF-117s are still zipping around the skies of Southern Nevada even after Congress mandated the jets begin to be put to rest once and for all. BYTyler RogowayJul 29, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 26, 2018ShareFor Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works, It’s All About Getting To The Prototype StageThe famous design division says “skunking” helps it avoid many traditional pitfalls in the development process and build flying examples faster. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 26, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayJun 5, 2018ShareJournalists Had A Surprise Close Encounter With An RQ-170 Sentinel At Vandenberg AFBThe chance encounter is the closest the press has gotten to the notoriously secretive stealth drones. BYTyler RogowayJun 5, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickApr 20, 2018ShareChina Touts Fusion Progress As New Details On Lockheed Martin’s Reactor EmergeChinese state researchers and the multi-national corporation are both aiming to be first to develop practical fusion power sometime in the 2020s. BYJoseph TrevithickApr 20, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 11, 2018ShareLockheed Is Already Pushing A Stealthy Version Of Its MQ-25 Stingray Tanker DroneThe sad thing is, the whole idea originally was for the Navy to get a stealth drone, but it ended up getting a flying gas can. BYTyler RogowayApr 11, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 3, 2018ShareNASA Awards Contract To Lockheed’s Skunk Works To Build Manned Quiet Supersonic X-PlaneNASA is leaping back in the manned x-plane business in dramatic and exciting fashion. BYTyler RogowayApr 3, 2018Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMar 27, 2018ShareLockheed Martin Now Has a Patent For Its Potentially World Changing Fusion ReactorWhen it first announced the project, the company said it could have a working prototype of the revolutionary power source as early as 2019. BYJoseph TrevithickMar 27, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 26, 2018ShareLockheed’s MQ-25 Tanker Drone Looks Impressive, But It’s Still Just A Paper PlaneLockheed’s flying-wing ‘Stingray’ drone is said to be largely a clean sheet design, and that could help or hurt its chances of winning. BYTyler RogowayMar 26, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 23, 2018ShareExclusive Photos: Lockheed Skunk Works’ X-44A Flying Wing Drone Breaks CoverWe finally get to see one of the key missing links that bridged the gap between Lockheed’s RQ-3 Darkstar and RQ-170 Sentinel flying-wing drones. BYTyler RogowayMar 23, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayFeb 2, 2018ShareBoeing’s Hypersonic Valkyrie Will Likely Struggle To Catch Up With Lockheed’s SR-72Years after Lockheed unveiled its SR-72 concept, Boeing has thrown its helmet into the hypersonic plane ring. BYTyler RogowayFeb 2, 2018Share
BYTyler RogowayNov 28, 2017ShareTest Pilot Recounts Flying Both Have Blue And Tacit Blue Experimental Stealth JetsOne test pilot flew both top-secret aircraft that are widely regarded as giving birth to the stealth revolution. BYTyler RogowayNov 28, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayNov 15, 2017SharePictures Emerge Of Covered F-117 Being Transported On A Trailer In Southern NevadaThe photos come as another sign that the F-117 program is finally winding down once and for all. BYTyler RogowayNov 15, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 5, 2017ShareUSAF May Dump Its E-8C JSTARS Replacement Program For A Shadowy “Distributed” SolutionA Lockheed exec’s super slick pitch for the company’s E-8C JSTARS replacement jet hints at the use of technologies from top secret programs. BYTyler RogowayOct 5, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 2, 2017ShareLet’s Talk About The Supposed Sighting Of A Skunk Works Hypersonic Test AircraftThe report on the advanced state of the hypersonic aircraft program seems credible, but the part about the sighting at Plant 42 is far less so. BYTyler RogowayOct 2, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowaySep 18, 2017ShareNo, That YF-23 Like Rendering Of The Skunk Works’ Next Gen Fighter Isn’t NewThe concept may be ironic, but it isn’t new. BYTyler RogowaySep 18, 2017Share
BYJoseph TrevithickMay 22, 2017ShareU-2 Flies in Alaska Exercise for First Time, But Not as a Spy PlaneThe Dragon Lady carried a special communications package to help get information to and from other aircraft. BYJoseph TrevithickMay 22, 2017Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 11, 2016ShareRare Video of an RQ-170 Sentinel Making a Low Approach at Dawn Is Both Spooky And GloriousLike seeing a holy apparition. BYTyler RogowayJul 11, 2016Share