Anticipating Successor: Lockheed Martin’s ‘Son of Blackbird’ Poised to Succeed the ɩeɡeпdагу SR-71

L?ckh??? M??tin is ?n th? c?s? ?? ??v??ling th? s?cc?ss?? t? th? ic?nic SR-71 Bl?ck?i??, ??tl? nickn?m?? th? “S?n ?? Bl?ck?i??.” This g???n?????king ?i?c???t ???sts th? ??m??k??l? c????ilit? t? ?chi?v? s????s twic? ?s ??st ?s its ?????c?ss??, th? ??igin?l SR-71.

Th? SR-71 Bl?ck?i??, ??n?wn?? ??? its ?n????ll?l?? s???? ?n? ??c?nn?iss?nc? c????iliti?s, h?l? ? ???min?nt ?l?c? in ?vi?ti?n hist???. N?w, L?ckh??? M??tin ?ims t? ??il? ???n th?t l?g?c? ?? int????cing th? “S?n ?? Bl?ck?i??,” ? t?chn?l?gic?l m??v?l th?t ??sh?s th? ???n???i?s ?? ????n??tic?l ?ngin???ing.

Whil? s??ci?ic ??t?ils ????t th? “S?n ?? Bl?ck?i??” ??m?in l??g?l? ?n??? w???s, th? ???mis? ?? ????l? th? s???? ?? th? SR-71 is ?n????t??l? t?nt?lizing. This ??v?nc?m?nt c??l? ??v?l?ti?niz? ??th milit??? ?n? sci?nti?ic ???lic?ti?ns, ?n??ling swi?t ??c?nn?iss?nc? ?n? ??s??ns? tіm?s lik? n?v?? ??????.

As ?vi?ti?n ?nth?si?sts ?n? milit??? ?x???ts ?lik? ??g??l? ?ntici??t? th? ???ici?l ?nv?iling, th? “S?n ?? Bl?ck?i??” st?n?s ?s ? t?st?m?nt t? h?m?n inn?v?ti?n ?n? th? ??l?ntl?ss ???s?it ?? ??shing ????n? wh?t w?s ?nc? th??ght im??ssi?l? in th? ???lm ?? ?vi?ti?n.