Boeing just unveiled first details about ‘Son of Blackbird’ hypersonic plane, that could ‘circle the globe in three hours.’
Codenamed ‘Valkyrie II,’ the Boeing secretive concept plane, is a potential successor to the legendary Blackbird SR-71 spy plane.
It is in development for reconnaissance and missile strike delivery, It could strike targets at twice the speed of a bullet.
This is the Lockheed Martin hypersonic concept
Kevin Bowcutt, a senior technical fellow at Boeing, explained:
“This is one of several concepts and technologies we’re studying for a hypersonic aircraft. This particular concept is for a military application that would be targeted for an intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance, or ISR and capabilities.”
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