Does Blackbird successor Lockheed SR-72 Aurora actually exist?

[pr00ne]

At the end of the Cold War strategic assets and capabilities were being withdrawn without replacement all over the world...

[TEEEJ]

Originally Posted by NutLoose

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...act=mrc&uact=8

One major radio frequency model (Image 4) developed under IRAD was suitable for integrating inlets, nozzles, apertures, edges, and
other subsystems. It was designed for installation on the 30,000-pound rotator at the Meridian Antenna Test Range in Meridian, Texas.

https://www.lockheedmartin.com/conte...y_Overview.pdf

[tartare]

Originally Posted by Davef68

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/wei...craft-19336512

That whole series of images is laughably fake.

[Davef68]

Originally Posted by tartare

That whole series of images is laughably fake.

It is, isn't it? :-)

[chopper2004]

Interesting article from the War Zone

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...ofomhC_k2bupKo

[hoodie]

Originally Posted by chopper2004

Is This Concept Art Of A Mysterious Space Launch Mothership A Missing Link In Area 51's Past? - The Drive

As always, probably reading way too much into this, but in this image from the Boeing patent referenced in the linked article:


Doesn't the mothership forward fuselage and nose in the drawing look a bit like Stratolaunch/Roc?

[fitliker]

There is a model of the Aurora hanging from the ceiling in the mezzanine level of the lobby of a building in Langley . Of course it could just be a piece of misinformation, but it is on display right next to a blackbird ( not sure which model ) and a U2 . They like to throw breadcrumbs out there to keep people guessing .
That said one plane matching the Aurora was spotted by a well respected plane spotter in the North Sea , only thing I saw that week was a killer whale hunting seals between the platform legs . Just another reason not to go swimming even when the water looks nice enough .

[chopper2004]

The truth is out there, another ISR platform in development

There is something else lurking in the wings

https://theaviationist.com/2023/11/0...GZfx0RF7TB5jJo

and I know Vargo very well

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[Rocchi]

Saw this while looking at Pima bone yard near Tucson on Google maps. Sleek aircraft with associated tooling and equipment but can't find out what it is. Picture is a Google map screen grab.

Coordinates 32.151261, -110.843417
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I am not suggesting that this is the aircraft that you seek.

[ORAC]

RCS model for an F-18 variant which didn’t go anywhere.

https://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1161511/pg1

[Rocchi]

Thank you Sir. Could never make sense of the image. All clear now.

Thanks.