“This is only a concept, but it demonstrates what hypersonic aviation of the future can be.”, – WRITE: www.unian.ua
This is only a concept, but it demonstrates what hypersonic aviation of the future can be.
Blackbird proved expensive and difficult to maintain / collage UNIAN / screenshots with video Ge AerospaceThe American company GE Aerospace, which is engaged in the production of aviation engines, posted a short video where you can see the mysterious plane of an unknown type.
The company posted a video on the social network X. According to experts, it is a conceptual image of a hypersonic aircraft equipped with new two-mode direct-flow air-reactive engines (DMRJ).
You can also see the slogan “everything seems impossible … until it is possible” that some experts consider a reference to the legendary SR-71 Blackbird scout, which is a record holder in speed among serial manned planes.
Blackbird first climbed into the sky in 1964. The maximum speed of the aircraft was about 3500 km/h, while the practical ceiling reached 26,000 m. These qualities made Blackbird almost invulnerable to Soviet air defense systems of that time.
At the same time, Blackbird was expensive and very difficult to maintain. In the 90s, Americans stopped operating SR-71, but sometimes there are rumors of a successor to a famous aircraft.
Lockheed Martin was reported to work on SR-72 UAV hypersonic. It is unknown what this device will be. It is only necessary to say that the current concept is significantly different from the conceptual images of the aircraft from Lockheed Martin.
New US battle aircraft Today, Americans are developing at least two fighters of the sixth generation – for the needs of the US Air Force and for their naval forces.
The aircraft for the Air Force was called F-47. It was chosen by Boeing.
According to Donald Trump, the fighter will be “the most advanced, most efficient and fat-bearing aircraft ever created.” The experimental version of the fighter is already testing.
In turn, the Navy is faced with systematic difficulties related, in particular, to financing the development of a promising aircraft.
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