Lockheed Martin’s Darkstar aircraft from Top Gun: Maverick may not be real, but an actual Skunk Works team worked on it. That’s right, the same Skunk Works team who supported the film and the development of the Darkstar aircraft continue their work in secrecy, possibly even on the real SR-72.
Top Gun: Maverick’s production team was looking to push the envelope and stand true to Maverick’s Need for Speed, and who better to call than Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works? The latter used their expertise in developing the fastest known aircraft combined with a passion and energy for defining the future of aerospace. What most may not know is that Darkstar’s capabilities could be more than mere fiction, but rather a reality in future aircraft.
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Darkstar may not be real, but its capabilities are. Hypersonic technology, or the ability to travel at 60 miles per minute or faster, is a capability our team continues to advance today by leveraging more than 30 years of hypersonic investments and development and testing experience,” said Lockheed Martin.