Skunkworks Boss Hints Unmanned SR-72 Bomber Prototype Has 'Already Been Made'

Jack O’Banion posted this image of a digital 'twin' of the craft, saying 'Without the digital transformation, the aircraft you see there could not have been made.'

Daily Mail: Has Lockheed Martin FINISHED building the secret hypersonic successor to the Blackbird? Skunkworks boss hints unmanned SR-72 bomber has 'already been made'

* Unmanned SR-72 will be a strike and reconnaissance aircraft that tops Mach 6
* Firm has been working on the project since the early 2000s

Lockheed Martin's secretive Skunk Works unit may have already finished making the radical hypersonic update of the long-retired Mach 3 SR-71 Blackbird spy plane.

Jack O’Banion, Vice President of Strategy and Customer Requirements, Advanced Development Programs for Lockheed Martin, let slip at a conference the unmanned aircraft has already been made.

Speaking at The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics SciTech Forum, he showed a slide of a digital mockup of the craft, and said 'Without the digital transformation, the aircraft you see there could not have been made.'

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Update #1: Lockheed may have completed a prototype hypersonic SR72 (Next Big Future)
Update #2: Lockheed Martin May Be Closer To Completing The Hypersonic SR-72 Than We Thought (Jalopnik)

WNU Editor: Is this the SR-72? .... Is this the US Air Force's secret 4,600mph spy plane? Mystery 'hypersonic aircraft' is captured in Google Earth images of a Florida airbase, conspiracy theorist claims (Daily Mail).