The historic flight, which was 11 years in the making, saw the TU-2 flying longer than 14 hours and traveling over 6,000 NM across all 48 contiguous states of the U.S. On Aug. 1, 2025, we reported ...
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Lockheed's Dragon Lady

In 1960, after years of suspecting the US was spying on them, the Soviet Union finally took down one of the mysterious high-altitude aircraft that had been observing them from the stratosphere. They ...
Seventy years after the Lockheed Martin U-2 spyplane made its first flight, the distinctive high-altitude jet has set a new endurance record for the type. A two-seat TU-2S trainer variant of the U-2 ...
FILE PHOTO: Attendees walk over branding for Lockheed Martin at Farnborough International Airshow, in Farnborough (Reuters) - U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin said on Tuesday it completed an ...
Two U-2 pilots, including a Wisconsin native, share rare insights on the legendary spy plane’s enduring legacy and relevance in today’s battlespace. EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025 drew a record-breaking ...
Even more Top Secret than the Lockheed SR-71, the D-21 drone was a promising Cold War idea that could have eliminated the need for manned overflights, although it was mostly unsuccessful. After the ...
Lockheed Exec Pushes X2 Tech For Korean UH-60P Replacement is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week ...
The U-2 is a single-engine, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft. Development began in 1954, and a prototype flew the following year. Lockheed built 49 aircraft in the initial configuration, but as ...
Lockheed Martin's family of tested Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) variants will expand through 2026 as the company begins ...