根據美國軍事網站戰區warzone在2023年11月20日發表了一篇標題為Skunk Works Teases Tailless NGAD Fighter Design In New Ad的文章。翻譯成中文是Skunk Works 在新廣告中展示無尾 NGAD 戰鬥機設計。 當重新審視了洛克希德公司近十年來一直在宣揚的所謂「SR-72」概念--這一概念可能會在秘密飛機開發的黑暗世界中實現。由於 Skunk Works 在《壯志凌雲:特行俠》中設計的虛構「暗星」而變得更加出名,高超音速偵察和攻擊機概念可能是 Skunk Works 可能深入開發的項目中最受期待的。 在2023年11月20日仍然是概念,可能會實現?可能深入開發?
截取部份內容如下: The new, “Son of Blackbird” as it is called, is slated to take to the sky by 2025, according to Lockheed’s paper. It would make sense that a Blackbird follow-on would be unmanned, given that it allows for the possibility of hypersonic flight and leverages decades of technological breakthroughs since the advent of the Blackbird in the 1960s. It makes sense that the amazing Mach 3 speed of the 1960s-era Blackbird set the stage for its follow on, as a hypersonic Blackbird son SR-72 would simply need to stretch to Mach 5 or faster to qualify as hypersonic…. 清楚說明估計2023年sr-72 才會出現!