After attracting attention in the opening scene of the blockbuster film "Top Gun: Maverick". There is news that today, 15 – 16 October 2022, a mysterious, pointed-design supersonic aircraft capable of hypersonic flight, the Darkstar, will be featured at the Aerospace Valley Open House, Air Show and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Expo 2022 at the Air Base. Edwards, California.
Quoted from theaviationist.com, although the specifications remain a mystery, Darkstar for the first time will be exhibited in a static display in public. Designed by Lockheed Skunk Works, this aircraft has a streamlined aerodynamic shape, with small wings and twin vertically tilted tails.
The Darkstar is built on a turbine-based combined cycle propulsion system with two afterburning turbojet/low-bypass turbofan engines and two scramjets. The Darkstar's cockpit, in fact, lacks forward visibility and the pilot "Maverick" relies on a synthetic vision system to see what's in front of the plane.
While it is said to have been inspired by the SR-71 Blackbird, as described by Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski, Darkstar's close resemblance to the concept image of the SR-72 hypersonic reconnaissance aircraft is quite obvious.
The model created for the filming was so accurate that even Chinese intelligence was rumored to be tricked into believing it was a real experimental aircraft and had directed a spy satellite to take its photo.
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Lockheed Martin on its official page inserts a pretty mysterious last sentence, which has sparked speculation that Darkstar could be more than just a movie property. Fictitious or not, the show at Edwards Base will mark Darkstar's first public appearance and a great opportunity for many to quench their thirst for a mysterious weapon system that in the movies can shoot up to Mach 10.
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Even if it is limited to film property, but this is a very convincing film property. The Darktar enclosure opened for the first time on October 13, 2022, in preparation for the Aerospace Valley Open House, Air Show and STEM Expo 2022 at Edwards Air Base.
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