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The Lockheed YF-12 is an American Mach 3+ capable, high-altitude interceptor prototype, developed and manufactured by American aerospace company Lockheed Corporation.. The interceptor was developed during the late 1950s and early 1960s as a potential replacement for the F-106 Delta Dart interceptor for the United States Air Force (USAF).
Lockheed convinced the U.S. Air Force that an aircraft based on the A-12 would provide a less costly alternative to the recently canceled North American Aviation XF-108, since much of the design and development work on the YF-12 had already been done and paid for. Thus, in 1960 the Air Force agreed to take the seventh to ninth slots on the A-12 ...
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation 1963 1963 3 CL-1200 Lancer / X-27: Interceptor Lockheed Corporation Cancelled at mock-up stage Never Never 0 YF-12: Interceptor Lockheed Corporation: Mach 3+ Capable. Developed during the late 1950s and early 1960s as a potential replacement for the F-106 Delta Dart. Related to the SR-71 and A-12. 1963 Never 3 F-12C
The Pratt & Whitney J58 (company designation JT11D-20) is an American jet engine that powered the Lockheed A-12, and subsequently the YF-12 and the SR-71 aircraft. It was an afterburning turbojet engine with a unique compressor bleed to the afterburner that gave increased thrust at high speeds.
SR-72. Photo: Lockheed Martin. Imagine a plane that's capable of traveling at Mach 6 and can fire hypersonic missiles at any target in the world, in less than an hour. According to Lockheed Martin ...
Did people call the YF-12 one of those names, no name at all, or did they give the YF-12 a third name among these related aircraft? 2601:644:8500:2823:6865:9CDD:37EC:A865 21:31, 8 July 2024 (UTC) No name was applied to the YF-12. These were pre-production aircraft and only 3 were built plus 1 conversion (YF-12C) from a SR-71.
Federal authorities are investigating the crash of a twin-engine Lockheed 12A plane near Chino Airport that reportedly left two people dead Saturday.
Lockheed Martin's 12.5% operating margin came in about 60 basis points ahead of expectations, and free cash flow of $2.1 billion was well ahead of Wall Street's $1.3 billion forecast.