Lockheed’s A-12 needed a powerplant that could sustain Mach 3 flight, leading to the Pratt and Whitney J58, a turbojet-ramjet hybrid burning JP-7. The engine demanded exotic materials to survive ...

When it comes to blistering aerial speeds, fighter jets manufactured by American military contractors like Boeing and Lockheed dominate the skies. While Bell's X-1 "Glamorous Glennis" was the first ...

SEATTLE — A small barrel roll gave Washington whale watchers a gender reveal over the weekend and reason to be hopeful about a pod of endangered Southern Resident orcas that frequent Puget Sound. The ...

The company behind the SR-71 Blackbird’s engine is reportedly working on a hypersonic engine design that draws on that jet’s legendary power plant. You love badass planes. So do we. Let’s nerd out ...

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is widely known as the fastest plane to ever take to the sky. It set a ground speed record of 2,193.2 mph all the way back in July of 1976. That may not even be its true ...

The J58 required the use of a special AG330 engine starter cart to spool the engines up to the proper rotational speed for starting. Taken at Beale Air Force Base (AFB) in 1986, the impressive video ...

It’s time to grab your favorite drink and have your jaw drop to the floor. According to the U.S. Air Force, the “J58 engine was developed in the late 1950s by Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Division of ...

“To experience a J58 in full burner close up and personal is hard to describe. Picture a gigantic blow torch, 40 inches in diameter, putting out a blue-yellow-orange flame over 50 feet long. Imagine ...

The turbo-ramjet configuration of the J58 engine inspires the reusable, high-speed propulsion technology for Pratt & Whitney’s Metacomet program. Credit: U.S. Air Force As reusable hypersonic ...