According to the trailer recently released for the Top Gun Expansion Pack, it appears as though there will be an SR-71 Blackbird in our near future! Looking forward to giving it a go! That expansion pack is going to be a fun one. Go to 2:08 of the trailer, link below.
It is a Lockheed Martin SR-72.
The Lockheed Martin SR-72, colloquially referred to as “Son of Blackbird”, is an American concept intended for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance proposed privately in 2013 by Lockheed Martin as a successor to the retired Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. The company expected an SR-72 test vehicle could fly by 2023.
(source: Wikipedia)
Best guess seems to be the SR-72, though it’s hard to be sure. How they can include an aircraft that is still under development, and about which details are likely to remain highly classified for many years, I have no idea. If it is the SR-72, and is included and flyable, much of it will be pure guesswork.
I don’t think the SR-72 is referred to as the “Son of Blackbird” I’ve seen it referred to as that ‘Black SOB’ I wonder if it will require bathtubs under the wings when on the taxiway, as well.
