In the United States and United Kingdom, a black project is a classified military/defense project, unacknowledged publicly by the government, military personnel, and defense contractors. Familiar examples of U.S. military aircraft developed as black projects are the F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter and B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, which were highly classified and denied to exist until ready to be announced to the public.
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Examples
Previously classified
- B-2 Spirit stealth bomber
- Boeing Bird of Prey technology demonstrator
- F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter
- KH-11
- SR-71 Blackbird
- Lockheed U-2
- Lockheed Martin Polecat
- Northrop Tacit Blue
- Operation Cyclone[1]
- RQ-3 Dark Star high altitude reconnaissance UAV
- Lockheed CL-400 Suntan high-altitude, high-speed reconnaissance prototype
Currently classified, but speculated
- KH-13 spy satellite
- X-41 Common Aero Vehicle military spaceplane
- SR-72 stealth reconnaissance UAV[2]
- SR-91 Aurora hypersonic spy aircraft (unconfirmed)
- Area 51[3][4]
- Stealth Blimp Reconnaissance platform [5] [6] [7]
See also
References
- ^ Eduardo Real: Zbigniew Brzezinski, Defeated by his Success
- ^ An SR-72 in the works? - Air Force News, news from Iraq - Air Force Times
- ^ National Reconnaissance Office Review and Redaction Guide. 2006. p. 31. http://www.fas.org/irp/nro/declass.pdf.
- ^ "Security News". FAS Project on Government Secrecy. June 7, 2007. http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/secrecy/2007/06/060707.html. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
- ^ http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/black_triangle_020805.html
- ^ http://www.fas.org/irp/mystery/blimp.htm
- ^ http://www.thestealthblimp.com/
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