Lockheed Martin develops next-generation spy plane

Posted on 20 Aug 2015 by Aiden Burgess
Lockheed Martin is developing a new spy plane which potentially take the place of the U-2. Image courtesy of Lockheed Martin

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works is currently designing the next-generation of sophisticated spy planes.

The US aerospace company is designing a high-altitude, long endurance (HALE) surveillance plane as an optionally-manned successor to the U-2 and the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk. Lockheed Martin’s advanced R&D arm – Skunk Works – is pursuing an improved version of the U-2, known internally as RQ-X or UQ-2, with programme officials stating that…

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