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Here’s The Declassified 1957 CIA Documentary About The Development Of Secret Lockheed U-2 Spy Plane

Here's The Declassified 1957 CIA Documentary About The Development Of Secret Lockheed U-2 Spy Plane

Credits: Central Intelligence Agency Youtube The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed “Dragon Lady”, is an American single-jet engine, high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) and previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It provides day and night, high-altitude (70,000 feet, 21,300 meters), all-weather intelligence gathering. …

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Project Riot: U.S. Air Force Successfully Connected an F-35 Fighter Jet With a U-2 Spy Plane

Project Riot: U.S. Air Force Successfully Connected an F-35 Fighter Jet With a U-2 Spy Plane

Lockheed characterised the test as a “ground-breaking” demonstration of “multi-domain operations and the secure distribution of sensitive information across multiple platforms.” This test showed the “next-level” of connectivity intended to reduce the data-to-decision timeline from minutes to seconds, according to the release. The demonstration also leveraged the F-35 sensor data …

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