NASA Quietly Removed SR-71 From Storage Amid X-Plane Push | Aviation Week

https://aviationweek.com/themes/custom/particle/dist/app-drupal/assets/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg

Steve Trimble
September 24, 2026

sr7

SR-71A

Credit: NASA

Several months before NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman dropped a hint last week about the launch of a Blackbird-like X-Plane project, the agency quietly removed a Lockheed SR-71A from public display at the Neil Armstrong Flight Research Center on Edwards AFB, California. Commercial satellite…

Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington, DC.

Subscription Required

 

NASA Quietly Removed SR-71 From Storage Amid X-Plane Push is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your AWIN membership.

Already a member of AWIN or subscribe to Aerospace Daily & Defense Report through your company? Login with your existing email and password.

Not a member?  Learn how you can access the market intelligence and data you need to stay abreast of what’s happening in the aerospace and defense community.