Black project
A black project is a term used for a highly classified military or defense project publicly unacknowledged by government, military personnel, and contractors. Examples of U.S. military aircraft developed as black projects include the F-117 Nighthawk stealth attack aircraft and the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, both of which were highly classified and denied as existing until ready to be announced to the public. In the United States the formal term is Special access program (SAP). The money that funds these projects is referred to as the black budget.
Examples
United States
Previously classified
- Manhattan Project
- B-2 Spirit stealth bomber
- Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk stealth helicopter
- Boeing Bird of Prey stealth technology demonstrator
- F-117 Nighthawk stealth ground-attack aircraft
- KH-11 Kennen reconnaissance satellite
- SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3.3 very high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft
- Lockheed CL-400 Suntan high-altitude, high-speed reconnaissance prototype
- Lockheed U-2 very high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft
- Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel
- Lockheed Martin Polecat unmanned aerial vehicle
- Northrop Tacit Blue
- Operation Cyclone[1]
- RQ-3 Dark Star high altitude reconnaissance UAV
- Lockheed Sea Shadow (IX-529) experimental stealth US Navy ship
- Hughes Mining Barge CIA project authorized 1974 to raise sunken Soviet submarine K-129
- SR-72 stealth reconnaissance UAV, confirmed by Lockheed Martin in October 2013.[2][3]
- Long Range Strike Bomber
Currently classified, but speculated
- Philadelphia Experiment
- Stealth Blimp Reconnaissance platform [4][5][6]
People's Republic of China
- Xian H-20 subsonic stealth bomber aircraft
South Africa
- Project Coast
- Atlas Carver multirole fighter aircraft
See also
References
- ↑ Greenwald, Glenn. "Dangerous Travels". Dangeroustravel.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
- ↑ "An SR-72 in the works?". Airforcetimes.com. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
- ↑ "Meet the SR-72". Lockheed Martin Corporation. Retrieved 2015-06-17.
- ↑ "Investigation Casts Light on the Mysterious Flying Black Triangle". space.com. Archived from the original on February 6, 2009. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
- ↑ "Mystery - Blimp". Fas.org. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
- ↑ "The stealth blimp dot com". Thestealthblimp.com. Retrieved 2013-09-09.
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