“黑鸟之子”：新间谍飞行计划

CNN) -- For a big chunk of the Cold War,the U.S. Air Force turned to the SR-71 Blackbird for many of its most importantspy missions. The jet-black jet could fly at more than three times the speed ofsound at altitudes of 85,000 feet, faster and higher than anything adversarieshad to counter it.

（CNN）——在冷战的大部分期间里，美国空军都是依靠SR-71黑鸟间谍机来从事许多最重要的侦查任务。这种飞机的速度可达到音速的三倍多，飞行高度可达到85000英尺，比当时敌对国家的任何飞机都更高更快。

The last of the Blackbirds flew in 1999,and the U.S. military hasn't had anything close since.

黑鸟最后一次飞行发生在1999年，自那以后，美国就没有任何飞机能够和黑鸟相比。

Now, Lockheed-Martin, the maker of theSR-71, says the "Son of the Blackbird," the SR-72, is in the works,and it will be twice as fast as and way more lethal than its father. That'sbecause the SR-72 will be designed to launch missiles, something the SR-71didn't do.

现在，洛克希德马汀公司，SR-71的制造者，说他们正在建造“黑鸟之子” SR-72，其速度是自己爸爸的两倍，而且更加致命。因为SR-72将可以发射导弹，而其父亲不可以。                                                      

"Even with the SR-71, at Mach 3, therewas still time to notify that the plane was coming, but at Mach 6, there is noreaction time to hide a mobile target," Brad Leland, Lockheed Martin'sprogram manager for hypersonics, told Aviation Week and Space Technology. Thepublication providedthe first detailed look at the SR-72 plans last week.

“SR-71的速度是3马赫，这种飞机接近时，敌人还能注意到有飞机靠近，而如果是6马赫的速度的话，敌人根本就没时间隐藏移动目标，”洛克希德马汀公司的高超音速项目经理Brad Leland如是说。

"Hypersonic aircraft, coupled withhypersonic missiles, could penetrate denied airspace and strike at nearly anylocation across a continent in less than an hour," Leland said in a newsrelease.

“超高音速战机加上高超音速导弹，可侵入敌人领空并在不到一小时内空袭大洲的任何一个地点。”



                                                                                                 SR-71B,1995年，飞越白雪覆盖的山峰

And, by the way, the SR-72 is envisioned asa drone, unlike the original Blackbird with its crew of two: a pilot and areconnaissance officer to operate its radar jammers and spy gear.

SR-72其实是当作无人机来设计的，而其爸爸其实载有两名机组成员：一名飞行员，一名侦察兵操作雷达干扰发射台和间谍设备。

"The SR-71 was developed using20th-century technology. It was envisioned with slide rules and paper. Itwasn't managed by millions of lines of software code. And it wasn't powered bycomputer chips. All that changes with the SR-72," Lockheed Martin says.

“SR-71使用的是20世纪的技术。是利用计算尺和图纸设计出来的，并非受不计其数的软件代码控制，也不是由电脑芯片驱动的。而这一切在其儿子身上都得到了改变，”该公司说。

A smaller-scale model of the SR-72 couldbegin testing in five years and be in the air in 10, Leland told Aviation Week.

据介绍，一架更小型的SR-72比例模型机将在5年内开始测试并在十年内升空。

The full-scale SR-72 could be operationalby 2030, according to Lockheed Martin.

而完整大小的SR-72到2030年将成为可能，该公司说。

If it comes to fruition, one thing theSR-72 won't be is stealthy. The design needed for the Mach 6 speed doesn'tallow for such construction, according to the Aviation Week report.

当建造完成时，SR-72存在的弱点是无法隐身。6马赫速度的设计根本无法隐身，《航空周刊》说。

"Speed is the new stealth,"Aviation Week quoted Al Romig, engineering and advanced systems vice presidentat Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works division, as saying.

“速度就是新的隐身，”洛克希德马汀公司特殊团队部门的工程与超前系统副总裁如是说。

"Speed is the next aviationadvancement to counter emerging threats in the next several decades. Thetechnology would be a game-changer in theater, similar to how stealth ischanging the battle space today," Leland said in the statement.

“在未来几十年内，速度将是应对新兴威胁的新型杀手锏。速度将成为游戏改变者，类似于如今的隐形技术在战斗领域的作用。”

Of course, none of this will fly withoutmoney, and that will probably be up to taxpayers.

当然，所有这些都需要烧钱，这就要看纳税人了。

"We have been continuing to investcompany funds, and we are kind of at a point where the next steps would requirelarge-scale testing, which would significantly increase the level of investmentwe've had to make to-date," Leland told Aviation Week. "Between DARPA(the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) and the Air Force, it would behighly likely they'd have to fund the next steps."

“我们持续的对公司基金进行投资，接下来我们将进行大规模的测试，所以所需的资金投入势必大大增加。国防部高级研究计划局和空军二者肯定得对接下来的研究提供资金。”Brad Leland说。




CNN) -- For a big chunk of the Cold War,the U.S. Air Force turned to the SR-71 Blackbird for many of its most importantspy missions. The jet-black jet could fly at more than three times the speed ofsound at altitudes of 85,000 feet, faster and higher than anything adversarieshad to counter it.

（CNN）——在冷战的大部分期间里，美国空军都是依靠SR-71黑鸟间谍机来从事许多最重要的侦查任务。这种飞机的速度可达到音速的三倍多，飞行高度可达到85000英尺，比当时敌对国家的任何飞机都更高更快。

The last of the Blackbirds flew in 1999,and the U.S. military hasn't had anything close since.

黑鸟最后一次飞行发生在1999年，自那以后，美国就没有任何飞机能够和黑鸟相比。

Now, Lockheed-Martin, the maker of theSR-71, says the "Son of the Blackbird," the SR-72, is in the works,and it will be twice as fast as and way more lethal than its father. That'sbecause the SR-72 will be designed to launch missiles, something the SR-71didn't do.

现在，洛克希德马汀公司，SR-71的制造者，说他们正在建造“黑鸟之子” SR-72，其速度是自己爸爸的两倍，而且更加致命。因为SR-72将可以发射导弹，而其父亲不可以。                                                      

"Even with the SR-71, at Mach 3, therewas still time to notify that the plane was coming, but at Mach 6, there is noreaction time to hide a mobile target," Brad Leland, Lockheed Martin'sprogram manager for hypersonics, told Aviation Week and Space Technology. Thepublication providedthe first detailed look at the SR-72 plans last week.

“SR-71的速度是3马赫，这种飞机接近时，敌人还能注意到有飞机靠近，而如果是6马赫的速度的话，敌人根本就没时间隐藏移动目标，”洛克希德马汀公司的高超音速项目经理Brad Leland如是说。

"Hypersonic aircraft, coupled withhypersonic missiles, could penetrate denied airspace and strike at nearly anylocation across a continent in less than an hour," Leland said in a newsrelease.

“超高音速战机加上高超音速导弹，可侵入敌人领空并在不到一小时内空袭大洲的任何一个地点。”



                                                                                                 SR-71B,1995年，飞越白雪覆盖的山峰

And, by the way, the SR-72 is envisioned asa drone, unlike the original Blackbird with its crew of two: a pilot and areconnaissance officer to operate its radar jammers and spy gear.

SR-72其实是当作无人机来设计的，而其爸爸其实载有两名机组成员：一名飞行员，一名侦察兵操作雷达干扰发射台和间谍设备。

"The SR-71 was developed using20th-century technology. It was envisioned with slide rules and paper. Itwasn't managed by millions of lines of software code. And it wasn't powered bycomputer chips. All that changes with the SR-72," Lockheed Martin says.

“SR-71使用的是20世纪的技术。是利用计算尺和图纸设计出来的，并非受不计其数的软件代码控制，也不是由电脑芯片驱动的。而这一切在其儿子身上都得到了改变，”该公司说。

A smaller-scale model of the SR-72 couldbegin testing in five years and be in the air in 10, Leland told Aviation Week.

据介绍，一架更小型的SR-72比例模型机将在5年内开始测试并在十年内升空。

The full-scale SR-72 could be operationalby 2030, according to Lockheed Martin.

而完整大小的SR-72到2030年将成为可能，该公司说。

If it comes to fruition, one thing theSR-72 won't be is stealthy. The design needed for the Mach 6 speed doesn'tallow for such construction, according to the Aviation Week report.

当建造完成时，SR-72存在的弱点是无法隐身。6马赫速度的设计根本无法隐身，《航空周刊》说。

"Speed is the new stealth,"Aviation Week quoted Al Romig, engineering and advanced systems vice presidentat Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works division, as saying.

“速度就是新的隐身，”洛克希德马汀公司特殊团队部门的工程与超前系统副总裁如是说。

"Speed is the next aviationadvancement to counter emerging threats in the next several decades. Thetechnology would be a game-changer in theater, similar to how stealth ischanging the battle space today," Leland said in the statement.

“在未来几十年内，速度将是应对新兴威胁的新型杀手锏。速度将成为游戏改变者，类似于如今的隐形技术在战斗领域的作用。”

Of course, none of this will fly withoutmoney, and that will probably be up to taxpayers.

当然，所有这些都需要烧钱，这就要看纳税人了。

"We have been continuing to investcompany funds, and we are kind of at a point where the next steps would requirelarge-scale testing, which would significantly increase the level of investmentwe've had to make to-date," Leland told Aviation Week. "Between DARPA(the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) and the Air Force, it would behighly likely they'd have to fund the next steps."

“我们持续的对公司基金进行投资，接下来我们将进行大规模的测试，所以所需的资金投入势必大大增加。国防部高级研究计划局和空军二者肯定得对接下来的研究提供资金。”Brad Leland说。