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Lockheed Martin Outlines Plans for Next-Generation Spy Plane

Lockheed Martin Outlines Plans for Next-Generation Spy Plane
Lockheed Martin's concept for TR-X high-altitude ISR aircraft.

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. - While working with the Air Force to keep the U-2 spy plane flying for as long as needed, Lockheed Martin [LMT] is anticipating an eventual need for a next-generation high-altitude, long-endurance reconnaissance aircraft.The so-called TR-X will be an optionally manned “workhorse” ISR platform capable of routine peacetime intelligence gathering and high-intensity wartime surveillance, Scott Winstead, Lockheed Martin’s U-2 strategic business manager, said Sept. 14 at the Air Force Association's annual Sea-Air-Space conference.With the U-2 as a…

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