Oxcart
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Oxcart was the CIA’s codename for the ultra-secret Lockheed A-12 high-altitude, high-speed reconnaissance aircraft program developed during the Cold War.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
CIA codename
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reconnaissance aircraft program ⓘ |
| aircraftType |
high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft
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high-speed reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ |
| associatedOrganization | Lockheed Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPerson | Clarence "Kelly" Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| baseOfOperations |
Area 51
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Groom Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| codenameFor | Lockheed A-12 program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| codeNameOfAircraftVariant | A-12 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| declassified | late 20th century ⓘ |
| designBegan | late 1950s ⓘ |
| designedFor | overflight of denied airspace ⓘ |
| designedToCounter | Soviet air defenses ⓘ |
| developedBy | Lockheed Skunk Works NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enteredService | mid-1960s ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| feature |
Mach 3+ cruise speed
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operation above 80,000 feet ⓘ stealth shaping ⓘ titanium airframe ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1962 ⓘ |
| fundedBy | United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | CIA Directorate of Science and Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Central Intelligence Agency NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Lockheed U-2 program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| programName | Project Oxcart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | strategic reconnaissance ⓘ |
| relatedAircraft |
Lockheed A-12
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| retired | early 1970s ⓘ |
| riskFactor | overflight of hostile territory ⓘ |
| securityClassification | ultra-secret ⓘ |
| status | declassified program ⓘ |
| successorProgram | SR-71 strategic reconnaissance program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| technologyLegacy |
advanced materials for high-speed flight
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reduced radar cross-section design techniques ⓘ |
| usedBy | CIA pilots ⓘ |
| usedFor | photographic reconnaissance ⓘ |
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