The legendary Cold War-era Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady spyplane is getting a new lease on life as BAE Systems gives it an upgraded version of the AN/ALQ-221 Advanced Defensive System (ADS) to protect the ...

Sixty years after its first flights shocked the world, the U-2 Dragon Lady remains one of the most consequential aircraft ...

The iconic 70-year-old spy plane is receiving updates to its AN/ALQ-221 Advanced Defensive System. Despite ever changing plans to retire the type in the next few years, the U.S. Air Force’s U-2 Dragon ...

High above the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, where commercial aircraft fear to fly and military jets struggle to reach, a solitary sentinel maintains its vigil. The USAF U-2 Dragon Lady, an ...

The Lockheed U-2 is one of the most groundbreaking aircraft ever devised. In the mid-1950s, when commercial aircraft were flying at 35,000 feet and jet fighters could maybe push 60,000 feet, the U-2 ...

The U-2 costs more and more to fly, is extremely demanding of its pilots, and is no longer essential for intelligence collection with the advent of drones and satellites. The U-2 Dragon Lady is ...