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	Topics Black project Topic Home In the United StatesUnited States The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., and America, is... a black project is a classified military/defense project, unacknowledged by the government, military personnel, and defense contractors. Familiar examples of U.S. military aircraft developed as black projects are the F-117 stealth fighter and B-2B-2 Spirit The B-2 Spirit, made by Northrop Grumman, is an American multi-role stealth bomber able to drop conventional and nuclear wea... stealth bomber, which were highly classified and denied to exist until ready to be announced to the public. Legal issues Black programs have been criticized for violating the of the United States ConstitutionUnited States Constitution The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America.... . Article I, Section 9, clause 7 of the United States Constitution requires the government to publish a "regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money". Money issues Because black programs are not disclosed as part of the United States official budget, critics contend that this violates the United States ConstitutionUnited States Constitution The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America.... . Partially to dissuade critics, the United States Department of DefenseUnited States Department of Defense The United States Department of Defense is the federal department charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies an... sets aside a large portion of their annual budget as "the black budgetBlack budget A Black Budget is a budget that is secretly collected from the overall income of a country, a corporation, a society of any ... ". This money is said to be divided in undisclosed portions among all black projects so that a record of how much public money is expended in undisclosed ways will still be publicly available. Previously classified black projects B-2 Spirit stealth bomberB-2 Spirit The B-2 Spirit, made by Northrop Grumman, is an American multi-role stealth bomber able to drop conventional and nuclear wea... Boeing Bird of PreyBoeing Bird of Prey The Bird of Prey was a black project aircraft, intended to demonstrate stealth technology, developed by what is now a part o... technology demonstrator F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter KH-11KH-11 The KH-11, also referenced by the codenames Crystal and Kennan, also commonly known as "Big Bird", was a type of... SR-71 BlackbirdSR-71 Blackbird The Lockheed SR-71, unofficially known as the Blackbird and by its crews as the Habu, was an advanced, long-rang... Lockheed U-2Lockheed U-2 The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed Dragon Lady, is a single-seat, single-engine, high-altitude surveillance aircraft flown by... Lockheed Martin PolecatFacts About Lockheed Martin Polecat The Lockheed Martin Polecat is an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle developed by Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs divis... Northrop Tacit BlueNorthrop Tacit Blue The Northrop Tacit Blue was a technology demonstrator aircraft created to demonstrate that a stealth low observable surveill... Operation CycloneFacts About Operation Cyclone Operation Cyclone was the code name for the United States Central Intelligence Agency program to arm the Afghan mujahideen... RQ-3 Dark StarRQ-3 Dark Star The RQ-3 DarkStar unmanned aerial vehicle was operated by the US Air Force.... high altitude reconnaissance UAV Currently classified black projects KH-13KH-13 The KH-13 is a potential successor to the KH-12 reconnaissance satellite.... spy satellite X-41 Common Aero Vehicle military spaceplane SR-72 stealth reconnaissance UAV SR-91 AuroraAurora aircraft Overview Aurora is the popular name for a hypothesised American reconnaissance aircraft, believed by some to be capable of hypersonic... hypersonic spy aircraft (unconfirmed) See also Military flying saucersMilitary flying saucers The development of disk shaped aircraft or military "flying saucers" apparently dates back to World War II.... Open secretOpen secret An open secret is a concept or idea in government and military circles that is officially restricted in knowledge, but is ac...