Skunk Works
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Skunk Works is an official pseudonym for Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs, the company's tactical research and development arm. It is responsible for a number of aircraft designs, highl
Entrance plaza at the Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, 2004
Assembly line of the SR-71 Blackbird at Skunk Works, 1965
A modern Skunk Works project leverages an older one: LASRE atop the SR-71 Blackbird.
The Skunk Works logo as seen on one of Lockheed Martin’s hangars
Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star
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The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star is an early jet fighter that was designed and built by Lockheed. It was the first jet aircraft to be used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces, flying act
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…Worth), and Plant 6 (Marietta). Skunk Works' history dates back to the original Lockheed Corporation and started with the P-38 Lightning in 1939 and the P-80 Shooting Star in 1943. During this time, the group was called Lockheed Advanced Development Projects. Skunk Works engineers subsequently developed the U-2, SR-71…
P-80A with "tip tanks"
The original XP-80 prototype Lulu-Belle
XP-80A Gray Ghost in flight
Operational P-80Bs at Langley AFB