Skunk Works
Skunk Works (Skunk - Dihur) tudi Advanced Development Programs (ADP), je Lockheed Martinov oddelek, ki se ukvarja z razvojem naprednih tehnologij. Skunk Works je znan po letalih kot so U-2, Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor in v zadnjem času Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.
Ime "Skunk Works" je po tovarni žganja v komičnem stripu Li'l Abner, drugače se v poslovnem svetu uporablja termin "skunkworks" za skrivnostne ali napredne projekte.
Projekti uredi
Letala uredi
- Lockheed P-38 Lightning
- Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star
- Lockheed XF-90
- Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
- Lockheed U-2
- Lockheed X-26 Frigate
- Lockheed YO-3
- Lockheed A-12
- Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
- Lockheed D-21
- Lockheed XST (Have Blue)
- Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
- Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor
- Lockheed Martin X-35 in Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II
- Lockheed X-27
- Lockheed Martin Polecat
- Quiet Supersonic Transport
- Lockheed Martin Cormorant
- Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk
- Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel
- Lockheed Martin X-55
- Lockheed Martin SR-72
Drugo uredi
Glej tudi uredi
Bibliografija uredi
- Bodie, Warren M. (1991). The Lockheed P-38 Lightning: The Definitive Story of Lockheed's P-38 Fighter. Hayesville, North Carolina: Widewing Publications. ISBN 0-9629359-5-6.
- Miller, Jay (1995). Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works: The Official History, Updated Edition. Arlington, TX : Aerofax, Inc. ISBN 1-85780-037-0.
- Ben Rich; Leo Janos (1996). Skunk Works. Little, Brown & Company. ISBN 0-316-74300-3.
Zunanje povezave uredi
- Lockheed Martin Advanced Development Programs Site
- Lockheed Martin Skunk Works Site
- Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works Celebrates Diamond Anniversary Arhivirano 2008-02-05 na Wayback Machine. (Lockheed Martin Press Release)
- The Graphing Calculator Story A story of how Pacific Tech’s Graphing Calculator started out as a "skunkworks" project in Apple Computer
- Skunk Works Magic Arhivirano 2004-01-22 na Wayback Machine. Popular Mechanics article on Skunk Works