Skunkworks – Lockheed’s Legacy

Built around the genius of aeronautical engineer Clarence “Kelly” Johnson and his successors, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation created the “Skunk Works” division dedicated to secretive development of advanced aeronautical hardware. By the 1950s they had secured a contract with the CIA for the U-2 spy plane, followed by the SR-71 Blackbird in the 1960s. Serving the...

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