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	Journyx Project Management Blog :: 2006 :: March
		If necessity is the mother of invention, then a skunk works is her creative big sister.
		Skunk works are small research and development groups formed to produce a technology or product.
		While the goal of a traditional skunk works is to develop a commercial product or technology, the aim of an IT skunk works is to solve an internal business problem.
	www.project-management-blog.com /2006/03 (1509 words)

	Skunk Works
		Skunk Works is the true story, told for the first time, of America's most secret and successful aerospace operation.
		As recounted by Ben Rich, the operation's brilliant boss for nearly two decades, the story of Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works is a high-stakes drama of cold war confrontations and Gulf War air combat, of extraordinary feasts of engineering and human achievement against fantastic odds.
		Skunk Works is dramatic and immediate, direct from the cockpits of these astonishing aircraft, with first-person narratives from the CIA and Air Force pilots who flew the many classified, risky missions.
	www.sci.fi /~fta/skunk_works.htm (373 words)

	NatureWorks - Striped Skunk
		The striped skunk is easily identified by the white stripe that runs from its head to its tail.
		The striped skunk tends to live in open areas with a mix of habitats like woods and grasslands or meadows.
		The striped skunk is omnivorous, it eats both meat and plants.
	www.nhptv.org /natureworks/stripedskunk.htm (0 words)

	Military.com Content
		Whatever the spelling, Kelly's Skunk Works is to aviation what Edison's Menlo Park was to electricity, a place where the daily pursuit of the impossible produces technologies indistinguishable from magic.
		That the Skunk Works thrived in those early years, let alone flourished to reach middle age, is all the more remarkable when you realize that its second and third major projects, the Saturn cargo plane and the XFV-1 vertical-takeoff naval fighter, were "absolute clunkers," according to Ben Rich, Kelly's protégé and hand-picked successor.
		The Skunk Works' contributions to the creation of the F-22 Raptor and Joint Strike Fighter ensure its legacy in the shape of the Air Force of the 21st century.
	www.military.com /Content/MoreContent?file=PMskunk (2296 words)

	Kelly's Rules - Skunk Works Rules by Kelly Johnson
		The Skunk Works' program manager must be delegated practically complete control of his program in all aspects.
		The inspection system as currently used by the Skunk Works, which has been approved by both the Air Force and the Navy, meets the intent of existing military requirements and should be used on new projects.
		The Skunk Works practice of having a specification section stating clearly which important military specification items will not knowingly be complied with and reasons therefore is highly recommended.
	www.jamesshuggins.com /h/u-2a/u-2_kellys_rules.htm (564 words)

	THE STEEL DEAL: Skunk Works (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Built and flown by its famous "Skunk Works" division, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) could serve as a model for a new generation of robotic aircraft that hits targets halfway around the world.
		Skunk Works is also trying to rig Polecat up with "a fully autonomous flight control and mission-handling system that will allow future UAVs to conduct their missions, from take-off to landing, without the intervention of human operators," Jane's adds.
		Already hard at work on a number of shape-shifting planes, Lockheed is working on ways for the Polecat and future UAVs to alter their structure - and change their roles mid-mission, Jane's continues.
	steelturman.typepad.com /thesteeldeal/2006/08/skunk_works.html (603 words)

	Skunk Works scents more business in defense/space - Lockheed Corp.'s Skunk Works research division Los Angeles Business ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Skunk Works was founded in 1943 as a military aircraft research division of Calabasas-based Lockheed.
		For years, the Skunk Works was based in Burbank near the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport, but the facility is in the process of moving to Palmdale.
		Gordon said that by the middle of this year, Skunk Works personnel will be completely out of the Burbank facility and that the current level of employment should remain stable into the foreseeable future.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m5072/is_n8_v16/ai_15260312 (806 words)

	AIAA Supports Skunk Works (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Skunk Works not only helps students learn the educational basics, but it also helps students with topics often not addressed by the traditional educational curriculum such as teamwork and presentation skills.
		Skunk Works is patterned after advanced technology projects (i.e., projects beyond the state of the art or projects that are bigger or different from before).
		Simply stated, Skunk Works provides an opportunity to teach students in a stimulating atmosphere a set of skills that more closely simulates today's work environment and AIAA is proud to be associated with this program.
	www.aiaa.org /sections/cl/what/skunk.htm (304 words)

	Skunk works - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Skunk works is a term used in engineering and technical fields to describe a group within an organisation given a high degree of autonomy and unhampered by bureaucracy, tasked with working on advanced or secret projects.
		The Skunk Works was founded at Burbank, California, during World War II when Lockheed was tasked with building a high speed, highly maneuverable fighter to compete with the aircraft coming out of the Messerschmitt factory.
		The term "Skunk works" came from the Al Capp comic strip Li'l Abner, which was popular in the 1940s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Skunk_works (1076 words)

	One Small Step for Drones - WSJ.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		During a rare visit by an outsider to the Skunk Works complex, a factory hall was filled with the prototype of a massive helium-filled airship that one day might ferry troops and heavy equipment to distant battlefields faster and more efficiently than ships -- no port or airbase needed.
		Skunk Works developed flight-control systems for the Dragon Eye, a five-pound, hand-launched reconnaissance drone used by Marines in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2003.
		In addition, the Skunk Works is currently assisting Northrop's development of a combat drone -- in part because Lockheed wants to keep up with emerging technologies in preparation for an expected competition for a new manned bomber.
	online.wsj.com /public/article/SB113928028617366870-BKlP9h9idPh1WzJJa3p9JdPbUgk_20070207.html?mod=blogs (1340 words)

	Skunk Works (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A skunk works is never on the main site, is not subject to normal rules of behaviour, reporting or control, is usually under-funded so that its members have to make do and mend, has often a temporary existence and is protected from the bureaucrats by a powerful champion.
		The skunk works operation was kept at the highest security level possible and this of course led to some problems.
		The first Skunk Works building was far from being state-of-the-art but was in fact a temporary building framed from salvaged lumber with a circus tent acting as a roof.
	oook.info /mouffette/skunkworks.html (770 words)

	Amazon.de: Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed: English Books: Ben R. Rich,Leo Janos (Site not responding. Last check: )
		From the U-2 to the SR-71, to the F-117, Skunk Works follows the development of some of the most advanced aircraft known to man. A definite must read for anyone who is remotely interested in modern aircraft, this well-written book is engrossing and informative from start to finish.
		Skunk Works is an absorbing look at the covert side of military aviation long kept secret from the public.
		Unfortunately, as a definitive document on the Skunk Works' achievements and historical implications of their aircraft, the book is but a tease.
	www.amazon.de /Skunk-Works-Personal-Memoir-Lockheed/dp/0316743003 (1277 words)

	Skunk Works Critique of Secrecy and Security Policies
		A problem that continues to plague the Skunk Works is the vast difference in security requirements between our customers.
		In one instance the Skunk Work was required to destroy over $300,000 worth of storage devices used on one of its classified mainframe processors (we had upgraded from double- density storage devices to triple-density storage devices).
		With over 1,200 classified systems in use by the Skunk Works, the manpower required to virus check each software revision on each system prior to installation would be untenable.
	www.fas.org /sgp/othergov/skunkworks.html (3111 words)

	How the Skunk Works Fielded Stealth
		Skunk Works experts manipulated a set of well-established mathematical formulas for determining how various shapes would reflect electromagnetic radiation.
		The Skunk Works’ Richard Silz said that initially even the fighter’s intercom suffered “severe background noise.” Getting a UHF radio antenna to retract properly at high speeds and “stay together structurally” was another problem.
		Working in secrecy and enjoying relative immunity from congressional and press scrutiny, the Skunk Works team worked with a small Air Force office to bring stealth from the laboratory to operational use.
	www.afa.org /magazine/1992/1192skunk.html (2974 words)

	Skunk Works : A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed
		This work recounts their successes and failures of management style, discovery and relationships as the details of these projects are explained.
		Skunk works is the true story behind the coolest, high tech, top secret, aerospace engineering division operated by the Lockheed Martin corporation.
		For example, the Skunk Works engineers found the mathematical key to the stealth design buried within an obscure physics journal originally published in Russian.
	www.thebusinessbookstore.com /Books/Skunk_Works-A_Personal_Memoir_of_My_Years_of_Lockheed.html (0 words)

	Amazon.ca: Skunk Works: Books: Ben R Rich,Leo Janos (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Using a small number of expert employees, the Skunk Works built technologically advanced aircraft that were disavowed by the government and its users, the Air Force and the CIA, for years after the aircraft were operational.
		Skunk works is the true story behind the coolest, high tech, top secret, aerospace engineering division operated by the Lockheed Martin corporation.
		Rich is justifiably proud of Skunk Works' successes, but he also admits their failures, notably: an attempt in the late '50s to create a plane fueled by liquid hydrogen, and also a stealth catamaran ship.
	www.amazon.ca /Skunk-Works-Ben-R-Rich/dp/0316743003 (1896 words)

	World Wide Words: Skunk works
		I have seen this epithet before, usually in the phrase skunk works, meaning a semi-official project team that is tacitly licensed to bend the rules and think outside the box.
		The original was Skonk Works (skonk is a dialect variant of skunk), the place of unexplained function near which Lonesome Polecat and Hairless Joe brewed their highly illicit bootleg Kickapoo Joy Juice from ingredients such as old shoes and dead skunks.
		In 1943, a small group of aeronautical engineers working for the then Lockheed Aircraft Corporation (headed by Clarence “Kelly” Johnson) were given the rush job of creating an entirely new plane from scratch, the P-80 “Shooting Star” jet fighter.
	www.worldwidewords.org /qa/qa-sku1.htm (425 words)

	F-117A: The Skunkworks
		The Skunk Works was created to design and develop the P-80 Shooting Star, America's first production jet aircraft at the end of World War Two.
		Currently the Skunk Works is responsible for prototyping of the F-22 Raptor, the Lockheed entry for the JSF Compitition-the X-35, the revolutionary SSTO X-33 demonstrator and it's folow-on "Venture Star" vehicle.
		The Skunk Works was one of three companies under the Aeronautical Systems based in Bethesda, Maryland.
	www.f-117a.com /Skunk.html (631 words)

	Skunkworks - AOL Music
		The term "Skunk Works" is a registered trademark of Lockheed Martin;...
		The marks SKUNK WORKS and the Skunk Logo are registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and in many other countries, in connection with a...
		A skunkworks is a group of people who, in order to achieve unusual results, work on a project in a way that is outside the usual rules.
	music.aol.com /artist/skunkworks/403051/main (128 words)

	Skunk Works
		The Skunk Works originated during World War II, when the fl projects of the Skunk Works were located near the Burbank Airport, now renamed Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California.
		At the end of the Cold War in 1989, Lockheed reorganized its operations and relocated the Skunk Works to Site 10 at U. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California where it is still in operation today.
		The Skunk Works has used the Groom Dry Lake Air Force Base for testing their secret aircraft prototypes.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/S/Skunk_Works.html (252 words)

	Code One Magazine: Skunk Works — October 1993
		Skunk Works aircraft, though relatively few in number, have heralded exceptional advances in technology and performance.
		Aircraft built or designed directly under the Skunk Works umbrella include the XP-80, the family of U-2 aircraft, the JetStar, the little-known CL-400, the A-12, the YF-12, the D-21, the SR-71, Have Blue, the F-117, and the YF-22.
		Peripheral programs conceived, manufactured, or influenced by the Skunk Works philosophy include the Model 75 Saturn, the Model 89 Constitution, the T-33 and T2V family, the F-94 Starfire family, the XF-90, the XFV-1, the R7V-2/YC-121F, the X-7, the RB-69, the YC-130 Hercules, and the XF-104 Starfighter.
	www.codeonemagazine.com /archives/1993/articles/oct_93/octa_93.html (578 words)

	brykmantra.com » Blog Archive » Skunk Works
		Spooky the best of luck with his little trapping adventure — and, on the off-chance that the inevitable should happen, here are some tips on what he should do after his odoriferous encounter.
		Also: Here’s all you need to know about skunk spray — what it is, and how to go about getting rid of it.
		But Aspen Skunk Rabies Research, Inc., is working hard to dispel the image of the American mephitis mephitis as a disease-spreading pest.
	www.brykmantra.com /?p=34 (494 words)

	Advanced Development (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Advanced Development Programs (ADP, Skunk Works®) is responsible for the integrated "front-end" development of new and innovative technologies, new product and derivative programs in support of Air Power as well as the integration of air and space assets.
		With a passion for invention, Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works has been synonymous with record-breaking aircraft, stealth, lift fan technology, and other cutting-edge innovations for the past 60 years.
		Skunk Works is focused on the architectural framework, associated technologies and product needs of the rapidly evolving, new warfare environment.
	www.lockheedmartin.com /wms/findPage.do?dsp=fec&ci=13150&sc=400 (212 words)

	Geek Trivia: Skunk Works of art
		The Lockheed Martin Skunk Works is arguably the most revered and notorious aerospace development lab on the planet.
		Yet, for all its declassified distinction, the Skunk Works' most geek-worthy aspect is one lost on all but its most ardent fanboys—the origin of the Skunk Works name.
		Working efficiently with Microsoft Outlook is a real challenge for users who are traveling or working off-site.
	articles.techrepublic.com.com /5100-10881_11-6124476.html?part=rss&... (473 words)

	Building A Better Skunk Works
		In a culture where your status is determined largely by how many people you have working under you and how much revenue they produce, Adkins was a star.
		So EBO leaders begin working alone, or maybe with a single colleague, as Kovac did with the Life Sciences initiative.
		When a pilot doesn't work, Harreld quickly kills the EBO and finds another important position at IBM for the erstwhile leader who took the risk: "You want to celebrate failure because you learn something.
	www.fastcompany.com /magazine/92/ibm.html (2556 words)

	Feature Article - Mach Speed Product Development: Inside the Skunk Works - 09/01
		The SR-71 Blackbird was developed under the direct supervision of Skunk Works founder Kelly Johnson in response to the vulnerability of his earlier U-2 spy plane.
		By this time, the Skunk Works was focused exclusively on creating new aircraft concepts, and cut off from the rest of the organization.
		By moving some Skunk Works personnel into the main business, Lockheed Martin has been able to give employees a first-hand look at the way that organization runs.
	www.autofieldguide.com /articles/090107.html (1810 words)

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