Aircraft design begins with an idea, but you can’t fly an idea. Just as the Wright brothers proved air travel is possible, Skunk Works® engineers must prove the impossible, is possible.
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Artwork by Becca Smith & Francisco Silva
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Aircraft design begins with an idea, but you can’t fly an idea. Just as the Wright brothers proved air travel is possible, Skunk Works® engineers must prove the impossible, is possible.
For exclusive content, check out our show notes at lockheedmartin.com/insideskunkworks
Email us at insideskunkworks.lm@lmco.com
Produced by Claire Whitfield & Theresa Hoey
Associate Producer Nick Tanaka
Artwork by Becca Smith & Francisco Silva
Web Content by Kyra Betteridge & Heidi Smith
For many years fighter jets were specifically designed for individual military branches. In the 1990s, U.S. military leadership decided it would be more efficient to design one jet to meet the unique needs of the Air Force, Marines and Navy. In November of 1996, Lockheed Martin and Boeing competed to design the best X-plane solution to this new requirement. This would come to be known as the “battle of the X-planes”.
For exclusive content, check out our show notes at lockheedmartin.com/insideskunkworks
Email us at insideskunkworks.lm@lmco.com
Produced by Theresa Hoey & Claire Whitfield
Artwork by Becca Smith
Inside Skunk Works
Aircraft design begins with an idea, but you can’t fly an idea. Just as the Wright brothers proved air travel is possible, Skunk Works® engineers must prove the impossible, is possible.
For exclusive content, check out our show notes at lockheedmartin.com/insideskunkworks
Email us at insideskunkworks.lm@lmco.com
Produced by Claire Whitfield & Theresa Hoey
Associate Producer Nick Tanaka
Artwork by Becca Smith & Francisco Silva
Web Content by Kyra Betteridge & Heidi Smith
