The Projects of Skunk Works by Pace, Steve -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Contents Foreword Introduction 01: The 1940s: Forming the Wings to Come

Lightning: The XP-38 and YP-38 TDN L-133 and TDN L-1000 XP-49 Constellation: The C-69 Shooting Star: The F-80 XP-80A Chain Lightning: The XP-58 Saturn: The Model 75 Constitution: The XR6V Racey: The P-80R T-Bird: The T-33 Starfire: The F-94 Penetration Fighter: The XF-90

02: The 1950s: Forthcoming Technologies

Flying Stovepipe: The X-7A and the XQ-5 Kingfisher SeaStar: The T2V Starfighter: The F-104 Vertical Riser: The XFV-1 Hercules: The YC-130 Suntan: TDN CL-400 USAF Neptune: The RB-69A Aquatone: The U-2 Catching the Third Wire: The U-2 Joins the US Navy U-2R: Rebirth of the U-2 TR-1A: The Ultimate U-2 JetStar SAMOS: Satellite Missile Observation System Corona Reconnaissance Satellite System

03: The 1960s: Advancing the State of the Art

Oxcart: The A-12 Kedlock: The YF-12A Tagboard: The D-21 and M-21 Senior Bowl: The D-21B and B-52H Senior Crown: The SR-71 SST: Supersonic Transport F-X: Fighter-Experimental

04: The 1970s: Era of Wizardry

CL-1200/X-27 Lancer F-X Program Advanced Day Fighter/Lightweight Fighter Program Project Harvey Have Blue XST X-24C: Hypersonic Research Airplane Senior Prom: Stealth Cruise Missile Senior Trend: The F-117A

05: The 1980s: Bewildering Ventures

Senior Peg: The Advanced Technology Bomber ATA: Advanced Tactical Aircraft ASTOVL: Advanced Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing Sea Shadow: Stealth upon the Waves SSF: The STOVL Strike Fighter RIVET

06: The 1990s: Manned versus Unmanned

ATF: Advanced Tactical Fighter NATF: Naval Advanced Tactical Fighter MRF: Multi-Role Fighter A-X and A/F-X: The Advanced Attack and Advanced/Fighter-Attack Programs CALF: Common Affordable Lightweight Fighter JAST: Joint Advanced Strike Technology VentureStar: The X-33 DarkStar: The RQ-3 LightStar UAV: The P-420 UCAV: Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle JASSM: Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile

07: The 2000s: Out with the Old, in with the New

QSST: Quiet Supersonic Transport JSF: Joint Strike Fighter RATTLRS: Revolutionary Approach to Time Critical Long Range Strike Polecat: The P-175 Unmanned Aerial System Demonstrator Hybrid Air Vehicle: The P-791 ACCA: The X-55A Advanced Composite Cargo Aircraft ISIS: Integrated Sensor is Structure RQ-170 Sentinel Desert Hawk NASA/Lockheed Martin N-Plus Aircraft Program

08: The 2010s: The Quantum Leaps

FALCON: Hypersonic Test Vehicle SACD: Speed Agile Concept Demonstrator UCLASS: Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike MUTT: The X-56A Multi-Utility Technology Testbed NGAD: Next Generation Air Dominance VARIOUS: VTOL Advanced Reconnaissance Insertion Organic Unmanned System TR-X: Tactical Reconnaissance-Experimental HSSW: High-Speed Strike Weapon SR-72: Hypersonic Demonstrator Aircraft HWB: Hybrid Wing Body LBFD: Low Boom Flight Demonstrator ARES: Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System LRSB: Long Range Strike Bomber LRASM: The AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile

Appendix A: Timeline Appendix B: Skunk Works Related Patents Appendix C: L- and CL-Numbers and Associations Appendix D: Lockheed Model Numbers Appendix E: Chief Skunks—Presidents, Executive Vice Presidents, and General Managers of the Skunk Works Bibliography Index Acknowledgments Copyright