#Skunk Works

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Kelly Johnson explains the two-seater A-12 created to launch a new drone. The manned aircraft and drone were redesignated M-21 and D-21 respectively because of their nicknames – “Mother” and “Daughter”. 1966 VIDEO: https://youtu.be/vwv6BiaUtDU

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Blackbirds at DFRC

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A pair of Lockheed SR-71 Blackbirds at altitude.

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Lockheed Martin Skunk Works X-59 Is Designed To “Quiet The Sonic Boom”

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Top CIA Scientist Secretly Cracked Gravity

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SR-71 Blackbird testing at Edwards Air Force Base in the mid-1960s. Skunk Works: More Than Just the Blackbird. Lockheed's Secret Company: https://youtu.be/2A0BDbCGIRA

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NASA's experimental X-59 aircraft, hoped to be flown at supersonic speeds (>768 mph) without creating sonic booms, in Palmdale, CA. Test flights will start in 2026.

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Lockheed Martin X-59 "QuessT"

The Lockheed Martin X-59 Quiet Supersonic Transport (QuessT) experimental supersonic aircraft being developed at Skunk Works for NASA's Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator project. Preliminary design started in February 2016, with the X-59 to be delivered to NASA in 2021 for flight testing in 2023.