Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

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Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuth Therefore, I found these four items from the book, (which I hadn't known or fully appreciated before reading the book,)particularly striking: This memoir chronicles the development of “stealth technology” and the F-117A. The result played out years later in Iraq:

And there’s more to the book than the story of technical achievements. For one thing, it includes some of the more interesting failures. We also get to hear the dramatic stories of men who flew these planes, like the U-2 pilot who accidentally flew into the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis, nearly sparking WW3, to the stealth bomber pilot whose bomb bay doors didn’t close after he dropped his payload in Iraq. With the doors open he was uncomfortably exposed to enemy radar, and he had to crank the doors shut by hand as a missile streaked towards him (once the doors were shut he became invisible again and the missile missed). What sets the Skunk Works apart is its unique approach created by founder Kelly Johnson. Kelly’s “14 Rules and Practices" are still in use today as evidenced by our small, empowered teams, streamlined processes and culture that values attempting to do things that haven’t been done before.Walking through an underground tunnel to one of the dozens of buildings on campus, guests surface in another facility. This is where NASA’s X-59 supersonic flight demonstrator is being assembled. It’s one of the few unclassified programs at Skunk Works. Part of the Skunk Works secret to success is getting big corporations to work small and communicate more effectively. From starter-level training to in-depth ESG reporting, explore more than 30 sustainability classes, credentials and ... Related Terms enterprise risk management (ERM) Enterprise risk management (ERM) is the process of planning, organizing, directing and controlling the activities of an ...

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