Skunkworks Software
Skunk Works is an official trademark for the Lockheed Martin Advanced Development Programs (formerly Lockheed Advanced Development Projects). Skunkworks or Skunk works may also refer to: * ''Skunkworks'' (album), alternative rock album by Bruce Dickinson * Skunkworks project, a project typically developed by a small and loosely structured group of people who research and develop a project primarily for the sake of innovation See also * SCO Skunkware SCO Skunkware, often referred to as simply "Skunkware", is a collection of open-source software projects ported, compiled, and packaged for free redistribution on SCO operating environments. SCO Skunkware packaged components exist for SCO Xenix ...

Skunk Works
Skunk Works is an official pseudonym for Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs (ADP), formerly called Lockheed Advanced Development Projects. It is responsible for a number of aircraft designs, beginning with the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, P-38 Lightning in 1939 and the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, P-80 Shooting Star in 1943. Skunk Works engineers subsequently developed the Lockheed U-2, U-2, Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, SR-71 Blackbird, Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, F-117 Nighthawk, Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, F-22 Raptor, and Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, F-35 Lightning II, the latter being used in the air force, air forces of several countries. The Skunk Works name was taken from the "Skonk Oil" factory in the comic strip ''Li'l Abner''. The designation Skunkworks project, "skunk works" or "skunkworks" is widely used in business, engineering, and technical fields to describe a group within an organization given a high degree of autonomy and unhampered by bureaucracy, ...
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Skunkworks (album)
''Skunkworks'' is the third studio album by Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson, released in 1996. It is the first and only studio album recorded with the musicians Dickinson put together for the tour supporting the album ''Balls to Picasso''. They disbanded by the end of 1996. Overview Bruce Dickinson had intended ''Skunkworks'' to be the debut album of a band by the same name. However, his label would not issue the record under any name other than Bruce Dickinson. The album moved from Iron Maiden's Heavy metal music, heavy metal style to an alternative metal sound similar to bands such as Rush (band), Rush and Soundgarden. The album name refers to the Skunk Works, Lockheed code name for an elite military design group. It was produced by Jack Endino, best known for Nirvana (band), Nirvana's debut album ''Bleach (Nirvana album), Bleach''. "I had this argument with (my manager) Rod Smallwood, Rod," Dickinson recalled, "and he told me, 'You're a heavy metal singer. You can't cha ...
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Skunkworks Project
A skunkworks project is a project developed by a relatively small and loosely structured group of people who research and develop a project, often with a very large degree of autonomy, primarily for the sake of radical innovation. The term originated with Lockheed's World War II ''Skunk Works'' project. Definition Everett Rogers defined ''skunkworks'' as an "enriched environment that is intended to help a small group of individuals design a new idea by escaping routine organizational procedures."Rogers E. (2003) ''Diffusion of Innovations'', 5th ed., p. 109. The term originated during World War II when the P-80 Shooting Star was designed by Lockheed’s Advanced Development Projects Division in Burbank, California, under similar circumstances. A closely guarded incubator was set up in a circus tent next to a plastics factory in Burbank. The strong smells that wafted into the tent made the Lockheed R&D workers think of the foul-smelling “Skonk Works” factory in Al Capp’ ...
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