'Be quick, be quiet, be on time'; Lockheed Corp.'s secret brain trust emerges from war smelling like roses. (Skunk Works research and development outfit)

From: Los Angeles Business Journal | Date: April 8, 1991| Author: Jacobs, Chip | Copyright information

|Be quick, be quiet, be on time'

Untainted by defense scandals, distanced from corporate takeover battles, it lives in the hearts of its "can-do" stalwarts and the minds of America's foes.

When U.S. F-117 aircraft screamed low through a moonless Middle Eastern night, raining laser-guided terror on Iraq's military nerve center in Operation Desert Storm's opening air salvo, Saddam Hussein became a believer.

Lockheed's Skunk Works lives.

Not...

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