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Re: Skunk-Works Charter
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 07:29:37 -0700
From: patrick
Subject: Re: Skunk-Works Charter
At 08:58 PM 6/17/99 +0000, you wrote the current suggested revision:
>OK here we go....how's this:
>
>The skunk-works mailing list was created for discussions of advanced
>technology aircraft and historical discussions about products of the
>Lockheed Advanced Development Company (LADC), also known as the
>Skunk Works, as our list name suggests. However, we also welcome
>discussions about leading-edge technologies from any other aircraft
>manufacturer, or university or government sponsored research group.
>
>Primary areas of discussion include:
>
> Stealth aircraft, manned and unmanned
>
> New aircraft technology - stealth or non-stealth
>
> Historical discussions about how current technologies came about
>
> Leading-edge technology associated with aircraft, ie: cruise
>missiles and laser guided bombs
>
> Other uses of stealth technology not related to aircraft
>
> Stealth can be defined as the implementation of ANY technology
>that allows a vehicle or person to go somewhere undetected (or
>minimally detected) - this includes detection by any radar, sonar and
>optical devices.
>
>
Why go through all the hoops with the LO issues? (Lets be politically
correct and call it Low Observability-LO) LO has been just another factor
in the Skunkworks designs since the early fifties. And why differentiate
between old and new technology if both are inclusive? And since I am on a
roll (ouch!) why include only "leading edge" technology from other
manufactures'? We discuss WW2 technology from time to time. Is it old
technology or old leading edge technology? Point being simplify this thing
so we can discuss airplane stuff and not motions to the question of the
ammendment now on the table for discussion.
This should work for everyone:
The skunk-works mailing list was created mainly for discussions of the
technology produced by
Lockheed Advanced Development Company (LADC), also known as the
Skunk Works, as our list name suggests. We also welcome discussions about
appropriate technologies from sources outside of the Skunk Works. These
discussions may include historical and political aspects of these products.
And in addition to include discussion of sightings of unknown aircraft
thought to have the potential of being a LADC product.
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Created: Fri Jun 18 10:44:32 EDT 1999