Defining the Future
Persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems – crewed and uncrewed – have been the hallmark of Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® for more than six decades.
With much of this work completed in secrecy, the innovative Skunk Works team makes it their mission to anticipate future needs and imagine solutions that provide lifesaving intelligence for our warfighters and allies around the world.
Committed to Your Mission Success
As the leading design authority for 5th Generation aircraft, we embrace open mission systems to enable a networked battlespace and integrate state of the art fighter technology and new capabilities quickly and affordably. Our human-machine teaming solutions are a powerful force multiplier for effective operations in contested environments.
We’re advancing next generation technologies to outpace ever-evolving threats and remain ahead of ready.
Next Gen Uncrewed Aerial Systems
Leveraging decades of expertise in low observable technology including the RQ-170, Skunk Works has developed survivable, interoperable next generation uncrewed aerial system concepts to support future battlespace operations.
Joint All-Domain Operations (JADO)
Our 21st Century Security vision addresses evolving threats across land, air, sea, space and cyber. Joint All-Domain Operations integrates crewed and uncrewed platforms, sensors, weapons and joint all-domain command and control (JADC2) systems, connecting critical data to predict, disrupt, and paralyze adversaries swiftly.
Crewed-Uncrewed Teaming
As we look to the future, the concept of teaming crewed aircraft with uncrewed aerial systems creates a powerful, unified force that expands capabilities for our forces and allies.
Artificial Intelligence
We continue to advance trusted artificial intelligence solutions to speed decisions in the battlespace, allowing pilots to focus on more strategic tasks in the face of an increasingly contested environment.
Indago 4
The Indago 4 quadrotor is a military-grade, all-weather, Group 1, small uncrewed aerial system (UAS) that provides 360-degree reconnaissance capabilities with on-edge computing in environments unreachable by fixed-wing UAS.
U-2 Dragon Lady
The U-2S is transforming the future battlespace today by proving emerging technologies and helping to envision a new way to fight.
Stalker VXE30
A silent, operational, combat-proven Group 2 UAS, Stalker VXE30 provides long-endurance imaging capability in all weather conditions to track targets while remaining undetected.
TIQUILA
TIQUILA is a complete Intelligence, Surveillance, Tracking And Reconnaissance (ISTAR) program utilizing the small uncrewed aerial systems Stalker VXE30 and Indago 4. We are partnering with the British Army to provide tactical and long endurance uncrewed ISR services, sophisticated targeting and automated target and threat recognition driven by the latest AI technology.
Northstar™
Northstar is a vision-based navigation solution for uncrewed aircraft operating in GPS-degraded or denied environments. Its minimal size, weight and power requirements mean the system can be used by all sizes of UAS.
VCSi
With a modular design, developer-friendly application programming interface (API), and plug-in architecture, VCSi brings scalable control to uncrewed systems.
D-21
The ramjet-powered, high-altitude D-21 reconnaissance drone launched from an A-12 aircraft to capture images of hostile territory, paving the way for future ISR unmanned systems.
SR-71
The unique Skunk Works® approach enabled this game-changing ISR aircraft to come to life in only 20 months. Today, the SR-71 remains the fastest and highest-flying manned aircraft.
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At Lockheed Martin Skunk Works®, your mission defines our purpose. Our team of dedicated engineers and scientists assume it can be done. With a visionary focus on the future, we partner with our customers to anticipate tomorrow’s capability gaps and technology needs to solve the most critical national security challenges today.