![]() ![]() “By applying the most common-sense methods to develop new technologies, we saved tremendous amounts of time and money, while operating in an atmosphere of trust and cooperation both with our government customers and between our white-collar and blue-collar employees,” Rich wrote. “We encouraged our people to work imaginatively, to improvise and try unconventional approaches to problem-solving, and then got out of their way,” he stated in the book co-written by Leo Janos. ![]() During Rich’s tenure, the operation moved to Palmdale. It got its folksy name because it was originally housed in a tent in Burbank near a plastics factory that emitted a noxious odor. The Skunk Works was created by Lockheed at the end of World War II to come up with the United States’ first operational jet fighter. ![]()
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