McLaren collaborates with Lockheed Martin Skunk Works on design tech
maker has announced a technology collaboration with Lockheed Martin Skunk Works"to explore futuristic design methods."
Skunk Works is the nickname for the aerospace company's Advanced Development Programs, the nickname taken from the"Skonk Oil" factory in the"comic that was popular when Lockheed got the commission to create America's first fighter jet in the 1940s. Since then, Skunk Works has designed a bevy of America's most iconic planes, including the U2 spy plane, the F-117 Nighthawk, F-22 Raptor, F-35 Lightning, and the SR-71 Blackbird.
McLaren says its interest is in the Lockheed division's design software, proprietary code that"sets parameters for high-speed systems more accurately and swiftly than traditional design methods." Hey, if it works at Mach 3 at 81,000 feet, maybe it will work at 300 kilometers per hour on the ground. McLaren engineers and Skunk Works developers are going to collaborate to find out.
If nothing else, McLaren might pick up incidental aerodynamic tips by association, any of which could help theThe group picture inaugurating the partnership puts a McLaren Artura next to Lockheed Martin's
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