Lockheed Martin Skunk Works

Ben Rich succeeds Kelly Johnson as director of Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, overseeing the development of stealth and revolutionary propulsion concepts.

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works is assessed to have achieved a significant technological breakthrough in FRC plasma physics.

An assessed major engineering success at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works validates the hardware program and elevates the Freescale SoC team to a national asset.

The Lockheed Martin Skunk Works FRC program achieves a significant, assessed breakthrough, necessitating a counter-intelligence screen.

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® officially begins its Compact Fusion Reactor (CFR) program, led by Thomas McGuire.

Charles Chase of Lockheed Martin Skunk Works provides a 'soft disclosure' of the Compact Fusion Reactor program during a 'Solve for X' presentation.

Public reveal of the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works Compact Fusion Reactor concept.

In 2014, Gabriel Ivan Font's career is tracked from plasma research at the USAF Academy to LANL and subsequently to Lockheed Martin Skunk Works as a co-inventor on CFR patents.

Lockheed Martin Skunk Works publicly announces its Compact Fusion Reactor program, led by Thomas McGuire.

Lockheed Martin publicly announces its Compact Fusion Reactor program, correlating with the wind-down of public FRCHX activity.