Black Track
The highly classified, hardware-focused development effort centered at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works to build the Compact Fusion Reactor (CFR). The Black Track inherited the orphaned FRC research from LANL.
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Timeline Mentions (8)
Ben Rich Directs Skunk Works
Ben Rich succeeds Kelly Johnson as director of Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, overseeing the development of stealth and revolutionary propulsion concepts.
LANL adiabatic compression of FRCs
Foundational paper on compressive heating of FRC plasmas, later inherited by the CFR program.
Death of Ben Rich
The former head of Skunk Works passes away, leaving a legacy of clandestine aerospace development and propulsion ambition.
U.S. Compact Fusion Aerospace Program Initiated
A highly classified U.S. program begins development of a revolutionary aerospace platform powered by a Compact Fusion Reactor (CFR) based on FRC physics.
Clandestine FRC Breakthrough
Lockheed Martin Skunk Works is assessed to have achieved a significant technological breakthrough in FRC plasma physics.
Clandestine FRC Breakthrough at Skunk Works
An assessed major engineering success at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works validates the hardware program and elevates the Freescale SoC team to a national asset.
Assessed Skunk Works Breakthrough
Intelligence assessment suggests a significant breakthrough in the clandestine FRC program at Skunk Works, necessitating strategic misdirection.
Skunk Works FRC Breakthrough
The Lockheed Martin Skunk Works FRC program achieves a significant, assessed breakthrough, necessitating a counter-intelligence screen.