The Skunk Works small gift shop is open to the public about a mile or so down the road.

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Gulfstream and aircraft designer Lockheed Martin Skunk Works are jointly engaged in a feasibility study on producing such a craft.

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No public tours are available, but aerospace blogger Steve Harris posted some juicy details about his private visit to Skunk Works.

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They set up skunk works (small, autonomous units with a remit to innovate) and mock the boring corporate types who write their pay-cheques.

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Then there's the dream factory of aviation geeks: Skunk Works.

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At BMW Chief Executive Norbert Reithofer last year assigned a group of employees to a skunk works effort to develop a new vehicle for megacities--potentially even under a new brand.

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He led the charge on key products including two skunk works projects entirely of his own creation that ended up driving tens of millions of dollars of revenue for the company.

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But they must avoid becoming skunk works.

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Nowadays, behind Skunk Works' highly secure perimeter, engineers reportedly are working on the aviation wonders of tomorrow, including a lightweight cargo plane called the X-55A and a bizarre, blimp-like airship called the P-791 Hybrid Air Vehicle, which has special technology that allows it to take off and land just about anywhere.

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You can visit their skunk-works website at www.deciwatt.org.

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