{"id":41912,"date":"2013-08-21T11:02:37","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T18:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=41912"},"modified":"2013-08-25T12:50:53","modified_gmt":"2013-08-25T19:50:53","slug":"knight-honors-lockheed-martins-skunk-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/08\/21\/knight-honors-lockheed-martins-skunk-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Knight honors Lockheed-Martin\u2019s Skunk Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_41913\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41913\" style=\"width: 389px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Knight-honor-Skunk-Works.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41913\" alt=\"(L to R) John Larson, Dr. Al Romig, Senator Steve Knight, Assembly Majority Leader Connie Conway, Senate Majority Leader Bob Huff, Eric Fox.\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Knight-honor-Skunk-Works.jpg\" width=\"389\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Knight-honor-Skunk-Works.jpg 389w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Knight-honor-Skunk-Works-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-41913\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L to R) John Larson, Dr. Al Romig, Senator Steve Knight, Assembly Majority Leader Connie Conway, Senate Majority Leader Bob Huff, Eric Fox.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>SACRAMENTO \u2013 Senator <strong>Steve Knight<\/strong> recognized Lockheed Martin\u2019s Skunk Works division this week on the Senate Floor, as the company celebrates their 70th Anniversary in California.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. <strong>Al Romig<\/strong>, Vice President of Engineering &amp; Advanced Systems in Palmdale;\u00a0<strong>John Larson<\/strong>, Vice President of Operations &amp; Production Programs in Palmdale; and <strong>Eric Fox<\/strong>, Government Relations Director of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Fort Worth, TX joined Knight on the Senate Floor to receive recognition for 70 years of exemplary innovation, trailblazing, and entrepreneurial spirit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSkunk Works is a great source of pride for my community. I am always so honored to praise their accomplishments and the amazing achievements that come out of this operation,\u201d said Knight (R-Antelope Valley). \u201cIt is excellent to see a company of this caliber with such an outstanding track record and has been a stalwart in Palmdale for decades, continuing to uphold the ideals of quality, forward thinking, and creativity,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Skunk Works is Lockheed Martin\u2019s division of Advanced Development Programs. Skunk Works is responsible for a number of famous aircraft designs, including the U-2, the SR-71 Blackbird, the F-117 Nighthawk, and the F-22 Raptor.\u00a0 They are at the forefront of design and innovation in aeronautics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe men and women of Lockheed have given their intellectual talents over the last 70 years.\u00a0 Their brilliant designs and concepts, their physical talents, and their exceptional work ethic have made this company into what it has become \u2013 a model of success and perpetual advancement,\u201d added Senator Knight.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Steve Knight, (R-Antelope Valley), represents the 21st Senate District in the California Legislature, which includes the communities throughout the Antelope, Santa Clarita and Victor Valleys.<\/p>\n<p><i>(Information via press release from the office of Senator Steve Knight.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>&#8211;<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SACRAMENTO \u2013 Senator Steve Knight recognized Lockheed Martin\u2019s Skunk Works division this week on the Senate Floor, as the company celebrates their 70th Anniversary in California. Dr. Al Romig, Vice President of Engineering &amp; Advanced Systems in Palmdale;\u00a0John Larson, Vice President of Operations &amp; Production Programs in Palmdale; and Eric Fox, Government Relations Director of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,11,23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41912"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41912\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}