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Photo taken from within Skunk Works facility reveals existence of four previously undisclosed projects.
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A photo taken from within a Lockheed Martin Skunk Works facility reveals the existence of four previously undisclosed projects, including one linked to recent job advertisements for a manufacturing program within the intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance and unmanned aircraft systems portfolio.
 
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