1. Trademark. engineering, technical, consulting, and advisory services with respect to designing, building, equipping, and testing commercial and military aircraft and related equipment at Lockheed Martin Corporation.
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2. ( usually l.c. ) Also, skunk works . Slang. an often secret experimental laboratory or facility for producing innovative products, as in the computer or aerospace field.
[ 1943 for def. 1, 1965-70 for def. 2; after Big Barnsmell's Skonk Works, where the illicit liquor Kickapoo Joy Juice was made, in Al Capp's comic strip Li'l Abner ]