Skunkworks AI Autonomy

 https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/who-we-are/business-areas/aeronautics/skunkworks/skunkworks-ai-autonomy.html 

https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2025-12-04-Lockheed-Martin-Skunk-Works-R-Showcases-AI-Driven-Mission-Contingency-Management-on-an-Autonomous-UAV-Demonstration

https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/capabilities/research-labs/advanced-technology-labs/atl_robotic_manufacturing.html

https://www.ibm.com/case-studies/lockheed-martin 

Before there was Lockheed_Martin Robotics and AI, there was the actor, Lock_Martin, who played GORT, an AI entity from another world. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0552696

https://www.slashfilm.com/1582884/the-day-the-earth-stood-still-1951-sci-fi-gort-lock-martin-pain/ 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gort_(The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still)#The_Day_the_Earth_Stood_Still_(1951)

https://lockmartin.wordpress.com

So, Lock Martin plays GORT. Several decades later, a corporate merger takes place forming Lockheed Martin, which would go into AI R&D.  Coincidence or synchronicity?

http://www.emagill.com/rants/eblog483-farewell-to-the-master-sci-fi-classic-review.html

Farewell to the (AI) Master (1940) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farewell_to_the_Master#Plot_summary 

https://archive.org/stream/farewell-to-the-master-by-harry-bates/FAREWELL%20TO%20THE%20MASTER%20by%20Harry%20Bates_djvu.txt 

https://adventuresfantastic.com/futurespastandpresent/saying-farewell-to-the-master 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=GORT

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Robotics 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AI