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Leadership Voyage

The head of Lockheed Martin's JSF program, former test pilot Tom Burbage learned some of his earliest lessons in teamwork on the USS Eisenhower.READ»

Pave the Way to Bigger Pay

Three strategic steps that smart Lockheed Martin people take to convince their superiors that they've earned a bigger paycheck.READ»

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Sustainability in Corporate Advertising

I am wondering if the focus on sustainability in corporate advertising, relative to the lower weighting in product advertising indicates a perception on behalf of companies that consumers really don’t care much. READ»

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Pentagon Says F-35 Classified Designs Have Not Been Stolen

A national security panic spread through the Internet yesterday after a report by The Wall Street Journal suggested "terabytes" of classified data on the F-35 Lightning II had been stolen by hackers. Today the Pentagon and ...READ»

High Stakes, Big Bets

Tom Burbage and his 500-person team at Lockheed Martin went after the biggest military deal in U.S. history -- and scored a $200 billion victory: a contract to build the Joint Strike Fighter. They didn't play it safe; they played to win.READ»

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Who Owns Your Intranet?

As companies march ahead with efforts to link employees through internal Web sites, they are learning a key design principle: If you want your intranet to take off, then take a hands-off approach. The case for intranet democracy.READ»

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Who Buys This Stuff? Inside with Some Design Collectors

A couple years ago, the superstar designer Marc Newson set the auction record for a piece of design created by a living designer: $1.5 million for his Lockheed Lounge. Who on earth buys these things? Last year, ...READ»

Attention: Senior Executives Who Are in Transition

For those in transition and considering a career move, I would like to provide you with some positive information on how you might address your career concerns.  I do not have all the answers.  But in thirty years and with several ...READ»

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Hackers Rob Pentagon of F-35 Fighter Design Data

Hackers have stolen terabytes of data about the design and electronics inside the Defense Department's Joint Strike Fighter program, The Wall Street Journal reported last night. The $300 billion jet is the most expensive program in ...READ»

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To The Moon! (In a Minivan)

How NASA and Lockheed Martin are building a successor to the Space Shuttle--using off-the-shelf technology and plain old pragmatism.READ»

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White House Unveils USASpending.gov to Track IT Spending

The U.S. government launched USASpending.gov, a Web site to track billions of dollars in government information technology spending. It's an official effort to be more accountable. The dashboard was unveiled at the ...READ»

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F-22 Fighter Gets the Axe

President Barack Obama won an important victory late yesterday afternoon when the Senate voted to halt production of the Air Force's F-22 Raptor fighter jet (seen below). Nearly two billion dollars had been earmarked for the ...READ»

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Startups - The " Inside" Stories

You don't need to quit your day job to launch a startup. Instead, follow the lead of a team from Nortel Networks whose members jump-started a big idea, declared themselves intrapreneurs, and never looked back.READ»

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Cover to Cover

A letter from the founding editors.READ»

Everyday Engineering

Click on a date above for more details Andrew Burroughs + IDEO October 1 To see the world through engineers' eyes, browse this pocket-size photo book aimed at making readers take note of the choices ...READ»

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Purchasing Agent to the Stars

Tom Luedtke, who is based in Washington, DC, oversees procurement for NASA's 10 locations around the country. In an interview with Fast Company, he described his Web trajectory.READ»

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Desperate for Design

“Stand back, people! Everybody take two steps back!” The cop at the door of the Moore Building in the center of Miami’s Design District Thursday night was getting a little frantic. A horde of VIP badge-wielding design fanatics, ...READ»

Fast Cities

They're 15 up-and-coming hubs for creative workers--places that draw people who are talented, tech savvy, and tolerant. Meet the home of your next big opportunity.READ»

They Write the Right Stuff

As the 120-ton space shuttle sits surrounded by almost 4 million pounds of rocket fuel, exhaling noxious fumes, visibly impatient to defy gravity, its on-board computers take command.READ»

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FAA Hacked; Obama Orders Review of Federal Cyber Security

Hackers breached the network of the Federal Aviation Administration earlier this week and gained access to sensitive records, according to an aviation trade publication. The FAA breach has prompted President Obama to order an ...READ»

How I Helped Roberts Deliver the Right Stuff

Writer Chuck Salter describes his first-hand adventure while sitting shotgun with one of the drivers for Roberts Express Inc.READ»

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Emissions-Free Solar Blimp Almost Ready for Launch

Solar power in the skies seems to be a growing trend. First the Solar Impulse project announced plans to launch a solar-powered manned plane, and now Projet Sol'R has declare that its solar blimp, dubbed Nephelios, is almost ...READ»

Competing to Win

This month's letter from the editor.READ»

Don't Manage Time, Manage Yourself

Overworked overachievers suffer from a 'gnawing sense of anxiety.' Here's personal-productivity guru David Allen's cure.READ»

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Facing Up to Enron, Facing Up to Risk

A letter from the founding editors.READ»