"Black Box" components


Message posted by Panzerfaust on June 07, 2004 at 21:16:36 PST:

As I mentioned in my "self introduction" here, I work in support of the aerospace industry. I do not, nor am I affiliated with the renouned "skunk works" program, but I have my suspicions that some of the components I help manufacture are headed in that direction. I am a "low level" worker there, in other words, I just weld the stuff without ever knowing what it is. Our process records usually state what the component is, but the records I deal with are titled only "Black Box", going to a major aerospace company. We on the floor delve into a lot of speculation as to what it is we manufacture, but we don't question authority, as it is. What I do know for sure is, these are aviation related made of exotic alloys. Who knows, maybe in ten years time, the companies will make whatever aircraft these components go to public.


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