Focke-Wulf vs Skunk Works

Side by side, from the public record each company was imported from. Where a figure is missing it is because no source we hold states it — not because it is zero.

Focke-Wulf is the older of the two, founded in 1923 — 20 years before Skunk Works.

Founded: 1923; 1943
Status: Closed 1964; Active
Headquarters: Bremen, Germany; Palmdale, United States
Industry: aerospace industry; aerospace industry
Founders: Henrich Focke; Kelly Johnson
Legal form: Aktiengesellschaft; Not recorded
Parent: Not recorded; Lockheed Martin
Website: Not recorded; lockheedmartin.com/en-us/who-we-are/business-areas/aeronautics/skunkworks.html

Facts on both companies come from the public records named on Focke-Wulf and Skunk Works.