Originally Posted by
etudiant
Just so.
Lockheed was his employer and he designed the U-2 under a government contract for the CIA. The USAF and DoD had no role
afaik in the management or supervision of the work. Nor did Lockheed line management, it was Johnson and his selected engineers and workforce.
He designed a lot more than the U-2 - the C-130,for example. He said they would probably sell no more than 100 of them. Now at about 2,500 and counting..