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It could be forward located to support extended geostationary operations from austere locations and capable of beyond-line-of-sight command and control. [10] The developmental prototype emerged as the HAV 304, a helium -filled airship with twin conjoined hulls having a total internal capacity of 38,000 m 3 (1,300,000 cu ft).
P-38 Lightning 1941: YP-38 through P-38D 222: P-38 Lightning P-38E through P-38H 322: P-322 Lightning Export variant, impressed into U.S. service at war's outbreak 422: P-38 Lightning P-38J through P-38M 522: XP-49: Nov 11, 1942: Advanced fighter prototype, based on P-38 622: XP-38A Lightning Jun 6, 1944: Pressurized conversion of a P-38 822: P ...
The Lockheed Martin P-791 is an experimental aerostatic and aerodynamic hybrid airship developed by Lockheed Martin. The first flight of the P-791 took place on 31 January 2006 at the company's flight test facility at United States Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, CA.
In January 1951 the Government turned the plant over to Lockheed for the purpose of refurbishing B-29 to go into service in the Korean War. During the 1950s Lockheed also produced 394 B-47 Stratojets at the plant. Today the site is used for the fabrication and assembly of large aircraft.
In 2006, the Lockheed Martin P-791 underwent uncrewed flight tests. It was an unsuccessful candidate for the military Long Endurance Multi-intelligence Vehicle program even though it was the only successful Hybrid Airship to have ever flown until 7 August 2016.
In June 2023, Patria and Lockheed Martin signed the first Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) for direct work within Finland's F-35 industrial participation programme. This MoA covers the contractual framework for F-35 forward fuselage assemblies in Finland by Patria.
On December 20, 2020, it was announced that Lockheed Martin would acquire the company for $4.4 billion. [24] The acquisition was expected to close in first quarter of 2022, [25] but this received opposition from Raytheon Technologies.
Ford Aerospace was the aerospace and defense division of Ford Motor Company.It was based in Dearborn, Michigan and was active from 1956 (originally as Philco and then Philco Ford) through 1990, when it was sold to the Loral Corporation.