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The Lockheed Corporation was an American aerospace manufacturer. Lockheed was founded in 1926 and merged in 1995 with Martin Marietta to form Lockheed Martin . Its founder, Allan Lockheed , had earlier founded the similarly named but otherwise-unrelated Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company , which was operational from 1912 to 1920.
Reports from 2024 estimate that Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) holds a market cap of around $139.7 billion. [4] Lockheed Martin is one of the largest companies in the aerospace, military support, security, and technologies industry. It was the world's largest defense contractor by revenue for fiscal year 2014. [5]
The Lockheed L-193 Constellation II was a jet airliner design concept, designed between 1949 and 1953 with a swept wing and engines mounted at the tail. An airliner and tanker version were developed. The latter, in an aerial refueling competition initiated by the United States Air Force (USAF), won and was preferred over the Boeing KC-135 ...
This is a list of aircraft produced or proposed by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation from its founding as the Lockheed Aircraft Company in 1926 to its merging with Martin Marietta to form the Lockheed Martin Corporation in 1995. Ordered by model number, Lockheed gave most of its aircraft astronomical names, from the first Vega to the C-5 Galaxy.
Lockheed Corporation: Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta, Georgia On static display Nose only [4] [failed verification] C-FTNA L-1011-1 1972 December 1972 July 6, 2001 Eastern Air Lines; Air Canada; Air Transat; Air France; Air Transat; Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport in Lyon, France On static display Damaged in a hailstorm as Air Transat Flight TSC906
Lockheed Corporation (1912–1995) — the former aircraft company was based in Burbank, in the eastern San Fernando Valley, California. Its 1995 merger with Martin Marietta formed the successor Lockheed Martin company.
The Lockheed L-100 Hercules is the civilian variant of the prolific C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft made by the Lockheed Corporation. Its first flight occurred in 1964. Longer L-100-20 and L-100-30 versions were developed. L-100 production ended in 1992 with 114 aircraft delivered.
The brothers who founded the original Lockheed Corporation: Allan Loughead (1889–1969), American aviation pioneer Malcolm Loughead , American aviation pioneer