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Lockheed Corporation
Also known as Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company, Lockheed Aircraft Company, Lockheed
1926-1995 aerospace manufacturer in the United States
Key facts
- Industry
- Aerospace
- Founded
- April 14, 1926 ; 100 years ago ( 1926-04-14 )
- Founders
- Allan Lockheed , Malcolm Lockheed
- Defunct
- 1995 ( 1995 )
- Fate
- Merged with Martin Marietta
- Successor
- Lockheed Martin
- Headquarters
- Calabasas, California , United States
- Key people
- Irv Culver Courtlandt S. Gross Robert E. Gross Willis Hawkins Hall Hibbard Kelly Johnson Anthony LeVier Joseph F. Ware Jr.
- Number of employees
- 90,000
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- Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation, F-BGNC, Air France Manteufel-2.jpg
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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.
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1926 establishments in California1995 disestablishments in California1995 mergers and acquisitionsAerospace companies of the United StatesCompanies based in Burbank, CaliforniaCompanies formerly listed on the New York Stock ExchangeDefunct aircraft manufacturers of the United StatesDefunct companies based in Greater Los AngelesDefunct helicopter manufacturers of the United StatesFormer defense companies of the United States