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McDonnell Douglas
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1967-1997 aerospace manufacturer and defense contractor
McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace and defense company that operated from 1967 to 1997, producing aircraft and military equipment for both commercial and government use. The company was significant because it played a major role in the U.S. aerospace industry during the Cold War and beyond, before being acquired and merged into another corporation.
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- Type
- Company
- Founded
- 1967
- Location
- St Louis, United States
- Also known as
- McDonnel Douglas
- Status
- Inactive
ISNI 0000 0001 2113 8613
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- McDonnell Douglas Corporation
- Employees
- 63000
- Image
- Bilstein 00459 McDonnell Douglas DC-10 N1903U (mfr).jpg
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- Commons category
- McDonnell Douglas
- inception
- 1967-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1996-00-00
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McDonnell Douglas Corporation was a major American aerospace manufacturing corporation and defense contractor. It was formed by the merger of McDonnell Aircraft and the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1967. Between then and its own merger with Boeing in 1997, it produced well-known commercial and military aircraft, such as the DC-10 and the MD-80 airliners, the F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter, and the F/A-18 Hornet multirole fighter.
The corporation's headquarters were at St. Louis Lambert International Airport, near St. Louis, Missouri.