Lockheed Corporation

Lockheed Corporation
TypPublikt aktiebolag
NYSE: MLM
HuvudkontorUSA Calabasas, CA, USA
NyckelpersonerDaniel M. Tellep
Styrelseordförande Vd
BranschFörsvarsindustri
Rymdfartsindustri
Antal anställda77 500 – 1993[1]
Historia
Grundat1926
GrundareAllan Loughead
Malcolm Loughead
Gick upp iLockheed Martin Corporation – 1995
EfterträdareLockheed Martin[2]
Upplöst1995
Ekonomi
Omsättning$ 13,2 miljarder – 1993[3]
Vinst efter skatt$ 422 miljoner – 1993[4]

Lockheed Corporation var ett amerikanskt tillverkningsföretag som verkade inom försvars- och rymdfartsindustrin.

Företaget grundades 1926 av bröderna Allan och Malcolm Loughead. Man tillverkade flygplan men även robotvapen, rymdfarkoster och annan elektronik.[5] 1995 gick man samman med företaget Martin Marietta Corporation för att bilda Lockheed Martin.

Lockheedaffären

Lockheed avslöjades 1976 som involverade i en stor, världsomfattande mutskandal. Den 8 februari 1976 avslöjades att Lockheed gjort betydande utbetalningar till förre västtyske försvarsministern Franz Josef Strauss och hans kristdemokratiska parti CSU; Strauss var en ivrig förespråkare för att Lockheed F-104 Starfighter skulle bli NATO:s flygplan i Europa. Personer från fler länder var inblandade, samma år tvingades prins Bernhard av Nederländerna att avgå från samtliga sina officiella poster sedan det framkommit att han 1974 begärt provision av Lockheed om bolaget sålde ett marint spaningsplan till holländska flottan.

Produkter

General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon.
Lockheed AC-130.
Lockheed C-141 Starlifter.
F-117 Nighthawk.
Lockheed L-1649 Constellation.
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird.
Lockheed U-2.
Lockheed YF-22.
UGM-27 Polaris.
Rymdteleskopet Hubble.

Drönare

  • Lockheed AQM-60 Kingfisher
  • Lockheed MQM-105 Aquila
  • Lockheed D-21
  • Lockheed X-7

Flygplan

Helikopters

Robotvapen

Rymdfarkoster

  • Agena
  • Agena target vehicle
  • Corona
  • Lockheed X-7
  • Lockheed X-17
  • Lockheed L-301 (aka X-24C)
  • Lockheed Star Clipper
  • Rymdteleskopet Hubble

Vattenfarkost

  • Sea Shadow

Källor

Den här artikeln är helt eller delvis baserad på material från engelskspråkiga Wikipedia.

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An air-to-air left side view of a TR-1 tactical reconnaissance aircraft.
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A Trans World Airlines Lockheed L-1649 Starliner (civil registration N7301C) in flight in the late 1950s or the early 1960s, during a test flight. Note the flight test pitot boom attached to the right wingtip. This aircraft was written off after an accident at Bogotá-Eldorado Airport, Colombia, on 18 December 1966, while in service with Aerocondor de Colombia. 17 of 59 passengers and crew were killed.
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331st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron Lockheed F-104A-20-LO Starfighter 56-821 Webb AFB, Texas February 1964
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The SR-71B Blackbird, flown by the Dryden Flight Research Center as NASA 831, slices across the snow-covered southern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California after being refueled by an Air Force tanker during a 1994 flight. SR-71B was the trainer version of the SR-71. Notice the dual cockpit to allow the instructor to fly the airplane.
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An F-22 Raptor flies over Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 23 2009 on a routine training mission. The F-22 is deployed from the 27th Fighter Squadron at Langley Air Force Base, Va.
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A US Air Force (USAF) F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter aircraft flies over Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada (NV), during the joint service experimentation process dubbed Millennium Challenge 2002 (MC02). Sponsored by the US Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM), the MC02 experiment explores how Effects Based Operations (EBO) can provide an integrated joint context for conducting rapid, decisive operations (RDO).
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The Hubble Space Telescope as seen from the departing Space Shuttle Atlantis, flying STS-125, HST Servicing Mission 4.
UGM-27C Polaris A3 launch.jpg

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ID: DF-SC-84-07332 Service Depicted: Navy

A Polaris A3 fleet ballistic missile lifts off at 12:33 p.m. EST during a launch from the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS ROBERT E. LEE (SSBN-601). The launch is taking place on the Eastern Test Range.
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An F-16 Fighting Falcon, from the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Wing, dismounts after refueling from a KC-135 Stratotanker, from the 161st Air Refueling Wing, April 8, 2015, near Tucson, Arizona. The F-16 took part in a flying mission that included Iraqi and Dutch aircraft who were conducting upgrade training. International F-16 training has been accomplished at Tucson since 1990. Find other great F-16 images from this set in next month's issue of Airman Magazine. Check them out at airman.dodlive.mil. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Salanitri/Released)
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An AC-130H gunship from the 16th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Florida, jettisons flares as an infrared countermeasure during multi-gunship formation egress training on August 24, 2007.