Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
The Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company is a subsidiary of the Lockheed Martin Company based in Fort Worth , Texas . There are also offices in Marietta , Georgia and Palmdale , California . The Lockheed Advanced Development Projects Unit (ADP) - also known unofficially as Skunk Works - is located in Palmdale . Various projects are also being built in Florida , Mississippi , Pennsylvania and West Virginia .
The group relies on the former, very large corporations Lockheed and Martin Marietta . When the two companies were merged in 1995, what is now Lockheed Martin Aeronautics was founded, with most of the developments coming from Lockheed. This includes the C-130 , C-5, and the C-141, as well as the F-2 , F-16 (purchased from General Dynamics ), F-117 , F-22, and the F-35 .
The most important project, however, is the F-35 (JSF) which has brought the company 200 billion dollars and 3,000 fairly safe export contracts to date. The F-22 air superiority fighter is also an important part for Lockheed (and partner Boeing).
Products
- Developed by Lockheed and used today as the C-130J Herkules . The C-130 is manufactured in the Georgia manufacturing facility.
- The C-141 was a strategic transport aircraft that first flew in 1963. It was made in Marietta.
- The C-5 Galaxy is the USAF's largest transport aircraft and one of the largest aircraft in the world. The C-5 was produced in Marietta, where it is now being upgraded with newer avionics equipment and engines.
- Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk
- The F-117 Stealth Fighter was first flown in 1981 and was developed into the F-22.
- The F-16 first flown in December 1976 and was developed by General Dynamics. In 1993 Lockheed bought General Dynamics' Fort Worth office and the F-16 manufacturing facility.
- The Japanese version of the General Dynamics F-16. It is being built under license from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries .
- Lockheed Martin (with BAe Systems and Northrop Grumann) won the Join Strike Fighter (JSF) program in 2001. THE JSF program is the most important contract for Lockheed Martin to date.
- The most modern fighter jet in the world. It was praised for its high maneuverability, but also ridiculed for its high cost.
- The P-3 Orion is a maritime reconnaissance aircraft of many nations but mainly of the US Navy . In addition, Lockheed tried to win the US Navy's multi-mission maritime aircraft program with a newer version of the P-3 , but lost to the Boeing P-8 .
- The Viking is the US Navy's anti-submarine combat aircraft.
- The T-50 is an advanced trainer developed by Lockheed and Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI). For this purpose, the T-50 International Company was founded to market the hunter internationally.
- The U-2 is a single-seat, single-engine, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft that first flew in 1955.