Vought

Triumph Aerostructures-Vought Aircraft Division
legal form	Corporation
founding	1917
Seat	Dallas , USA
management	Elmer L. Doty
Number of employees	6,642
sales	$ 1.9 billion
Branch	Aerospace Engineering
Website	Vought

Vought is an American aerospace group . The company was originally founded in 1917 and was last acquired by the Triumph Group in 2010 and is currently called the Triumph Aerostructures-Vought Aircraft Division .

history

Lewis and Vought Corporation (1917-1922)

Chance M. Vought , a former chief engineer at Curtiss , founded the Lewis and Vought Corporation with Birdseye Lewis in 1917, based in Astoria, New York . In 1919 the company was relocated to Long Island .

Chance Vought Corporation (1922-1928)

When Lewis left in 1922, Vought renamed the company Chance Vought Corporation. Vought designed two successful models for the United States Navy , the VE-7 , of which 128 machines were produced, and the O2U Corsair , which was built 580 times.

United Aircraft and Transport Corporation (1928-1934)

In 1928 the United Aircraft and Transport Corporation acquired Vought. Behind United were Boeing and the engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney , who had bought Vought, Sikorsky , Stearman Aircraft Corporation , the propeller manufacturer Hamilton Aero Manufacturing Company and Standard Steel Propeller Company . They also bought various airlines from which they formed United Air Lines . When Vought died of blood poisoning in 1930 , United moved the company to East Hartford, Connecticut .

Vought F4U Corsair

United Aircraft Corporation (1934-1954)

In 1934, United Aircraft and Transport Corporation was dissolved as a result of the airmail scandal . The United Aircraft Corporation emerged from the business units located on the American east coast . Vought was relocated to Sikorsky in Stratford (Connecticut) and now formed "Vought Sikorsky Aircraft". Under the management of Rex Beisel , the F4U Corsair was built here at the end of the 1930s , of which 12,571 aircraft were built from 1942 to 1952. In 1942 Vought was separated from Sikorsky again. In 1949, at the request of the US Navy, Vought was relocated to a former North American Aviation plant in Dallas in order to make aircraft production less vulnerable in the event of war.

Chance Vought Aircraft (1954-1960)

1954 Vought became independent again as "Chance Vought Aircraft Inc.". The most successful model developed in the 1950s was the F-8 Crusader fighter aircraft . Vought was just as successful in the development of guided missiles and produced the cruise missile Regulus for the US Navy.

Vought F-8 Crusader and A-7 Corsair II

Ling-Temco-Vought (1960-1992)

In 1960 James Ling Vought and formed through further acquisitions "Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV)". Vought's departments "Vought Aeronautics" and "Vought Missiles" continued to exist under LTV, LTV's best-known product is the A-7 Corsair II fighter-bomber . In 1972 the two departments of Vought were merged to form "Vought Systems", in 1976 LTV was renamed "Vought Corporation" and in 1983 again into "LTV Aerospace and Defense". Difficult times began for Vought with the end of A-7 production.

Northrop Grumman (1992-2000)

In 1992, Northrop and the Carlyle Group each acquired 50% of the aircraft manufacturer Vought. The guided missiles division was sold to Loral Corporation and is now part of Lockheed Martin . In 1994 Northrop Grumman bought the Carlyle Group's stake.

Carlyle Group (2000-2010)

In 2000, the Carlyle Group again bought Vought from Northrop Grumman and renamed the company "Vought Aircraft Industries". Today, Vought is primarily a supplier to Boeing . In 2003 the "Aerostructures Corporation" in Nashville , which manufactures parts for Airbus, was bought . Vought also builds components for the Lockheed Martin F-22 and Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets . In July 2009, Boeing purchased a Vought facility in North Charleston, South Carolina .

Triumph Group (since 2010)

In July 2010 it was announced that Carlyle had sold Vought to Triumph Group for $ 1.44 billion. Vought now operates under the name "Triumph Aerostructures-Vought Aircraft Division".

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from July 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

• official website of Vought (in English)
• official history of Vought (in English; PDF; 145 kB)
• Vought's story at centennialofflight.gov (in English)