Lockheed Corporation

1926-1995 aerospace manufacturer in the United States
Organization aerospace_manufacturer Q7233
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Summary

Lockheed Corporation is an aerospace manufacturer[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of aerospace manufacturer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,980 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Founder: Malcolm Lockheed[4]
  • Follows: Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company[5]
  • Headquarters location: Burbank[6]
  • Child organization or unit: Skunk Works[7], Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company[8]
  • Commons category: Lockheed[9]
  • Industry: aerospace industry[10], aircraft construction[11], weapons industry[12]
  • Inception: 1970[13]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: January 1, 1995[14]
  • Military designation: O[15], V[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lockheed Corporation[17], Q32420365[18]
  • Product or material produced: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird[19], Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk[20], Lockheed F-104 Starfighter[21]
  • Replaced by: Lockheed Martin[22]
  • Legal form: privately held company[23]
  • Short name: Lockheed[24]
  • Owner of: Vega Aircraft Corporation[25], Aermacchi[26], Metier Management Systems[27]
  • Has works in the collection: Aviodrome[28], Bundeswehr Museum of German Defense Technology[29], National Air Force Museum of Canada[30], Joe Davies Heritage Airpark[31]

Why It Matters

Lockheed Corporation has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . United States Naval Aviation 1910-2010 Volume II Statistics. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . United States Naval Aviation 1910-2010 Volume II Statistics. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . aviodrome.nl. Retrieved . aviodrome.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date → +1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Headquarters location → Burbank
    Legal form → privately held company
    Topic's main category → Category:Lockheed Corporation, Q32420365
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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