This is a list of aircraft produced or proposed by the
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
The Lockheed Corporation was an American aerospace manufacturer. Lockheed was founded in 1926 and later merged with Martin Marietta to form Lockheed Martin in 1995. Its founder, Allan Lockheed, had earlier founded the similarly named but o ...
from its founding as the Lockheed Aircraft Company in 1926 to its merging with
Martin Marietta to form the
Lockheed Martin Corporation
The Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American aerospace, arms, defense, information security, and technology corporation with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It is ...
in 1995.
Ordered by model number, Lockheed gave most of its aircraft
astronomical
Astronomy () is a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena. It uses mathematics, physics, and chemistry in order to explain their origin and evolution. Objects of interest include planets, moons, stars, nebulae, galaxies ...
names, from the first
Vega
Vega is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Lyra. It has the Bayer designation α Lyrae, which is Latinised to Alpha Lyrae and abbreviated Alpha Lyr or α Lyr. This star is relatively close at only from the Sun, an ...
to the
C-5 Galaxy
The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a large military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed, and now maintained and upgraded by its successor, Lockheed Martin. It provides the United States Air Force (USAF) with a heavy intercontinental-rang ...
. Aircraft models listed in italics and with higher numbers – ''780'' following 80 and preceding 81, for example – are variants or developments of the base model.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
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Lockheed Aequare
The Lockheed Aequare (''Latin'': "to equalize") was an unmanned aerial vehicle developed by the Lockheed Missiles and Space Company for the United States Air Force. It was intended for launch from an F-4 Phantom II fighter-bomber, and would carr ...
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Lockheed AQM-60 Kingfisher
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Lockheed MQM-105 Aquila
The Lockheed MQM-105 Aquila (Eagle) was the first small battlefield drone developed in the United States during the 1970s to act as a target designator for the US Army.
Early history
The modern history of the Army's battlefield drone efforts ...
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Lockheed D-21
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Lockheed X-7
See also
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Vega Aircraft Corporation
The Vega Aircraft Corporation was a subsidiary of the Lockheed Aircraft Company in Burbank, California responsible for much of its parent company's production in World War II.
History
The company was first formed in August 1937 as the AiRover ...
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Lockheed Constellation variants
The Lockheed Constellation was an American civil airliner and military transport built in the 1940s and 1950s; this is a list of its variants.
Commercial transport
Civilian / Company designations
;Lockheed L-049 Constellation, L-049
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References
Sources
* Breffort, Dominique. Lockheed Constellation: from Excalibur to Starliner Civilian and Military Variants. Paris: Histoire and Collecions, 2006. Print.
US Warplanes – C-69/C-121''Retrieved 10/9/11''
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Boyne, Walter J, ''Beyond the Horizons: The Lockheed Story.'' St. Martin's Press: New York, 1998.
Lockheed-Martin products* Pace, Steve, ''Lockheed Skunk Works.'' Motorbooks International: Osceola, WI, 1992.
* Yenne, Bill, ''Lockheed''. Crescent Books, 1987.
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