Innovation with Purpose: Lockheed Martin's First 100 Years

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Book outlining the history of the Lockheed Martin aerospace company, including its initial start near the end of the 19th century through 2017, with speculation about the future. Chapters are organized chronologically, describing the various business decisions, design innovations, and other work that occurred during particular decades, with relation to wider aviation and technological history. Index starts on page 263.

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274 p. : ill. (some col.)

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Book outlining the history of the Lockheed Martin aerospace company, including its initial start near the end of the 19th century through 2017, with speculation about the future. Chapters are organized chronologically, describing the various business decisions, design innovations, and other work that occurred during particular decades, with relation to wider aviation and technological history. Index starts on page 263.

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274 p. : ill. (some col.)

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CONTENTS: Workshops: the dawn of an industry (1886-1926) -- Small factories: the golden age of aviation (1926-1937) -- Mass production plants: to fill the sky (1937-1945) -- Covert facilities: developing deterrents (1946-1957) -- Launch pads: the space race (1957-1969) -- Clean rooms: breaking down barriers (1970-1990) -- Silicon and screens: the digital age accelerates (1991-2001) -- Worldwide networks: the advent of global security (2001-2012) -- Cyberspace: ushering a connected world into the future (2001-2012) -- Epilogue: the next 100 years.

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The History Factory. Innovation with Purpose: Lockheed Martin's First 100 Years, book, 2013; Bethesda, Maryland. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1091870/: accessed May 31, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth.

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