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Lockheed Martin (Audio) · Acquired May 30, 2023 · 13 mentions

• ▶ 0:15 Ben Gilbert Hornet, the Boeing plane, and by the time the movie gets released, it's basically discontinued.
• ▶ 6:22 David Rosenthal Douglas, of course, is now part of Boeing.
• ▶ 1:27:29 Ben Gilbert Yeah, starting way back in World War II, but I think continuing after that, in the Burbank facilities at Lockheed, I know Boeing in the Seattle area and other places too, built basically these burlap cities on top of factories that looked…
• ▶ 2:18:18 David Rosenthal They're trying to compete with Boeing and with McDonnell Douglas here.
• ▶ 2:34:46 Ben Gilbert And Boeing today, which is not Boeing, but Boeing and McDonnell Douglas, and this incredible era of consolidation.
• ▶ 2:39:47 Ben Gilbert There's the five big primes, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, and General Dynamics.
• ▶ 2:41:23 David Rosenthal So the DOJ blocks that, but also in 1997, Boeing merges with McDonnell Douglas and becomes the giant that it is now.
• ▶ 2:41:55 Ben Gilbert There's Lockheed Martin, right after their combination, there's Boeing, and there's still independent McDonnell Douglas.
• ▶ 2:42:03 Ben Gilbert And McDonnell Douglas is eliminated from competition, so it just comes down to Boeing and Lockheed as the two finalists.
• ▶ 2:42:11 Ben Gilbert Within a month, Boeing announces that it's buying McDonnell Douglas.
• ▶ 2:42:20 Ben Gilbert This contract is so big, and they were betting so heavily on it, that basically Boeing and McDonnell Douglas, after McDonnell Douglas loses, kind of need to just combine and size up in order to be a formidable competitor to Lockheed Martin…
• ▶ 2:46:42 Ben Gilbert For the B-II, Boeing makes the wings, Northrop makes the cockpit, LTV makes the bomb bays, and the back end of the B-II airplane, in addition to 4000 subcontractors working on bits and pieces of everything else.
• ▶ 3:01:05 Ben Gilbert Lockheed, then Boeing, then General Dynamics, then Raytheon, then Northrop, then McKesson.