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Lockheed-Georgia Co. was the Marietta, Georgia aircraft manufacturing arm of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, centered on the former Bell Bomber / Air Force Plant 6 complex beside Dobbins. The operation became one of Lockheed's major military-aircraft production centers, moving from Korean War-era refurbishment and B-47 work into the C-130 Hercules, C-141 Starlifter, and C-5 Galaxy transport programs.
1 weaponsLockheed took over the Marietta plant in 1951 after its wartime Bell B-29 production period and built the site into a large transport-aircraft manufacturing base. New Georgia Encyclopedia describes the C-130 contract as the point at which the facility became more than a branch assembly plant, and says Lockheed reorganized the Georgia division as Lockheed-Georgia Company as engineering and program responsibility grew around the C-141 Starlifter.
The company's most visible catalog connection is the C-5 Galaxy. Lockheed Martin says every production C-5 was built at Marietta, with C-5A aircraft produced from 1968 to 1975 and C-5B aircraft from 1985 to 1989. The same site later supported C-5M modernization work, while the current Lockheed Martin Marietta operation continues aircraft production, sustainment, and supply-chain work for U.S. and allied customers.
Lockheed Martin states that all production C-5s were built at the Marietta site, including 81 C-5A aircraft and 50 C-5B aircraft; the Air Force identifies the C-5M as a Lockheed Martin-designed and manufactured strategic transport aircraft.
Sources: Lockheed Martin C-5 50th Anniversary, USAF C-5 Fact Sheet
New Georgia Encyclopedia says Dan Haughton pushed to assemble the C-130 at Marietta, and Lockheed Martin describes the Marietta C-130 line as the world's longest continuously running military aircraft production line.
Sources: New Georgia Encyclopedia Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Martin Marietta 75th AnniversaryThe former Bell Bomber plant in Marietta became Lockheed's Georgia aircraft operation, initially tied to military-aircraft refurbishment and then major production work.
Sources: New Georgia Encyclopedia Lockheed Martin
As the C-141 program expanded the Marietta site's engineering and production role, Lockheed reorganized the Georgia division as Lockheed-Georgia Company.
Sources: New Georgia Encyclopedia Lockheed Martin
Lockheed-Georgia's transport-aircraft record helped it win the 1965 C-5 Galaxy contract, adding a strategic airlifter to the Marietta production portfolio.
Sources: New Georgia Encyclopedia Lockheed Martin, AMC Chronological History of the C-5 Galaxy
The first C-5A Galaxy rolled out at the Marietta facility in March 1968 before the aircraft's first flight later that year.
Sources: Lockheed Martin C-5 50th Anniversary
After Lockheed and Martin Marietta merged, the Georgia operation was renamed Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems Company.
Sources: New Georgia Encyclopedia Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Martin 1995 Annual Report
Lockheed-Georgia Co. was the historical Marietta Lockheed organization rather than a current standalone company. Current official web links point to Lockheed Martin successor pages for the Marietta site and C-5 program.
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