Ford Aerospace

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Ford Aerospace & Communications Corp. was the aerospace and defense business of Ford Motor Company. It consisted of (at least) the Space Systems Division (later Space Systems/Loral) and the Western Development Labs (WDL) (later Loral WDL, and presently Lockheed Martin WDL).

Partial company timeline:

  • 1956 Aeronutronic becomes Ford Motor Company division.
  • 1961 Ford Motor Company acquires Philco Corporation, later named Philco-Ford Corporation.
  • 1963 Ford Motor Company folds Aeronutronic into Philco, strengthening Ford Motor Company's overall participation in space and defense markets.
  • 1975 Philco-Ford becomes Aeronutronic Ford Corporation
  • 1976 Ford Corporation becomes Ford Aerospace & Communications Corporation.
  • 1990 Ford Aerospace sold to Loral Corporation.


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