The Lockheed P-3 Orion first flew in 1959 ... Developed from the commercial L-188 Electra, the P-3 is distinguished by its tail stinger, or MAD boom, used for the magnetic anomaly detection ...

The Lockheed P-3 Orion was developed for the U.S. Navy for maritime patrol, reconnaissance, and anti-submarine warfare. The Orion is based on the Electra passenger transport of the same company ...

Trace the history of Lockheed, from the L-10 Electra to the L-1049 Super Constellation and the TriStar, highlighting key ...

Such a trip, if it were to happen within the next decade and a half or so, would almost certainly utilize NASA’s Lockheed-built Orion passenger spacecraft which is expected to make a trip around ...

Lockheed Martin's 2014 annual report cover featured the Orion space capsule. A decade on, it's the biggest driver of cost growth at NASA, and yet to carry astronauts. A new GAO report says Orion's ...

It was designed as a smaller version of Lockheed's 10-A, sitting just over 36 feet long with a wingspan of 49.5 feet, earning itself the "Electra Junior" nickname. Lockheed devised the Electra ...

"I SAW AIRPLANES LIKE THIS ONE COMING AND GOING many times in my high school years,” says Bill Taylor, nodding at the Lockheed Electra in a hangar at the New England Air Museum, outside Hartford ...

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA (NASA) – Technicians with NASA and Lockheed Martin fitted three spacecraft adapter jettison fairing panels onto the service module of the agency’s Orion’s spacecraft. The ...