McDonnell Douglas

McDonnell Douglas was until the merger with Boeing in 1997, one of the world 's largest manufacturer of civil and military aircraft, headquartered in Long Beach, California.

History

McDonnell Douglas was in 1967 from a merger of the two companies

The merger was ' brought by Douglas sides due to money problems, while the focused at this time on military products company McDonnell hoped the merger to expand its commercial civilian businesses. The new company continued the production of military aircraft, missiles and civilian aircraft. In 1974, the F-15 Eagle and F/A-18 Hornet in 1975. Rocket models were AGM -84 Harpoon cruise missile BGM -109 Tomahawk and Delta launch vehicles. The first joint civilian aircraft was the three-engine widebody DC - 10th

The oil crisis of the 1970s hit the entire aviation industry. McDonnell Douglas also suffered and tried to mitigate the consequences through diversification. In 1984, McDonnell Douglas Hughes Helicopters which the company operates as a subcontractor on the MD Helicopters today.

After the rival Boeing in 1996, the business military and space technology bought to 1967 independent North American Aviation Rockwell International, McDonnell Douglas and Boeing merged in 1997. Under the name McDonnell Douglas and the type classification system used previously MD and DC no more aircraft have been built since the merger with Boeing.

The commercial aircraft production at Long Beach was set on 23 May 2006 with the delivery of the last two Boeing 717.

Civilian aircraft

  • DC-10
  • MD -11 ( development of the DC-10 )
  • MD-80/MD-90 family ( MD-81/82/83/87/88/90, further developments of the DC-9 )
  • MD -95 ( DC-9 further developments of the renamed Boeing 717-200 )
  • Douglas in 2229 ( project was never realized)

Military Aircraft

  • McDonnell Douglas F -4 Phantom II
  • C-17 Globemaster III
  • F- 15 Eagle, Strike Eagle
  • F/A-18 Hornet, Super Hornet
  • KC -10 Extender

Helicopter

  • AH- 64 Apache
  • MD 500
  • MD 600N
  • MD 901/902/902 Explorer
Types of business entity Tomahawk (missile) Delta (rocket family) Hughes Aircraft Company Douglas 2229 MD Helicopters MD 600 Douglas DC-5 McDonnell Douglas MD-12 Integrated Authority File
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