Martin Marietta

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Martin Marietta was a major American aerospace and defense contractor known for building rockets, spacecraft components, and other systems for U.S. military and civilian space programs.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf aerospace and defense company
corporation
areaServed United States government
international aerospace markets
businessModel government contracting
country United States
customer NASA
U.S. Department of Defense
formationMethod corporate merger
formedFrom American-Marietta Corporation
Glenn L. Martin Company
foundedBy American-Marietta Corporation
Glenn L. Martin Company
headquartersCountry United States
headquartersLocation Maryland
industry aerospace
defense
space systems
knownFor contributions to U.S. missile programs
contributions to U.S. space exploration
mergedInto Lockheed Martin
mergerPartner Lockheed Corporation
notableActivity built rockets
built spacecraft components
developed launch vehicles
developed missile systems
operatedInSector civilian space programs
military space programs
productType launch vehicles
missiles
rockets
spacecraft components
reasonForStatus merged to form Lockheed Martin
role defense systems integrator
prime contractor for U.S. space programs
status defunct
successor Lockheed Martin


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