制造間諜飞机的洛克希德飞机公司(Lockheed Aircraft)是美国最大的飞机公司之一。1961年它接受美国政府軍事定貨的数值,已跃居全国第三位,仅次于通用电力公司和北美航空公司。洛克希德飞机公司創立于1916年。1932年美国經济恐慌时期,洛克希德飞机公司的全部資产由以格罗斯(R. E. Gross)为首的一批資本家以四万美元买进。这家公司原是首創制造流綫型飞机的。換了主人以后,开始时专門制造伊勒克屈拉(Electra)式及超級伊勒克屈拉式运输机。1935年轉入軍备生产, Lockheed Aircraft, which makes spy planes, is one of the largest aircraft companies in the United States. In 1961, it accepted the value of military orders by the U.S. government and ranks third in the country after General Electric and North American Airlines. Lockheed aircraft company was founded in 1916. In 1932, during the U.S. economic panic, the entire assets of Lockheed Aircraft Company were bought by a group of capitalists headed by R. E. Gross for 40,000 U.S. dollars. The company was originally created to streamline aircraft. After the change of owner, the beginning of the manufacture of special Electra (Electra) and super-Elik Kura transport aircraft. 1935 into the armament production,