launch from a u.s. navy aircraft carrier . vought is the name of several related aerospace firms . these have included in the past lewis and vought corporation chance vought vought sikorsky ltv aerospace part of ling temco vought vought aircraft companies and the current vought aircraft industries . the first incarnation of vought was established by chance m. vought and birdseye lewis in 1917 . in 1928 it was acquired by united aircraft and transport corporation which a few years later became united aircraft corporation ; this was the first of many reorganizations and buyouts . during the 1920s and 1930s vought aircraft and chance vought specialized in carrier based aircraft for the united states navy by far its biggest customer . chance vought produced thousands of planes during world war ii including the f4u corsair . vought became independent again in 1954 and was purchased by ling temco vought in 1961 . the company designed and produced a variety of planes and missiles throughout the cold war . vought was sold from ltv and owned in various degrees by the carlyle group and northrop grumman in the early 1990s . it was then fully bought by carlyle renamed vought aircraft industries and continues aerospace work today with headquarters in dallas texas . contents 1 history 1.1 chance vought years 1917 1928 1.2 1930s 1960 1.3 ltv acquisition 1960 1990 1.4 1990s to today 2 products 2.1 aircraft 2.2 unmanned aerial vehicles 2.3 missiles 2.4 rockets 2.5 workshare projects 3 references 4 external links history edit chance vought years 1917 1928 edit the lewis and vought corporation was founded in 1917 and was soon succeeded by the chance vought corporation in 1922 when birdseye lewis retired . a former chief engineer of the wright company chance m. vought founded the company to take advantage of the growing field of military and civilian aviation after world war i. operations began in astoria new york and in 1919 were moved to long island city new york . vought died from septicemia in 1930 but in that short time period succeeded in producing a variety of fighters trainers flying boats and surveillance aircraft for the united states navy and the united states army air service . vought made history in 1922 when their vought ve 7 trainer made the first takeoff from the deck of the uss langley the first american aircraft carrier . following this success came the ve 11 naval fighter and the vought o2u corsair the first of the corsair aircraft . in 1928 the company was acquired by united aircraft and transport corporation but stayed its own separate division among the likes of pratt & whitney and boeing . 1930s 1960 edit despite the great depression vought continued to design and manufacture aircraft at a growing pace . soon after chance vought s death in 1930 the company moved its operations to east hartford connecticut . under the air mail act of 1934 united aircraft and transportation corp. was forced by law to divide its businesses resulting in boeing aircraft united airlines and the united aircraft corp of which vought was a part . in 1939 united aircraft moved vought to stratford connecticut where their sikorsky division was located and renamed the merged divisions vought sikorsky aircraft . a formation of british corsairs in 1944 . chief engineer rex beisel began in 1938 to develop the xf4u recognized by its distinctive inverted gull wings . after its first flight in 1940 thousands of f4u corsairs were produced for the navy and marines in world war ii . by the end of its production in 1952 vought goodyear and brewster had all produced the corsair fighters . vought was reestablished as a separate division in united aircraft in 1942 . in postwar 1949 vought moved operations to dallas texas where the former north american aviation b plant was located . initiated by the navy who feared having their two main aircraft manufacturers located on the east coast posed an unnecessary risk vought moved 27 million pounds of equipment and 1300 employees in 14 months a record breaking industrial move at the time . in 1954 the company fully separated from united aircraft and became the independent chance vought aircraft inc. vought began manufacture of its f 8 crusader for the us navy in 1957 one of the first navy fighters capable of supersonic flight and the navy s last all gun fighter . the same basic design was later heavily revised and shortened to produce vought s a 7 corsair ii a carrier borne close air support and attack plane in 1965 an aircraft which would become heavily engaged in a variety of close support and strike missions during the vietnam war beginning in 1967 . the a 7 has also participated in the us invasion of grenada in 1983 ; a punitive raid on syrian missile sites in 1983 ; reprisal raids against libya during operation el dorado canyon in 1986 ; strikes against iranian coastal platforms and naval forces during operation praying mantis in 1988 ; support of the 1989 invasion of panama ; and throughout operations during desert storm in 1991 . the a 7a a 7b a 7c and a 7e served with the us navy while the a 7d was purchased by the us air force and air national guard . two seat models known as the ta 7c e served with the us navy while the us air force purchased the ta 7k . the a 7 served in limited numbers with three foreign air forces including greece a 7h ta 7h portugal a 7p ta 7p and thailand ex usn a 7e ta 7e . ltv acquisition 1960 1990 edit launch of vought s asat in 1983 . further information ling temco vought vought was bought by james ling in 1962 forming the new conglomerate ling temco vought ltv . yet despite the buyout vought aeronautics and vought missiles and space continued to develop and produce for the air force and navy under the umbrella of ltv aerospace . by the early 1980s ltv was struggling and vought suffered heavy layoffs . the first of two decades of reorganizations began in 1972 with the creation of vought systems by the merging of the vought missiles and space and aeronautics divisions . all of ltv aerospace was renamed the vought corporation in 1976 but by 1983 the vought company was again split along aeronautic and missile lines under ltv aerospace and defense . 1992 proved the end of vought s relationship with ltv . in mid year the aircraft division was purchased by northrop and the carlyle group each owning roughly 50 % of the company . additionally the entire missile division was sold to the loral corporation and is currently a part of lockheed martin missiles and fire control . 1990s to today edit northrop grumman the successor to northrop and grumman bought out the carlyle group s share of vought for 130 million in 1994 . the carlyle group then purchased the entire company from northrop grumman in 2000 establishing vought aircraft industries inc. the current incarnation . it is now primarily an aerostructures subcontractor . vought is heavily involved in the boeing 747 boeing 787 aircraft as well as supplying parts for the f 22 raptor and f 35 lightning ii and the v 22 osprey . in july 2003 the aerostructures corp. owned by the carlyle group and based in nashville tennessee merged with vought . 1 vought s nashville site supplies wing components for airbus a319 a320 a330 and a340 . boeing announced in july 2009 that it had agreed to acquire the north charleston south carolina facility of vought aircraft industries where vought builds sections 47 and 48 of the aft fuselage for boeing s 787 dreamliner . boeing agreed to pay 580 million for the facility . 2 in june 2010 the carlyle group sold vought to the triumph group an aerospace component manufacturer . 3 the vought acquisitions now operate as triumph aerostructures vought aircraft division . 4 products edit aircraft edit consolidated tby sea wolf 1941 ; vought designed ; production was by consolidated as the tby . vought a 7 corsair ii 1965 vought ya 7f ltv xc 142 1964 vought fu 1927 vought xf2u 1929 vought xf3u 1933 vought f4u corsair 1940 vought xf5u flying flapjack 1947 vought f6u pirate 1946 vought f7u cutlass 1948 vought f 8 crusader 1955 formerly f8u crusader . vought xf8u 3 crusader iii 1958 ltv l450f prototype quiet spyplane 1970 vought o2u corsair 1926 vought o4u corsair vought o5u 1935 vought os2u kingfisher 1938 vought xso2u 1939 vought xs2u vought sbu corsair vought sb2u vindicator 1936 vought xsb3u 1936 vought v 141 1936 vought v 173 1942 vought ve 7 1917 vought model 1600 1970s unmanned aerial vehicles edit ltv xqm 93 missiles edit m270 multiple launch rocket system 1983 asm 135 asat 1984 mgm 52 lance 1972 ssm n 8 regulus 1951 ssm n 9 regulus ii 1956 vought hvm 1980s rockets edit scout rocket family rm 89 blue scout i rm 90 blue scout ii scout x scout x 1 scout x 1a scout x 2 scout x 2b scout x 2m workshare projects edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message airbus a320 family upper wing panel assemblies airbus a330 and a340 200 300 mid and outer leading edge assemblies mid rear spars center spar assembly flaps fairings and upper panel assemblies airbus a340 500 600 mid and outer leading edge assemblies mid rear spars center spar assembly upper panels and stringers boeing c 17 globemaster iii ailerons elevators and rudders bell boeing v 22 osprey empennage ramp ramp door boeing 747 fuselage panels tail section boeing 767 center wingbox horizontal stabilizer boeing 777 spoilers flaps boeing 787 fuselage barrels sections 47 and 48 rockwell b 1b lancer aft fuselage and aft intermediate fuselage 5 lockheed c 5m super galaxy flight control surfaces lockheed c 130 hercules empennage lockheed martin f 22 raptor stabilator northrop grumman b 2 spirit sikorsky uh 60 blackhawk sikorsky sh 60 seahawk references edit vought nashville site joseph weber . boeing buys a vought aircraft plant . businessweek.com . retrieved 10 august 2015 . triumph group news release . retrieved 10 august 2015 . history triumph aerostructures vought aircraft division . retrieved 3 january 2011 . dr carlo kopp afaiaa smieee peng . the long range penetrator parts i iii . retrieved 10 august 2015 . cs1 maint multiple names authors list link external links edit official vought site vought aircraft industries website s heritage section with history photos and original line drawings of vought aircraft us centennial of flight commission ltv chance vought archive from mcdermott library at the university of texas at dallas wikimedia commons has media related to vought . v t e aircraft produced by vought ltv aerospace fighters ve 7 ve 8 ve 9 v 141 v 143 fu xf2u xf3u f4u xf5u f6u f7u f8u f 8 xf8u 3 model 1600 scout attack o2u o3u o4u o5u os2u xso2u su sbu sb2u xsb3u tbu au a2u a 7 ya 7f experimental unbuilt xc 142 v 173 xs2u xwu names corsair o2u sbu f4u au a 7 ii others crusader i ii crusader iii cutlass kingfisher pirate sea wolf vindicator retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title vought & oldid 743350790 categories voughtvought aircraftaircraft manufacturers of the united statesdefense companies of the united statesmanufacturing companies based in south carolinamanufacturing companies based in tennesseemanufacturing companies established in 19171917 establishments in new yorkprivate equity portfolio companiescarlyle group companiesamerican companies established in 1917technology companies established in 1917hidden categories cs1 maint multiple names authors listarticles needing additional references from november 2010all articles needing additional referencescommons