found:Wikipedia, Mar. 21, 2017:Ling-Temco-Vought (Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) was a large US conglomerate which existed from 1961 to 2000. At its peak, its component parts were involved in the aerospace industry, electronics, steel manufacturing, sporting goods, the airline industry, meat packing, car rentals and pharmaceuticals, among other businesses. It began in 1947 as Ling Electric Company, later named Ling-Temco-Vought, followed by LTV Corporation and eventually LTV Steel to its end in the early 2000s; In 1964 Ling turned Ling-Temco-Vought into a holding company and established three public companies as subsidiaries, LTV Aerospace, LTV Ling Altec, and LTV Electrosystems. LTV Aerospace received assets for Vought and a large part of Temco Aircraft; In July 1986, LTV Corporation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company went into a series of divestitures, most notably the entire LTV Aerospace division; the aerospace component retained the legacy Vought name as the independent Vought Corporation, while the missile component later became part of Loral Corporation and later became the Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control division) LTV XC-142 (The Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) XC-142 was a tri-service tiltwing experimental aircraft) LTV A-7 Corsair II (The LTV A-7 Corsair II was an American carrier-capable subsonic light attack aircraft designed by Ling-Temco-Vought to replace the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk)
found:GlobalSecurity.org website, Mar. 21, 2017(XC-142; the LTV-Hiller-Ryan XC-142A, a large four-engine, four-propeller transport; built by an industrial team of LTV, Ryan and Hiller)
found:LTV Aerospace plans to use Vought name, in New York times, Dec. 27, 1975, viewed online Mar. 21, 2017(The LTV Aerospace Corporation will change its name to the Vought Corporation, effective Jan. 1 ... "In addition to going back to our traditional name, we are now properly identifying ourselves beyond the limits implied by 'aerospace,'" said Sol Love, president and chief executive officer. The company traces its history to 1917 and its founding as the Lewis & Vought Corporation by the late aviation pioneer, Chance Milton Vought. The LTV Aerospace name came into being in 1965. The company remains a subsidiary of the LTV Corporation)
found:The handbook of Texas online, Mar. 21, 2017:LTV Corporation (LTV Corporation, with headquarters originally in Dallas, began as an electric company, moved into the defense and aerospace business, and became the nation's third-largest steel manufacturer; company grew out of a series of mergers and acquisitions conducted by Oklahoma native James L. Ling; After merging in 1960 with Temco Aircraft, a military aircraft and missile manufacturer, and acquiring defense contractor Chance Vought in 1961 with the help of loans from insurance businessman Troy Post, Ling's new firm came to be known as Ling-Temco-Vought; In 1964, while maintaining a majority interest, Ling started a holding company that established three public companies, LTV Aerospace, LTV Ling Altec, and LTV Electrosystems (later E-Systems), from his existing operations)
