Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® (NYSE: LMT) and Electra.aero Inc. (“Electra”) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore opportunities for Electra’s EL9 ultra-short takeoff and landing (Ultra-STOL) ...

On July 29, 1937, the Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra made its first flight. This versatile aircraft became a global airliner and the basis for the WWII-era Hudson bomber, famously flown by Howard ...

Electra says the design allows the aircraft to take-off at only 35kt (65km/h) and in a distance of just 46m (150ft); range is a claimed 1,100nm (2,037km). Service entry is targeted before 2030.

On the morning of December 6, 1957, the prototype L-188 Electra, construction number 1001, N-number N1881, took off from Lockheed Air Terminal (today Hollywood-Burbank Airport) in Burbank, California.

Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works is collaborating with Electra to develop the EL9, a hybrid-electric aircraft with ultra-short takeoff and landing (Ultra-STOL) capabilities. The EL9 utilizes blown ...

Before a House subcommittee investigating the Lockheed Electra crash in Boston that took 62 lives, Braniff Airways Captain Trooper A. Shaw gave the ill-fated Electra a supreme accolade: "The ...

PARIS, June 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (LMT) Skunk Works ® (NYSE: LMT) and Electra.aero, Inc. ("Electra") signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore opportunities for Electra's ...

Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) and Electra.aero have signed a MoU to explore opportunities for Electra's EL9 ultra-short takeoff and landing aircraft. Electra's EL9 will transform military aviation ...

Lockheed Martin, a global defense technology company, will collaborate with Electra to explore ways to accelerate the development of the EL9 in areas including digital engineering, manufacturing ...