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  1. Mar 8, 2021 · The Development Finance Authority of Summit County, which has owned the local landmark since 2006, authorized selling the airdock to defense contractor Lockheed Martin for an undisclosed sum at its monthly board meeting.

    • Jim Mackinnon
    • Jim Mackinnon, Business Reporter
  2. Mar 7, 2021 · The Akron Airdock is being sold to Lockheed Martin, which will lease the cavernous building to Lighter Than Air Research of California. Pending Environmental Protection Agency approval, the airdock will be LTA’s headquarters for manufacturing and flight operations.

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  4. The Loral Corporation (and its holdings, including the Goodyear Airdock) was purchased by Lockheed Martin in 1996. As of 2021 California company LTA Research and Exploration, together with the University of Akron, plans to use the airdock to develop electric-powered airships.

  5. May 5, 2022 · By next year, LTA should have as many as 200 people working at the former Lockheed Martin, and before that Goodyear Aerospace, campus next to Akron Fulton International Airport. The iconic airdock, completed in 1929, is being transformed into a state-of-the-art facility, Weston and others said.

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    • Jim Mackinnon, Business Reporter
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  6. Mar 5, 2021 · The City of Akron announced Friday that LTA Research entered into an agreement with the Development Finance Authority of Summit County and will be subleasing space at the Akron Airdock...

    • Camryn Justice
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  7. Lockheed Martin acquired the Airdock, a former Goodyear Zeppelin facility, in 1997. Built in 1929, the airship hangar was designed to construct and store lighter-than-air ships, including the famous Goodyear Blimp. Additionally, the Airdock is so large it could fit seven football fields inside.

  8. The Goodyear Airdock was built for the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation in 1929 to house the construction of two giant rigid airships: the Akron (ZRS4) and the Macon (ZRS5) dirigibles, under contract with the United States Navy.

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