AVCO

GPTKB entity

Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:company
gptkbp:acquiredBy gptkb:Textron
gptkbp:acquisitionYear 1985
gptkbp:founded 1929
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Aviation_Corporation
gptkbp:headquartersLocation Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label AVCO
gptkbp:industry aerospace
defense
gptkbp:notableEvent Involved in early U.S. space program
Merged with Textron in 1985
Owned AVCO Embassy Records
Owned AVCO Embassy Television
Owned Embassy Pictures
Produced the reentry vehicle for the Minuteman missile
gptkbp:notableFor AVCO Broadcasting Corporation
AVCO Financial Services
AVCO Lycoming
AVCO Manufacturing Corporation
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:George_Mead
gptkb:Laurance_Rockefeller
gptkb:Robert_Lehman
gptkbp:notableProduct gptkb:Lycoming_aircraft_engines
Aerospace components
Missile systems
gptkbp:stockSymbol gptkb:AV
gptkbp:subsidiary gptkb:Lycoming_Engines
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Vultee_Aircraft
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6