Few conglomerates grew so rapidly as Ling-Temco-Vought, Inc. (LTV) in the late 1960s, and few have come apart so spectacularly in the 1970s. As part of the Ling empire, the company was known as LTV Electrosystems Inc. needed a new name. John W. Dixon, so Dixon after several failures, decided on E-Systems. What does the letter stand for? Says Dixon: “Any word that starts with E and is good.” That’s why we were E-Teamers.
Defying Demolition
The article goes on to delineate how good the company has fared since it was spun off from the ill-fated LTV. Time also provides several examples of the wide product spectrum E-Systems developed including:
- On Mars, the Viking Lander is supposed to make a Bicentennial touchdown July 4—soft-landed there by an E-Systems thrust-control device
- E-Systems has converted three Boeing 747s into “advanced airborne command posts.”
- Everyone’s always favorite: Air America
Of course all the article mentioned about our efforts in Garland was “The biggest chunk of its business—some $91 million last year—is in “electronic warfare” gadgetry, not all of which company officials can talk about.”t
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