Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory (now Calspan Corporation) was originally founded in 1943 as part of the Research Laboratory of the Curtiss-Wright Airplane Division at Buffalo, N.Y. The Curtiss-Wright Corporation was once a leading aircraft manufacturer of the United States, but has since become a component manufacturer, specializing in actuators, controls, valves, and metal treatment. ...
It operated as the Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory from 1946 until 1972 when Cornell University sold public stock in the lab and set it up as the Calspan Corporation. For other uses of the name Cornell, see Cornell (disambiguation). ...
Calspan Corporation was the first in a series of corporate owners that have included Arvin Industries, Space Industries International, Veridian Corporation and General Dynamics. General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) is a defense conglomerate formed by mergers and divestitures. ...
In 2005, Calspan Corporation returned to independent local ownership when a local management group purchased the Aeronautics and Transportation Testing Groups of the Western New York operation from General Dynamics.
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Conceived in 1940, the company was originally founded in 1943 as part of the Research Laboratory of the Curtiss-Wright Airplane Division at Buffalo, N.Y. It operated as the CornellAeronauticalLaboratory from 1946 until 1972 when Cornell University sold public stock in the lab and set it up as the Calspan Corporation.
Laboratory is incorporated as CornellAeronauticalLaboratory, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cornell University, and the Treasury Department rules the corporation to be exempt from federal income tax, thus establishing "non-profit" status that continues until 1972
CornellAeronauticalLaboratory changes its name to Calspan Corporation and terminates its exemption from federal income tax.
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