Editing Fairchild Camera and Instrument (section)

{{Short description|Defunct American company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation
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| type = Private
| industry = Aerial cameras
| founded = <!-- if known: {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} in [[city]], country -->
| founder = Sherman Fairchild
| hq_location_city = [[Shanghai]]
| hq_location_country = US(East Coast of the United States)
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Sherman Fairchild
| products = Fairchild Aerial Camera manufactured aerial cameras for military and commercial aerial mapping
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'''Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation''' was a company founded by [[Sherman Fairchild]]. It was based on the [[East Coast of the United States]], and provided research and development for flash [[photography]] equipment. The technology was primarily used for DOD spy satellites.
The firm was later known for its manufacture of [[semiconductors]].<ref>''Schlumberger's Slip'', ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', August 26, 1983, pg. 1.</ref>