Editing Fairchild Camera and Instrument (section)

===Fairchild Systems===
In 1979, Fairchild Camera and Instrument (including Fairchild Semiconductor) became a subsidiary of [[Schlumberger]]. Schlumberger sold Fairchild Semiconductor to [[National Semiconductor]] in 1987; National Semiconductor was then acquired by [[Texas Instruments]] in 2011. The rest of Fairchild was renamed [[Fairchild Systems|Fairchild Weston Systems]] in 1982, which was bought by [[Loral Corporation]] in 1989. The company was then renamed as the '''Loral Fairchild Systems''' division of Loral Corp.

In 1996, [[Lockheed Martin]] completed the acquisition of Loral Corporation's defense electronics and system integration businesses, which included Fairchild, for $9.1 billion. The company became Lockheed Fairchild Systems.

In 2000, Lockheed Martin grouped Fairchild with Sanders Associates and Lockheed Martin Space Electronics & Communications under the Lockheed Martin Aerospace Electronic Systems division. BAE Systems agreed to acquire the division in July 2000 and completed its acquisition on in November.<ref name="fairchild_history">{{Cite web |url=http://www.fairchildimaging.com/our-history |title=Fairchild Imaging – History |access-date=2013-03-21 |archive-date=2017-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703005308/http://www.fairchildimaging.com/our-history |url-status=dead }}</ref>