Fairchild Systems was a United States defense contractor which is now part of BAE Systems Electronics, Intelligence & Support.
A descendant of Fairchild Camera and Instrument, the San Francisco Chronicle described Fairchild Systems as "one of the legendary names of Silicon Valley" and that in "the late 1960s, [its] Bay Area operations were the training ground for the engineers who went on to found Intel and other top semiconductor companies.
"[1] Fairchild Weston Systems was acquired by Loral Corporation in mid-1989.
The group was renamed as the Loral Fairchild Systems divisions of Loral Corp.[2] On 22 April 1996, Lockheed Martin completed the acquisition of Loral Corporation's defense electronics and system integration businesses, which included Fairchild, for $9.1 billion.
BAE Systems agreed to acquire the division in July 2000 and completed its acquisition on 27 November.