Lewis and Vought was transformed and rearranged over the years, and in 1961, Chance Vought Aircraft merged with Ling-Temco, which eventually became LTV Corp. Aboulafia at the Teal Group said that Vought is well positioned to compete for more contracts like the 787, since such companies as Boeing and Airbus are increasingly outsourcing the construction of various parts of their aircraft and then ju