Northrop
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1939–1994 aerospace manufacturer in the United States
Key facts
- Industry
- Aerospace
- Founded
- 1939 ; 87 years ago ( 1939 )
- Founders
- Jack Northrop
- Defunct
- 1994 ( 1994 )
- Fate
- Merged with Grumman
- Successor
- Northrop Grumman
- Headquarters
- Hawthorne, California , United States of America
- Key people
- Oliver P. Echols Thomas V. Jones
- Products
- Aircraft
- Subsidiaries
- Radioplane Company
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- inception
- 1939-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1994-01-01
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Northrop Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer from its formation in 1939 until its 1994 merger with Grumman to form Northrop Grumman. The company is known for its development of the flying wing design, most successfully the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber.
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