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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- business
- Country
- United States
- Founded by
- Jack Northrop
- Headquarters
- Hawthorne
- Owned by
- Northrop Grumman Corporation
- Parent organization
- Northrop Grumman Corporation
- Industry
- weapons industry
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- inception
- 1939-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1994-01-01
- replaced by
- Northrop Grumman Corporation
- Commons category
- Northrop
- topic's main category
- Category:Northrop aircraft
- product or material produced
- airplane
- military designation
- T
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Northrop Corporation F-5E Tiger II of the Swiss Air Force arrives at the 2016 RIAT, England
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