Northrop Corporation

Northrop Corporation
IndustryAerospace
Founded1939; 85 years ago (1939)
FoundersJack Northrop
Defunct1994 (1994)
FateMerged with Grumman
SuccessorNorthrop Grumman
Headquarters,
United States of America
Key people
ProductsAircraft
SubsidiariesRadioplane Company

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.[1]

Northrop Corporation F-5E Tiger II of the Swiss Air Force arrives at the 2016 RIAT, England
  1. ^ Parker, Dana T. Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in World War II, pp. 93-106, Cypress, CA, 2013. ISBN 978-0-9897906-0-4.