Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Aerospace |
Predecessor | Hamilton Aero Manufacturing and Standard Steel Propeller |
Founded | 1929 |
Defunct | 1999 |
Fate | Merged |
Successor | Hamilton Sundstrand |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | Frank W. Caldwell |
Hamilton Standard was an American aircraft propeller parts supplier. It was formed in 1929 when United Aircraft and Transport Corporation consolidated Hamilton Aero Manufacturing and Standard Steel Propeller into the Hamilton Standard Propeller Corporation. Other members of United Aircraft included Boeing, United Airlines, Sikorsky and Pratt & Whitney. At the time, Hamilton was the largest manufacturer of aircraft propellers in the world.