North American Aviation

North American Aviation

Industry	Aerospace
Founded	1928; 96 years ago (1928)
Founders	Clement Melville Keys
Defunct	March 1967 (March 1967)
Fate	Merger
Successor	North American Rockwell
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California , United States of America
Key people	John Leland Atwood James H. Kindelberger Harold Raynor Harrison Storms
Parent	General Motors (1933–1948)
Divisions	Atomics International Autonetics

North American Aviation (NAA) was a major American aerospace manufacturer that designed and built several notable aircraft and spacecraft. Its products included the T-6 Texan trainer, the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, the XB-70 bomber, the B-1 Lancer, the Apollo command and service module, the second stage of the Saturn V rocket, and the Space Shuttle orbiter.

Through a series of mergers and sales, North American Aviation became part of North American Rockwell, which later became Rockwell International, and is now part of Boeing.