Northrop Corporation

Northrop Corporation
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	1939
Founders	Jack Northrop
Defunct	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

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]

^ 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.

[Parker93-1] 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.

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