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Northrop Corporation

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Northrop Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer that existed from its formation in 1939 until its 1994 merger with Grumman created Northrop Grumman. It was known for developing the flying wing design, most successfully the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. Jack Northrop had founded three companies under his name; the 1939 corporation was set up in Hawthorne, California, a site located by co-founder Moye Stephens. It developed and built the P-61 Black Widow night fighter, the B-35 and YB-49 experimental flying wing bombers, the F-89 Scorpion interceptor, the SM-62 Snark cruise missile and the F-5 Freedom Fighter, whose derivative was the T-38 Talon trainer. Its YF-17 Cobra lost the lightweight fighter competition but was modified with McDonnell Douglas into the F/A-18 Hornet, and Northrop also pursued the F-20 Tigershark, which found little market interest.

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Founded Year
1939 1
Significance
Pioneered the flying wing concept, which culminated in the B-2 stealth bomber 1
Status
Merged 1
Northrop Corporation
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Source Northrop A-17 (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop Alpha (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop AQM-35 (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop AQM-38 (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia: Northrop B-2 Spirit
Source Northrop Beta (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop BQM-74 Chukar (Wikipedia)
Northrop BT, Vehicles
Source Northrop BT (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop C-19 Alpha (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop Delta (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop F-15 Reporter (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop F-20 Tigershark (Wikipedia)
Northrop F-5, Vehicles
Source Northrop F-5 (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop F-89 Scorpion (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop Gamma (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop HL-10 (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop JB-1 Bat (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia: Northrop M2-F2
Source Northrop M2-F3 (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop MX-324 (Wikipedia, German)
Northrop N-1, Vehicles
Source Northrop N-1 (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop N-102 Fang (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop N-1M (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop N-204 (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop N-3PB Nomad (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia: Northrop N-9M
Source Northrop P-61 Black Widow (Wikipedia)
Source SM-62 Snark (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop T-38 Talon (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop Tacit Blue (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop X-21 (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop X-4 Bantam (Wikipedia)
Northrop XFT, Vehicles
Source Northrop XFT (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop XP-79 (source article)
Source Northrop YA-13 (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop YA-9 (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop YB-35 (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop YB-49 (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop YC-125 Raider (Wikipedia)
Source Northrop YF-17 (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia: Northrop YF-23
Source Polar Star (airplane) (Wikipedia)
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was an American aircraft manufacturer
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1. Northrop Grumman: Our Heritage
  • Northrop Aircraft Incorporated entry
    Founded in 1939.
  • Northrop Aircraft Incorporated entry, flying wing
    pioneered the Flying Wing concept, which culminated in the B-2 stealth bomber.
  • Grumman Corporation entry, 1994 merger
    Merged with Northrop in 1994.
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Northrop Corporation (source article)
Northrop XP-79 (source article)
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a rocket and jet-powered flying wing fighter aircraft, designed by Northrop
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Wikipedia: Northrop B-2 Spirit
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Northrop Corporation Northrop Grumman
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Northrop HL-10 (Wikipedia)
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Northrop
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Wikipedia: Northrop YF-23
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Northrop/McDonnell Douglas
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Northrop X-4 Bantam (Wikipedia)
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Northrop Corporation
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Northrop N-1M (Wikipedia)
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development of the flying wing concept by Northrop Aircraft during the 1940s
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Northrop Alpha (Wikipedia)
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Design work was done at the Avion Corporation, which in 1929, became the Northrop Aircraft Corporation based in Burbank, California.
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Northrop Beta (Wikipedia)
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The Northrop Beta was an American single-engine
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Northrop Gamma (Wikipedia)
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The U.S. military found the design sufficiently interesting to encourage Northrop to develop it into what eventually became the Northrop A-17 light attack aircraft.
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Northrop Delta (Wikipedia)
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13 were produced by the Northrop Corporation
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Northrop BT (Wikipedia)
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built by the Northrop Corporation for the United States Navy
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Northrop A-17 (Wikipedia)
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built in 1935 by the Northrop Corporation for the United States Army Air Corps
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Northrop XFT (Wikipedia)
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placed an order with Northrop on May 8, 1933 for a single prototype fighter
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Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet (Wikipedia)
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The U.S. Army ordered Northrop to begin design work on 22 June 1940
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Northrop N-102 Fang (Wikipedia)
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a fighter aircraft design created by Northrop Corporation
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Northrop X-21 (Wikipedia)
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The Northrop X-21A was an experimental aircraft
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Northrop M2-F3 (Wikipedia)
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the original manufacturer, Northrop, did the repair work
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Northrop Tacit Blue (Wikipedia)
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Northrop had manufactured additional major components for the jet
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Northrop YC-125 Raider (Wikipedia)
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built by Northrop Corporation, Hawthorne, California
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Northrop N-3PB Nomad (Wikipedia)
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Northrop developed the N-3PB as an export model based on the earlier Northrop A-17 design.
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Northrop YF-17 (Wikipedia)
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is a prototype lightweight fighter aircraft designed by Northrop aviation
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Northrop YA-9 (Wikipedia)
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Northrop and Fairchild Republic selected on 18 December 1970 to build prototypes: the YA-9A and YA-10A
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Northrop F-15 Reporter (Wikipedia)
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taken back to the Northrop modification shop where it was converted into an unarmed photographic reconnaissance aircraft
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Northrop P-61 Black Widow (Wikipedia)
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The Northrop P-61 Black Widow is a twin-engined United States Army Air Forces fighter aircraft of World War II.
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Northrop YB-35 (Wikipedia)
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Concurrently, the AAF ordered Northrop to convert two of the YB-35 airframes to YB-49s
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Northrop YB-49 (Wikipedia)
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developed by Northrop Corporation shortly after World War II for service with the United States Air Force
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Northrop F-89 Scorpion (Wikipedia)
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designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Northrop Corporation
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Northrop F-5 (Wikipedia)
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initially designed as a privately funded project in the late 1950s by Northrop Corporation
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Northrop T-38 Talon (Wikipedia)
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designed and produced by the American aircraft manufacturer Northrop Corporation
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Northrop F-20 Tigershark (Wikipedia)
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is a prototype light fighter, designed and built by Northrop
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Wikipedia: Northrop N-9M
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was the third in a lineage of all-wing Northrop aircraft designs
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Wikipedia: Northrop M2-F2
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built by the Northrop Corporation in 1966
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Northrop AQM-35 (Wikipedia)
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The AQM-35 was a supersonic target drone produced by the Northrop Corporation.
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Northrop AQM-38 (Wikipedia)
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developed during the 1950s by the Radioplane Division of the Northrop Corporation
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Northrop BQM-74 Chukar (Wikipedia)
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The BQM-74 Chukar is a series of aerial target drones produced by Northrop.
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Northrop YA-13 (Wikipedia)
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The Northrop YA-13 was an attack version of the Northrop Gamma type aircraft.
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Northrop C-19 Alpha (Wikipedia)
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The Northrop C-19 Alpha was a series of three aircraft purchased from Northrop by the US Army Air Corps in 1931.
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Northrop N-204 (Wikipedia)
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In fall 1957, Northrop submitted a proposal to the United States Air Force for a subsonic high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft
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Northrop N-1 (Wikipedia)
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Northrop continued work on the bomber after he formed his own company, Northrop Corporation, in 1939.
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SM-62 Snark (Wikipedia)
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The Northrop SM-62 Snark was an early intercontinental range ground-launched cruise missile that could carry a W39 thermonuclear warhead.
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Northrop JB-1 Bat (Wikipedia)
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Northrop was formally contracted for a jet bomb version, the MX-543, on 1 July 1944
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Northrop MX-324 (Wikipedia, German)
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Die Northrop MX-324 war ein Experimentalflugzeug des US-amerikanischen Herstellers Northrop Aircraft Inc. aus der ersten Hälfte der 1940er Jahre.
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Polar Star (airplane) (Wikipedia)
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Polar Star was an all-metal Northrop Gamma
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