The aircraft designers (electronic resource): a Grumman.
Grumman History Text by William C. Barto The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation was filed as a business in New York on 5 December 1929, and opened its doors for business on 2 January 1930. Leroy R. Grumman, along with his partners: Leon A. Swirbul, E. Clint Towl, William T. Schwendler, and Ed Poor are considered the founders of the company.
The prototype fighter was developed by Grumman plant design team, which led the Leroy R. Grumman. The work lasted from the beginning of 1938 until 1941. Conceived as a development version of the F4F Wildcat fighter was supposed to be a response to comments received from the pilots flying these aircraft, but the magnitude of change was so significant that it led to the creation of a new structure.
The Grumman American AA-1 series is a family of light, two-seat aircraft.The family includes the original American Aviation AA-1 Yankee Clipper and AA-1A Trainer, the Grumman American AA-1B Trainer and TR-2, plus the Gulfstream American AA-1C Lynx and T-Cat.
There are a total of ( 29 ) Northrop Grumman (Company) Chronological Aircraft List product entries in the Military Factory. Please note that some brands are listed separately in the list below. For example, 'Lockheed' and 'Lockheed Martin' are considered two separate listings in the Military Factory database.
Table of Grumman's Navy Aircraft This table gives a quick overview on all of Grumman's US Navy aircraft since 1931. For a detailed look at the Grumman Ironworks aircraft, just click on the aircraft name and you will be taken to a brief history, technical data, 3-side-view and photos.
Northrop Grumman’s other line of heritage dates to 1929 when the American aeronautical engineer Leroy R. Grumman and two partners founded Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation. The company, which began by designing floats that allowed U.S. Navy land planes to function as seaplanes, grew to become a key supplier of aircraft for the Navy for the next half century.
Northrop Grumman Corporation offers products, solution and services in shipbuilding, electronics, aerospace, information systems and technical services. Some of the products that this company manufactures include military aircraft and vessels, satellites aircraft carriers, sensors and radar systems, and missile defense systems.