Northrop Corporation - Northrop Corporation The Northrop Corporation was a leading aircraft manufacturer of the United States. In 1994 it merged with Grumman to form Northrop Grumman. Jack Northrop actually founded three companies using his name. The first was the Avion Corporation in 1927, which was absorbed in 1929 by the United Aircraft and Transport Corporation as a subsidiary named "Northrop Aviation Corporation". The parent company moved its operations to Kansas in 1931, and so Jack, along with Donald Douglas (of Douglas Aircraft Company fame), established a "Northrop Corporation" located in El Segundo, California, which produced several successful designs, including the Northrop Gamma and Northrop Delta. However, labor difficulties led to the dissolution of the corporation by Douglas in 1937, and the plant became the El Segundo Division of.
Northrop Grumman Corporation - Northrop Grumman Corporation The Northrop Grumman Corporation is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of a 1994 merger between the Northrop Corporation and the Grumman Aerospace Corporation. Major components were added later with the acquisition of Logicon, Litton (Ingalls, Avondale), Newport News, and TRW (sans LucasVarity.) As of 2002, it had 120,000 employees working at hundreds of sites in the US and abroad, and an annual revenue of US$17.2 billion. Born of the shrinking need for defense spending in the wake of the Cold War, Northrop Grumman has a variety of seemingly-unrelated divisions. Divisions as of 2003: Electronic Systems Information Technology Mission Systems Newport News (Newport News Shipbuilding) Ship Systems (Ingalls Shipbuilding) Space Technology.
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation - Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, later Grumman Aerospace Corporation, was a leading producer of military and civilian aircraft of the 20th century. Founded in 1929 by Leroy Grumman, its independent existence ended in a 1994 merger with the Northrop Corporation to form Northrop Grumman. History Leroy Grumman and others worked for the Loening Aircraft Engineering Corporation in the 1920s, but when it was bought by Keystone Aircraft and the operations moved from New York City to Pennsylvania, Grumman and his partners (Ed Poor, William Schwendler, Jake Swirbul, and Clint Towl) started their own company in a garage in the town of Baldwin on Long Island. The company filed as a business on 5 December 1929, and opened its doors 2 January 1930. Their first product.
U.S. false claims law (in depth) - the government's name. The claim is filed in camera and under seal in the U.S. District Court with jurisdiction over the claim. Copies of the complaint and a written disclosure of all material evidence and information should be served on the local U.S. Attorney and in Washington, D.C. with the U.S. Attorney General. Government Intervention and Involvement The government has chosen to intervene in 22 percent of the cases it has reviewed. The Government has 60 days from the time the sealed complaint is filed to decide whether or not to intervene. However, the Government may obtain an extension for "good cause shown." In almost all cases the government will ask for an additional 60 days to investigate the complaint. In that 120 day period, Justice Department, FBI, Office of Inspector.
F-19 - Hornet, the next announced aircraft was the F-20 Tigershark. There have been several theories put forth to explain the omission. The most prevalent theory in the 1980s was that it was the designation of the stealth fighter whose development was an open secret in the aerospace community. In 1986, the Testor Corporation released a model aircraft kit, calling it the "F-19 Stealth Fighter", and in the same year, the Tom Clancy novel Red Storm Rising mentioned an "F-19 Ghostrider". When the actual aircraft was publicly revealed in 1988, it was called the F-117 Nighthawk (an odd designation, although Joe Baugher asserts that the first manuals had the meaningless number "F-117" on the cover, and the designation stuck, despite the apparent connection to the old series of fighter numbers). There seems not.
E-8 Joint STARS - air-to-ground operations, the E-8C can provide real time information needed to increase ground situation awareness with intelligence support, attack support and targeting operations including attack aviation, naval surface fire, field artillery and friendly maneuver forces. It also provides information for air and land commanders to gain and maintain control of the battle-space and execute against enemy forces. As a battle management and command and control asset, the E-8C can support the full spectrum of roles and missions from peacekeeping operations to major theater war. Joint STARS evolved from US Army and US Air Force programs to develop, detect, locate and attack enemy armor at ranges beyond the forward area of troops. In 1982, the programs were merged and the US Air Force became the lead agent. The prime contract was awarded.
EA-6 Prowler - within a combat area. US Navy EA-6B Prowler. The EA-6B Prowler is a twin-engine, mid-wing aircraft manufactured by Northrop Grumman Aerospace Corporation as a modification of the basic A-6 Intruder air frame. Designed for carrier and advanced base operations, the Prowler is a fully integrated electronic warfare system combining long-range, all-weather capabilities with advanced electronic countermeasures. A forward equipment bay, and pod-shaped faring on the vertical fin, house the additional avionics equipment. The side-by-side cockpit arrangement gives maximum efficiency, visibility and comfort. General Characteristics Primary Function: Electronic countermeasures Contractor: Northrop Grumman Aerospace Corporation Propulsion: Two Pratt & Whitney J52-P408 engines (10,400 pounds thrust each) Length: 59 feet 10 inches (17.7 meters) Wingspan: 53 feet (15.9 meters) Height: 16 feet 8 inches (4.9 meters) Weight: 61,500 pounds (27,450 kg) max gross take-off.
Dassault Mirage III - differences between a Mirage III and a Mirage 5 quickly shows that these designations were simply for marketing purposes. There was no clear dividing line between the configuration of a Mirage III reconnaissance or trainer version and that of a Mirage 5 equivalent, and in fact they were one and the same in many cases. The Mirage 5 was sold to Abu Dhabi, Belgium, Columbia, Egypt, Gabon, Libya, Pakistan, Peru, Venezuela, and Zaire, with the usual list of subvariant designations and variations in kit. The Belgian aircraft were fitted with mostly US avionics, and Egyptian aircraft fitted with the MS2 attack avionics system from the Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet. The Israelis also built their own copy of the Mirage 5, under the name "Nesher", discussed in more detail later. Some Neshers were.
T-38 Talon - T-38 Talon The Northrop T-38 Talon is a US-built supersonic jet trainer for military pilots. It was the world’s first supersonic trainer and remains in service as of 2003. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Dimensions: 3 Performance: History The T-38 was designed in the mid 1950s as the trainer variant of a lightweight fighter project (the N-156 project) by the Northrop Corporation (today part of Northrop Grumman). Although the United States Air Force had no need for a small fighter at the time, it became interested in the trainer as a replacement for the Lockheed T-33s it was then using in this role. The first of three prototypes (designated YT-38) flew on March 10 1959. The type was quickly adopted and the first production examples were.
Chuck Norris - indicated in his own biography that he has black belts in Tang Soo Do, Tae Kwon Do, and is founder of Chun Kuk Do ("Universal Way"). Mr. Norris has also practiced Judo, Shito-Ryu Karate, and Brazilian Jujutsu. He is also creator of The United Fighting Arts Federation (UFAF). Norris returned to the United States in 1962, working for the Northrop corporation and opening a karate school. Many celebrities, including fellow Marine Steve McQueen attended Norris' school, and in 1963, his son Mike was born. A daughter, Dina followed in 1964, and a second son, Eric, in 1965. But another important moment happened in 1964: at a demonstration in Long Beach, Norris met Bruce Lee. Impressed with Norris' ability, it was Lee who began to persuade Norris into trying an acting career..
Curtiss-Wright - Curtiss-Wright The Curtiss-Wright Corporation was once a leading aircraft manufacturer of the United States, but has since become a component manufacturer, specializing in actuators, controls, valves, and metal treatment. Curtiss-Wright came into existence 5 July 1929, the result of a merger of 12 different companies associated with Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company and Wright Aeronautical. With $75 million in capital, it was the largest aviation company in the country. In 1937 the company developed the P-36, selling them both to the US and to many foreign countries, where they were successfully used in the early days of World War II. Its most visible success came with the P-40, variously known as Tomahawk, Kittyhawk, and Warhawk, of which nearly 14,000 were built between 1940 and 1944. Overall, the company produced over.
TRW - see TRW (disambiguation). TRW Incorporated was an American corporation involved in a number of businesses, mostly defense-related, but including automotive supply and credit reporting. On December 12, 2002, Northrop Grumman acquired the defense business, and TRW Automotive became a separate company, soon afterwards acquired by The Blackstone Group. The credit report business is now called Experian. The remotest origin of the company was in the Cleveland Cap Screw Company founded in 1901, which eventually became Thompson Products. The 1958 merge of Thompson with the Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation was named Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc., then shortened to TRW Inc. in 1965. TRW was one of the first companies to build air bags in the 1980s, but problems with the bags forced a recall by Ford Motor in 1990 and 1991. It also ran.
List of Canadians - Beaverbrook" - publishing baron, entrepreneur Izzy Asper, (1932-2003) Conrad Black, (born 1944), "Lord Black of Crossharbour", entrepreneur, publisher Roy Thomson, (1894-1976), "Lord Thomson of Fleet", entrepreneur, publisher Samuel Bronfman - founded the "Seagrams" distillery empire Robert Campeau - bankrupted Bloomingdale's Department Store, NYC Jack Kent Cooke - owner of the Washington Redskins Samuel Cunard, (1787-1865), Cunard Steamship Lines Paul Desmarais - Chairman: Power Corporation of Canada Timothy Eaton, (1834-1907), founder of T.Eaton Company of Canada department stores Bernie Ebbers - CEO (former) of WorldCom - largest bankruptcy in world history Alfred Fuller, (1885-1973), Fuller Brush Company Tim Horton (1930-1974) - NHL player and founder of Tim Hortons doughnut shops (now owned by Wendy's) Victor Li, Deputy chairman of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited, son of Li Ka Shing Milton and Nelson Good.
List of American companies - companies #Former companies, including acquired and merged ones #See also Current companies A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z * 3Com Corporation 3M A Acme Markets ADC Telecommunications Adobe Systems Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Aetna Airborne Express Albertson's Alcoa Allen Organ AlliedSignal Inc Amazon.com American Airlines American Express American Reprographics Company Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) Anheuser-Busch Apple Computer ASARCO (American Smelting And Refining COmpany) AT&T AT&T Wireless Autodesk Avaya Avon Products, Inc B Babcock & Wilcox Bank of America Bechtel Corporation Boeing Bristol-Myers Squibb Burlington Northern Santa Fe C Caterpillar Inc ChevronTexaco Cingular Citigroup Cisco Systems, Inc Clear Channel Communications Coca-Cola Colgate-Palmolive Computer Associates Connecticut Leather Company (Coleco) Control Data Corporation.
List of aircraft manufacturers - Blèriot Blohm und Voss Boeing (1916-) Bölkow Bombardier Aerospace Boulton Paul Brantly Breguet (1911-1973) Brewster (1932-1942) Bristol Aeroplane Company British Aerospace (1977-1999) British Aircraft Corporation Britten-Norman Bücker Burgess (1911-1916) C CASA (Construcciones Aeronáuticas S.A.) Cessna Champion Chilton Chrislea Comper Consolidated Convair Culver Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company (1916?-1929) Curtiss-Wright (1929-present) D Deutsche/ Daimler-Benz/ DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA) Dassault Aviation de Havilland Dornier Douglas (1920-1967) Druine E EADS Edgley Embraer Entwicklungsring-Süd (EWR) English Electric Enstrom ERCO aka Ercoupe Eurocopter (1992-present) F Fairchild, FairchildDornier Fairey Farman Fiat Fieseler Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau GmbH Focke Achgelis Fokker Folland Ford (1925-1945?) Forney Fuji Funk Aircraft G General Aircraft Factory General Dynamics Gloster Gothaer Waggonfabrik (GWF) Grahame-White Grob Grumman (1930-1994) Gulfstream Aerospace (1978-) H Hamburger Flugzeugbau GmbH (HFB) Handley Page Harbin Hawker (1920-1934) Hawker Siddeley Company (1934-1977) Hawker.
List of major flops - in 1997. A reviewer commented "As exhumations go, this one had its bright moments." Flops in film A movie is most likely a flop if it doesn't perform as expected. A major movie flop might barely (or not even) make back the money it took to finance it. In extreme cases it might put the studio out of business. A separate discussion of movie flops provides examples and rationales. Commercial Flops Aviation Flops These are aircraft which were technically sound, but failed in the marketplace. For aircraft which failed to work at all see 'Flops in science and engineering'. The Convair CV-880 and CV-990 - these aircraft were commercial disasters as they only offered five-abreast seating, and were easily outcompeted on price by the Boeing 720 which was based on an.
Vanilla - vine-like plants have quite large and attractive flowers of green or cream, mostly with a sweet scent. Vanilla was a well regarded flavoring in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, and was brought back to Europe (and from there the rest of the world) by the Spanish Conquistadors. In ancient Mexico the Totonac people were regarded as the producers of the best vanilla. They continued to be the world's chief producers of the flavoring through the mid 19th century. At that time, French vanilla growers in Mexico traded their knowledge of artificial insemination of flowers for the Totonac knowledge of preparing the beans. Some connoisseurs still regard the Totonac vanilla as the best. Such is sometimes marketed in gourmet food stores as "Mexican vanilla", although Mexico also produces low quality vanilla that sometimes shares this.
List of US defense contractors - contractors. Accenture Ltd Aerospace Center Support Aerospace Corporation Alliant Techsystems Allied-Signal Inc AM General Corporation American Petroleum Institute Anteon International Corporation Applied Research Associates Inc Avondale Industries Inc (division of Northrup Grumman) BAE Systems PLC (British Aerospace) Ball Aerospace & Technologies Ball Corporation Bath Holding Corporation Battelle Memorial Institute Bechtel Corporation Bell Helicopter (divison of Textron) BDM Corporation Boeing Company Boeing Sikorsky Comanche Team Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc Brashear (owned by Nextel) British Nuclear Fuels Limited CACI International Inc Carlyle Group Carnegie Mellon University Charles Stark Draper Laboratories CNA Corporation Concurrent Technologies Corporation Computer Services Corporation Digital System Resources Inc DynCorp Edison Welding Institute EDO Electronic Data Systems Corporation Electric Boat (division of General Dynamics) Environmental Tectonics Corporation Exxon Corporation F M C Technologies Foster Wheeler Ltd Foundation Health Systems.
Yamaha Corporation - Yamaha Corporation The Yamaha Corporation (ヤマハ株式会社) is a Japanese company with a large number of product areas. Sales offerings include motorcycles (see Yamaha Motor Corporation), musical instruments such as piano and guitar, integrated circuits, and home electronics. It was founded by Torakusu Yamaha as Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd. (日本楽器製造株式会社) in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture. Products Sound chipss Yamaha YM2149 - used in the Atari ST, MSX, Intellivision and ZX Spectrum computers Yamaha YM3526 (a.k.a. OPL) Yamaha YM3812 (a.k.a. OPL2) - used in AdLib and early Sound Blaster sound cards Yamaha YMF262 (a.k.a. OPL3) - used in Sound Blaster Pro 2.0 and later cards Home Electronics Yamaha DSP-1 - An early home theater surround sound component produced in 1985.
Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corporation - Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corporation Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corporation (1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 1786) is a court case between a commercial photographer and a search engine company. As of September, 2003, it appears that US search engines may use thumbnails of images (size limits still not determined) and the issue of inline linking to full size images instead of going to the original site is unresolved. Caution suggests obtaining legal advice; linking to the original site in its own window appears a safe choice; with requesting permission remaining the most prudent course of action. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Facts 2 Case history 3 Fair use analysis 3.1 Purpose and character of the use. 3.2 Nature of the copyrighted work. 3.3 Amount and substantiality of portion used. 3.4.
