Northrop Aircraft

Northrop (Avion) 1928 Northrop's first aircraft for his new company was known as the Flying Wing but of ... read more ... Northrop Alpha 1930 Northrop Beta 1931 read more ... While the Gamma was being developed, Northrop was working on a nine-seat transport, which ... read more ... Northrop Delta 1932 Northrop Gamma 1932 In January 1932 John Northrop and Donald Douglas formed the Northrop Corporation as a partly-owned subsidiary of the ... read more ... Northrop used the Gamma transport as the basis of a private-venture design for a ... read more ... Northrop A-13, A-16, A-17, A-33 1934 Northrop XFT 1934 Despite some scepticism concerning the practicability of the monoplane configuration for the shipboard fighter, the US Navy's ... read more ... Based on the design of the XFT, the Model 3A was developed as a contender ... read more ... Northrop 3A 1935 Northrop BT-1, BT-2 1938 While Northrop was working on the YA-13/XA-16 developments of the Gamma, the company ... read more ... In 1929 John Northrop designed and developed a two-seat single-engine aircraft which was basically a ... read more ... Northrop N-1M 1940 Northrop N-3PB 1940 In 1940 Northrop received an order from a Norwegian Buying Commission for the design and construction of ... read more ... P-61 was the first U.S. fighter equipped with radar. The first prototype flew on May 21, ... read more ... Northrop P-61 Black Widow 1942 Northrop N-9M 1942 Experience with the N-1M convinced Northrop that an all-wing bomber was feasible, and following evaluation ... read more ... One of the most radical of US experimental fighters of World War II, the XP-56 was ... read more ... Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet 1943 Northrop MX-324, MX-334 1943 A Northrop feasibility study in September 1942 for a rocket-powered military interceptor brought the company ... read more ... In January 1943, Northrop was awarded a USAAF contract for the design and construction of three ... read more ... Northrop XP-79B Flying Ram 1945 Northrop XB-35 1946 In November 1941 the USAAF ordered two prototype XB-35 flying wing bombers, powered by four ... read more ... The end of World War II, together with orders placed for the competing Convair ... read more ... Northrop YB-49 1947 Northrop F-89 Scorpion 1948 Designed to replace P-61 "Black Widow" as an all-weather fighter. The first prototype flew on ... read more ... The final Northrop flying wing design, although it could more accurately be described as a tailless aircraft, ... read more ... Northrop X-4 Bantam 1948 Northrop N-23 Pioneer, N-32, C-125 Raider 1949 The Northrop Pioneer was built as a 40-passenger commercial transport aircraft, powered by three 596kW ... read more ... A last chance for the flying wing design was the YRB-49, a six-engined reconnaissance bomber, ... read more ... Northrop YRB-49 1950 Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter / T-38 Talon 1959 Designed to replace Lockheed T-33, F-5A flew on July 30, 1959. Entered production in October ... read more ... To meet a US government requirement for a high-performance lightweight fighter that would be suitable for supply to ... read more ... Northrop T-38 Talon 1959 Northrop M2-F1 1963 This wooden research glider made more than 500 flights in 1963-64. read more ... In mid-1964 Northrop was contracted by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to produce two all-metal ... read more ... Northrop M2-F2 1966 Northrop HL-10 1966 In mid-1964 Northrop was contracted by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to produce two all-metal ... read more ... Under the designation Northrop YA-9A, the company built two prototypes of a single-seat close-support aircraft ... read more ... Northrop A-9 1972 Northrop YF-17 1974 Based on the company-funded P530 Cobra project, the YF-17 was developed to meet a USAF Request ... read more ... The "Tacit Blue" was built to test the advances in stealth technology. The aircraft made ... read more ... Northrop Tacit Blue 1982 Northrop F-20 Tigershark 1982 Initially known as the F-5G and officially redesignated F-20 in November 1982, the Tigershark single-seat tactical fighter ... read more ... Development of the B-2 was begun in 1978 and the US Air Force originally wanted ... read more ... Northrop B-2 Spirit 1989 Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23 Black Widow II 1990 The Northrop/McDonnell Douglas YF-23A was a contender in the bid for an advanced tactical fighter ... read more ...