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Our Founders
Our Founders
Visionaries who laid the foundation
Northrop Grumman’s rich heritage includes almost two-dozen legacy companies that pioneered dramatic advances in technology and changed the world. These include transporting Charles Lindbergh across the Atlantic, landing astronauts on the moon, creating advanced electronic systems and information networks and building stealthy flying wings. The leaders shown below were some of the many visionaries who laid the foundation for what is today’s Northrop Grumman Corporation.
Jack Northrop
Thomas V. Jones
Northrop
Kent Kresa
Northrop
Leroy Grumman
Grumman
Walter Evans
Westinghouse
Claude F. King
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T. Claude Ryan
Ryan Aeronautical
Charles “Tex” Thornton
Litton Industries
Simon Ramo
TRW
Dean Wooldridge
TRW
Burt Rutan
Scaled Composites
David W. Thompson
Orbital ATK
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Northrop Grumman and the Robert J. Collier Trophy
Throughout our history, Northrop Grumman, our heritage companies and our industry partners have been honored to receive the Collier Trophy on several occasions. Northrop Grumman congratulates our employees and team members for the success of these programs and their role in the security of our nation and its allies.