CAPABILITIES

this is the Northrop organization the North ronix division Anaheim and Hawthorne guidance and flight control systems weapons system support equipment radio plane division van nuys california and El Paso Texas targets for training and weapons system evaluation surveillance drones parachute deceleration and recovery systems the Northrop division hawthorne weapons system prime contractor of aircraft and missiles with these autonomous specializing divisions Northrop aircraft Incorporated is organized for better service in the defense of the United States and the free world the continuing program of expansion has added many new facilities to the Northrop division an engine test cell in which the largest jet engine so far programmed can be run snark missile countdown check out an engine run buildings new headquarters for the test laboratories engineering effort concentrated in a compact efficient functionally designed center the divisions test laboratories are among the most complete on the west coast they are available to the other divisions and to industry at large a variety of specialized installations are required to qualify today's aircraft and missile components for extreme operational environments for such testing the Northrop division is exceptionally well equipped it has seven temperature altitude chambers ranging to 11 feet in diameter into the three largest both high and low pressure air can be introduced one clam shell type chamber is assigned to electrical systems test 15 electro dynamic shakers are available including to see 100s in addition there are five Northrop designed electro-hydraulic shakers Manufacturing's research and development continues advances into the most modern and efficient production methods in the adhesive bonding area or quality mass production honeycomb stamping and contour milling equipment autoclaves to handle the largest sandwiches including components for the t-38 the Boeing 707 and kc-135 and the snark sm 62 in the forming shops infrared lamps heat exotic metals to stamping temperatures in a few seconds big machines on big jobs in big areas these are the drive Matic automatic riveters this one turning out Boeing Airplane Company kc-135 wing panels increasing automation is one key to the divisions production efficiency big machines big jobs profile mills presses presses of all kinds and sizes Burson wheel ons stretch presses stretch presses for sheet stock stretch presses for extrusions this hufford is one of the biggest big parts for big sub assemblies big sub-assemblies for big aircraft Boeing kc-135s and 707s the background of skills accumulated over nearly 20 years of uninterruptedly gives Northrop a unique record of delivery of components and complete weapon systems contributing to is the divisions pace program a model for the aircraft industry a management tool to measure group effectiveness and provide close surveillance of trends which may affect the divisions record as a low-cost producer from these production lines have come over a thousand f-89 s at a cost per pound among the lowest in the industry also from the Hawthorne production lines on schedule and on budget came the snark the first successful intercontinental missile weapon system thoroughly proven in an exhaustive flight test program and now ready for sac squadrons now in the inventory of the army the hawk missile further adds to nor tronics background in modern weapons technology from Norton's 1939 for the free world Northrop has been a builder of firsts the p-61 black widow first radar-equipped night fighter flying laboratories that have advanced the aeronautical sciences the f-89 scorpion first twin-engine all-weather interceptor the first to carry an air-to-air atomic rocket the first intercontinental missile weapons system the only one ready to deliver a nuclear warhead now the first fully automatic guidance system which sees and tracks the daytime stars and guides the snark to pinpoint destinations anyplace in the world the t-38 twin-engine jet trainer it's geometry proven by the most extensive wind tunnel testing ever given an aircraft before flight under parallel development the N 156 fighter for the defense of our allies against the supersonic threats such firsts and the classified products they imply are reflections of a management policy of long-range planning towards economical and reliable hardware from original concepts basic research and the fullest exploitation of the latest advances in the state of the art whether it be the design manufacture and management of complete weapon systems for the production of aircraft missiles or electronic components and subsystems the research engineering and manufacturing teams that make up the Northrop aircraft incorporated complex are ready to meet any challenge on the ever expanding horizons of man in the still to be known environments into which he must go his guidance his survival is in the hands of the scientist the engineer and the Builder who is a breast or a head of his art and his time