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{{Short description|1929β1994 aerospace manufacturer}} {{Other uses}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Use American English|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox company | name = Grumman Corporation | logo = Grumman.svg | image = | image_caption = | former_name = | type = | industry = Aircraft; aircraft parts and equipment; data processing and preparation; search and navigation equipment; truck and bus bodies; electrical equipment and supplies | fate = Merged with [[Northrop Corporation|Northrop]] | predecessor = <!-- or: | predecessors = --> | successors = {{ubl | [[Northrop Grumman]] | [[Gulfstream Aerospace]] }} | founded = {{Start date and age|1929|12|6}} | founders = {{Unbulleted list|[[Leroy Grumman]]|[[Edmund Ward Poor]]|[[William T. Schwendler]]|[[Jake Swirbul]]}} | defunct = {{End date|1994|4|4}} | hq_location_city = [[Bethpage, New York]] | hq_location_country = U.S. | area_served = <!-- or: | areas_served = --> | key_people = {{Unbulleted list|[[Thomas J. Kelly (aerospace engineer)|Thomas J. Kelly]]|Corwin H. Meyer<ref>{{cite web |title=Corwin H. Meyer, Grumman Test Pilot |url=http://www.epnaao.com/BIOS_files/HONORARY/Meyer-%20Corwin%20H.pdf |website=The Golden Eagles |access-date=14 December 2021}}</ref>|[[David Thurston]]|[[George F. Titterton]]}} | products = {{Unbulleted list|[[Grumman F4F Wildcat]]|[[Grumman F6F Hellcat]]|[[Grumman TBF Avenger]]|[[Grumman A-6 Intruder]]|[[Grumman F-14 Tomcat]]|[[Apollo Lunar Module]]|[[Grumman LLV]]}} | owner = <!-- or: | owners = --> | num_employees = 23,000 | num_employees_year = 1986 | parent = | subsid = {{Unbulleted list|Grumman Aerospace Corp.|Grumman Allied Industries, Inc.|Grumman Data Systems Corp.}} | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> }} The '''Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation''', later '''Grumman Aerospace Corporation''', was a 20th century American producer of military and civilian [[aircraft]].<ref>{{cite book |title=A Dictionary of Aviation |first=David W. |last=Wragg |isbn=9780850451634 |edition=first |publisher=Osprey |year=1973 |page=146}}</ref> Founded on December 6, 1929, by [[Leroy Grumman]] and his business partners, it merged in 1994 with [[Northrop Corporation]] to form [[Northrop Grumman]].
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