The aircraft designers
Subtitle: a Grumman historical perspective
By: Michael V. Ciminera, Nothrop Grumman, vice president (retired) ; Ned Allen, editor-in-chief, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, Maryland
Contributors: Allen, Ned; Grumman, Nothrop
Series: Library of flight series
Publisher: Published by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Reston, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9781624101779
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: History; Airplanes; Design and construction; Biography; Employees; Aeronautical engineers; Designers; Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-240) and index.
Table of contents: title: The early years; title: The war years; title: Postwar years : first jets; title: The dynamic 1950s and 1960s, and the Gulfstream legacy; title: Lineage of airborne early warning systems; title: The F-111B and the lineage of the F-14; title: Future systems; title: Lineage of battlefield surveillance : RGWs, Pave Mover, and Joint Stars; title: Lineage of electronic warfare; title: Grumman in perspective; title: Appendix: Aircraft designers and key teammates; title: About the author; title: Supporting materials.