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{{Short description|1929–1994 aerospace manufacturer}}
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{{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]].

==History==
[[File:Grumman Historical Marker.jpg|thumb|left|Grumman historical marker]]

[[Leroy Grumman]] worked for the [[Loening Aircraft Engineering Corporation]] beginning in 1920. In 1929, [[Keystone Aircraft Corporation]] bought Loening Aircraft and moved its operations from [[New York City]] to [[Bristol, Pennsylvania]]. Grumman and three other ex-Loening Aircraft employees,<ref name=Jordan1>Jordan, Corey C. [http://www.planesandpilotsofww2.webs.com/Grumman1.html "Grumman's Ascendency: Chapter One."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103024723/http://www.planesandpilotsofww2.webs.com/Grumman1.html |date=November 3, 2013 }} ''Planes and Pilots Of World War 2,'' 2000. Retrieved: July 22, 2011.</ref> ([[Edmund Ward Poor]],<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=FW_50wm8VnMC&pg=PA270 "Air Warfare".] ''An International Encyclopedia'', Volume Two, M-Z, Volume 1, pp. 270–271.</ref> William Schwendler, and [[Jake Swirbul]]) started their own company in an old [[Cox-Klemin]] Aircraft Co. factory in [[Baldwin, Nassau County, New York|Baldwin]] on [[Long Island]], New York.  

The company registered as a business on December 6, 1929, and officially opened on January 2, 1930. While maintaining the business by welding aluminum tubing for truck frames, the company eagerly pursued contracts with the [[United States Navy|US Navy]].<ref name=Jordan1/> Grumman designed the first practical floats with a retractable landing gear for the Navy, and this launched Grumman into the aviation market.<ref name=Jordan1/> The first Grumman aircraft was also for the Navy, the [[Grumman FF-1]], a [[biplane]] with retractable [[landing gear]] developed at [[Columbia Field|Curtiss Field]] in 1931.<ref name=Jordan1/> This was followed by a number of other successful designs.<ref name=Jordan1/>

[[File:Grumman 1976 logo.png|thumb|right|Grumman Corporation logo, ca. 1976]] 

During [[World War II]], Grumman became known for its "Cats" (Navy [[fighter aircraft]]): the [[Grumman F4F Wildcat|F4F Wildcat]] and [[Grumman F6F Hellcat|F6F Hellcat]], the  [[Grumman F7F Tigercat]] and [[Grumman F8F Bearcat]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/the-grumman-cats-9289264/|title=The Grumman Cats|publisher=Air Space Magazine|last=Nicklas|first=Brian|date=September 2006|access-date=April 19, 2020}}</ref> and also for its [[torpedo bomber]], the [[Grumman TBF Avenger]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pearlharboraviationmuseum.org/exhibits/tbm-avenger/|title=Grumman TBM Avenger|publisher=[[Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum]]|access-date=April 19, 2020}}</ref> Grumman ranked 22nd among United States corporations in the value of wartime production contracts.<ref>[[Whiz Kids (Department of Defense)|Peck, Merton J.]] & [[Frederic M. Scherer|Scherer, Frederic M.]] ''The Weapons Acquisition Process: An Economic Analysis'' (1962) [[Harvard Business School]] p.619</ref> Production of the majority of the Wildcats and Avenger was subcontracted to a purposely established division of General Motors : the [[Eastern Aircraft Division]]. Grumman's first [[jet aircraft]] was the [[Grumman F9F Panther|F9F Panther]]; it was followed by the upgraded [[Grumman F-9 Cougar|F9F/F-9 Cougar]], and the [[Grumman F-11 Tiger|F-11 Tiger]] in the 1950s. The company's big postwar successes came in the 1960s with the [[Grumman A-6 Intruder|A-6 Intruder]] and [[Grumman E-2 Hawkeye|E-2 Hawkeye]] and in the 1970s with the [[Grumman EA-6B Prowler]] and [[Grumman F-14 Tomcat|F-14 Tomcat]]. Grumman products were prominent in several feature movies including ''[[The Final Countdown (film)|The Final Countdown]]'' in 1980,<ref>{{cite book |author=Stephen A. Riffin |date=June 1, 2005 |title=Aviation's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Winged Wonders, Lucky Landings, and Other Aerial Oddities |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1MBKzwAOkrAC&pg=PA294 |page=294 |publisher=Potomac Books |isbn=9781574886740 |access-date=April 18, 2020}}</ref> ''[[Top Gun]]'' in 1986, and ''[[Flight of the Intruder]]'' in 1990.<ref name="Grumman facts">{{cite web|url=https://www.newsday.com/lifestyle/recreation/grumman-studios-secrets-and-fun-facts-1.11490135|title=Grumman Studios: Secrets and fun facts|work=[[Newsday]]|date=March 29, 2018|first=Ian J.|last=Stark|access-date=April 17, 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801085537/https://www.newsday.com/lifestyle/recreation/grumman-studios-secrets-and-fun-facts-1.11490135|archive-date=August 1, 2020}}</ref> The U.S. Navy still employs the Hawkeye as part of Carrier Air Wings on board aircraft carriers, while the U.S. Marine Corps, the last branch of service to fly the Prowler, retired it on March 8, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last=Snow |first=Shawn |date=March 8, 2019 |url=https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2019/03/08/the-saltiest-warfighter-in-the-marine-corps-the-ea-6b-prowler-retires/ |title=EA-6B Prowler, one of the saltiest warfighters in the Marine Corps, retires |website=MarineTimes}}</ref>

[[File:Lunar Module diagram.jpg|thumb|right|Apollo Spacecraft: Apollo Lunar Module Diagram]]

Grumman was the chief contractor on the [[Apollo Lunar Module]], the first spacecraft to land humans on the Moon.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/CSM_News_Reference_H_Missions.pdf|title=Apollo Spacecraft: News Reference|publisher=[[NASA]]|access-date=April 16, 2020}}</ref> The firm received the contract on November 7, 1962, and built 13 lunar modules. Six of them successfully landed on the Moon, with one serving as a lifeboat on [[Apollo 13]], after an explosion crippled the main Apollo spacecraft. LM-2, a test article which never flew in space, is displayed permanently in the [[Smithsonian Institution]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cradleofaviation.org/history/history/lunar-module.html|title=Lunar Module|publisher=[[Cradle of Aviation Museum]]|access-date=April 16, 2020}}</ref> As the Apollo program neared its end, Grumman was one of the main competitors for the contract to design and build the [[Space Shuttle]], but lost to [[Rockwell International]].<ref>{{cite book  |date=1972 |title=Astronautics and Aeronautics: Chronology of Science, Technology, and Policy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5PwwnVheLEwC&pg=RA1-PA339|page=339 |access-date=April 16, 2020}}</ref>

In 1969, the company changed its name to '''Grumman Aerospace Corporation''',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Grumman-Aerospace-Corporation|title=Grumman Aerospace Corporation {{!}} American Company|publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|access-date=April 16, 2020}}</ref> and in 1978 it sold the Grumman-American Division to [[Gulfstream Aerospace]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Thomas|first1=Joel|title=History of Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation|url=https://www.stratosjets.com/history-of-gulfstream-aerospace-corporation/|access-date=January 5, 2016|date=May 19, 2014|website=Stratos Jets}}</ref> That same year, it acquired the bus manufacturer [[Flxible]]. The company built the [[Grumman LLV]] (Long Life Vehicle), a light transport mail truck designed for and used by the [[United States Postal Service]]. The LLV was produced from 1987 until 1994. Its intended service life was 24 years, but some of them were still in service in 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.foxnews.com/auto/special-delivery-new-u-s-postal-service-truck-to-be-picked-this-year|title=$6.3 billion delivery: New U.S. Postal Service truck to be picked this year|publisher=[[Fox News]]|last=Gastelu|first=Gary|date=May 7, 2019|access-date=April 16, 2020}}</ref> In 1983, Grumman sold Flxible for $40 million to General Automotive Corporation of Ann Arbor.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/07/29/archives/grumman-is-seeking-1billion-in-subcontracts-in-us-spaceshuttle.html|title=Grumman to Sell Troubled Bus Unit|work=The New York Times|date=December 22, 1982|access-date=April 16, 2020}}</ref>

In the 1950s, Grumman began production of [[Gulfstream Aerospace|Gulfstream]] business aircraft, starting with the [[Gulfstream I]] turboprop (Grumman model G-159) and the [[Gulfstream II]] jet (Grumman model G-1159). Gulfstream aircraft were operated by many companies, private individuals, and government agencies including various military entities and [[NASA]]. In addition, the Gulfstream I was operated by several [[regional airlines]] in scheduled passenger services. The [[Grumman Gulfstream I|Gulfstream I-C]] (Grumman model G-159C) version was "stretched" to carry 37 passengers.

In the early 1970s, Grumman acquired majority interest in the [[American Aviation]] line of very light aircraft -- relabeling its planes as "Grumman-American" or "Grumman American" -- eventually joining it with their Gulfstream division before selling off that combined enterprise in 1978.

In 1978, Grumman sold Gulfstream to [[American Jet Industries]], which adopted the Gulfstream name. Since 1999, Gulfstream has been a wholly owned subsidiary of [[General Dynamics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gulfstreamnews.com/history |title=History |publisher=Gulfstream News |access-date=April 16, 2020}}</ref>

==Long Island locations==
[[File:Grumman Park.jpg|thumb|[[F-14 Tomcat]] at Grumman Memorial Park, [[Calverton, New York]]]]
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[[File:Cablevision-hq.jpg|thumb|Grumman's former headquarters in Bethpage, now [[Altice USA]] (formerly [[Cablevision]]) headquarters]]
For much of the Cold War period, Grumman was the largest corporate employer on [[Long Island]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Facts You Didn't Know About Long Island Businesses |url=https://www.newsday.com/business/facts-you-didn-t-know-about-long-island-businesses-1.9812995 |website=Newsday |access-date=28 January 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128083423/https://www.newsday.com/business/facts-you-didn-t-know-about-long-island-businesses-1.9812995 |archive-date=28 January 2019}}</ref> Grumman's products were considered so reliable and ruggedly built that the company was often referred to as the "'''Grumman Iron Works'''".<ref>Skrula and Gregory 2004</ref>

As the company grew, it moved to [[Valley Stream, New York]], then [[Farmingdale, New York]], finally to [[Grumman Bethpage Airport|its facility in]] [[Bethpage, New York]], with the testing and final assembly at the {{convert|6000|acre|km2|adj=on}} [[Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Calverton|Naval Weapons Station]] in [[Calverton, New York]], all located on Long Island. At its peak in 1986 it employed 23,000 people on Long Island<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06E7D91F3AF93BA35750C0A962958260 |title=Long Islanders Shocked by Grumman's Merger |work=The New York Times |date=March 8, 1994 |last=McQuiston |first=John T.}}</ref> and occupied {{convert|6000000|sqft|m2}} in structures on {{convert|105|acre|km2}} it leased from the U.S. Navy in Bethpage.<ref name="nyt_dec28_97">{{Cite news |last=Shaman |first=Diana |date=1997-12-28 |title=Commercial Property/Selling Off Northrop Grumman's Surplus; Cablevision Takes Last of the Grumman Buildings |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/28/realestate/commercial-property-selling-off-northrop-grumman-s-surplus-cablevision-takes.html |access-date=2024-06-24 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

The end of the Cold War at the beginning of the 1990s reduced defense spending and led to a wave of mergers as aerospace companies shrank in number; in 1994 [[Northrop Corporation|Northrop]] bought Grumman for $2.1 billion to form [[Northrop Grumman]],<ref name="nyt_dec28_97"/> after Northrop topped a $1.9 billion offer from [[Martin Marietta]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9902E7DA113FF936A35757C0A962958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print |title=Northrop Bests Martin Marietta to Buy Grumman |website=The New York Times |date=April 5, 1994 |last=Sims |first=Calvin}}</ref>

The new company closed almost all of its facilities on Long Island and converted the Bethpage plant to a residential and office complex, with its headquarters becoming the corporate headquarters for [[Cablevision]] and the Calverton plant being turned into a business/industrial complex. Former aircraft hangars have become [[Grumman Studios]], a film and television production center. A portion of the airport property has been used for the Grumman Memorial Park.<ref name="Grumman facts"/>

==Products==
[[File:F-14-vf-84.jpg|thumb|right|An [[Grumman F-14 Tomcat|F-14A Tomcat]] of [[VF-84 (1955–95)|VF-84 Jolly Rogers]], in the old color scheme from the beginning of its service]]
[[File:A-6E Intruder over Spain in Operation Matador.jpg|thumb|An A-6E Intruder flying over [[Spain]] during Exercise Matador]]
[[File:Grumman TBF Avenger.jpg|thumb|[[Grumman TBF Avenger|TBF Avenger]] ]]
[[File:US-2C Tracker VC-3 in flight.jpg|thumb|right|Navy Grumman US-2C Tracker]]
[[File:E-2C Landing.jpg|thumb|E-2C Hawkeye]]
[[File:F4F3 Wildcat.png|thumb|F4F-3 Wildcat Bu12297]]
[[File:Grumman F9F-7 Cougar at the Cradle of Aviation Museum on 29 August 2017.png|thumb|F9F-7 Cougar Bu130763]]

=== Aircraft ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Model name
! First flight
! Number built
! Type

|-
|align=left| [[Grumman FF]]
|align=center| 1931
|align=center| 116
|align=left| Single piston engine naval fighter
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman JF Duck]]
|align=center| 1933
|align=center| 48
|align=left| Single piston engine floatplane observation airplane
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman F2F]]
|align=center| 1933
|align=center| 55
|align=left| Single piston engine naval fighter
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman F3F]]
|align=center| 1935
|align=center| 147
|align=left| Single piston engine naval fighter
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman XSBF]]
|align=center| 1936
|align=center| 1
|align=left| Prototype single piston engine dive bomber
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman J2F Duck]]
|align=center| 1936
|align=center| 254
|align=left| Single piston engine floatplane observation airplane
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman G-21 Goose]]
|align=center| 1937
|align=center| 345
|align=left| Twin piston engine flying boat
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman F4F Wildcat]]
|align=center| 1937
|align=center| 2,605
|align=left| Single piston engine naval fighter
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman G-44 Widgeon]]
|align=center| 1940
|align=center| 276
|align=left| Twin piston engine flying boat
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman XF5F Skyrocket]]
|align=center| 1940
|align=center| 1
|align=left| Prototype twin piston engine naval fighter
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman XP-50]]
|align=center| 1941
|align=center| 1
|align=left| Prototype twin piston engine fighter
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman TBF Avenger]]
|align=center| 1941
|align=center| 2,290
|align=left| Single piston engine torpedo bomber
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman F6F Hellcat]]
|align=center| 1942
|align=center| 12,275
|align=left| Single piston engine naval fighter
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman F7F Tigercat]]
|align=center| 1943
|align=center| 364
|align=left| Twin piston engine naval fighter
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman G-63 Kitten I]]
|align=center| 1944
|align=center| 1
|align=left| Prototype single piston engine airplane
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman G-72 Kitten II]]
|align=center| 1944
|align=center| 1
|align=left| Prototype single piston engine airplane
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman F8F Bearcat]]
|align=center| 1944
|align=center| 1,265
|align=left| Single piston engine naval fighter
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman G-65 Tadpole]]
|align=center| 1944
|align=center| 1
|align=left| Prototype single piston engine flying boat
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman AF Guardian]]
|align=center| 1945
|align=center| 389
|align=left| Single piston engine anti-submarine warfare airplane
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman G-73 Mallard]]
|align=center| 1946
|align=center| 59
|align=left| Twin piston engine flying boat
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman HU-16 Albatross]]
|align=center| 1947
|align=center| 466
|align=left| Twin piston engine flying boat
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman F9F Panther]]
|align=center| 1947
|align=center| 1,382
|align=left| Single jet engine naval fighter
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman F9F-6 Cougar]]
|align=center| 1951
|align=center| 1,988
|align=left| Single jet engine naval fighter
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman XF10F Jaguar]]
|align=center| 1952
|align=center| 1
|align=left| Prototype single jet engine naval fighter
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman S-2 Tracker]]
|align=center| 1952
|align=center| 1,184 or 1,185
|align=left| Twin piston engine anti-submarine warfare airplane
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman F11F Tiger]]
|align=center| 1954
|align=center| 200
|align=left| Single jet engine naval fighter
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman C-1 Trader]]
|align=center| 1955
|align=center| 87
|align=left| Twin piston engine cargo airplane
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger]]
|align=center| 1956
|align=center| 1
|align=left| Prototype single jet engine naval fighter
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman E-1 Tracer]]
|align=center| 1956
|align=center| 88
|align=left| Twin piston engine airborne early warning airplane
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman G-164 Ag Cat]]
|align=center| 1957
|align=center| 402<ref>{{cite web |title=Ag-Cats in the Military |url=http://www.genesoucy.com/aircraft.htm |website=Gene Soucy Airshows |access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref>
|align=left| Single piston engine agricultural airplane
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I]]
|align=center| 1958
|align=center| 200
|align=left| Twin turboprop engine business airplane
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman OV-1 Mohawk]]
|align=center| 1959
|align=center| 380
|align=left| Twin turboprop engine observation airplane
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman A-6 Intruder]]
|align=center| 1960
|align=center| 693
|align=left| Twin jet engine attack airplane
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman E-2 Hawkeye]]
|align=center| 1960
|align=center| 122
|align=left| Twin turboprop engine airborne early warning airplane
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman American AA-1]]
|align=center| 1963
|align=center| 680+{{efn|Additional aircraft were built before and after Grumman ownership.}}
|align=left| Single piston engine civil airplane
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman C-2 Greyhound]]
|align=center| 1964
|align=center| 56
|align=left| Twin turboprop engine cargo airplane
|-
|align=left| [[General Dynamics–Grumman F-111B]]
|align=center| 1965
|align=center| 7
|align=left| Prototype twin jet engine naval fighter
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman G-1159 Gulfstream II]]
|align=center| 1966
|align=center| 256
|align=left| Twin jet engine business airplane
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman EA-6B Prowler]]
|align=center| 1968
|align=center| 170
|align=left| Twin jet engine electronic warfare airplane
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman American AA-5]]
|align=center| 1970
|align=center| >3,057{{efn|Additional aircraft were built after Grumman ownership.}}
|align=left| Single piston engine civil airplane
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman F-14 Tomcat]]
|align=center| 1970
|align=center| 712
|align=left| Twin jet engine naval fighter
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman American GA-7 Cougar]]
|align=center| 1974
|align=center| ~1{{efn|Although a Grumman American design, most aircraft were built by Gulfstream American.}}
|align=left| Twin piston engine civil airplane
|-
|align=left| [[General Dynamics–Grumman EF-111A Raven]]
|align=center| 1977
|align=center| 42
|align=left| Twin jet engine electronic warfare airplane
|-
|align=left| [[Grumman X-29]]
|align=center| 1984
|align=center| 2
|align=left| Experimental single jet engine airplane
|-
|align=left| [[Columbia XJL|Grumman XJL]]
|align=center| N/A
|align=center| 0{{efn|Although a Grumman design, all three aircraft were built by Columbia.}}
|align=left| Single piston engine floatplane observation airplane
|-
|}

===Projects===
{{Div col}}
* Grumman 674 Nutcracker tilting fuselage VTOL
* Grumman 698 VTOL
* Grumman G-3 project only
* Grumman G-4 project only
* Grumman G-17 project only
* Grumman G-25 project only
* Grumman G-27 project only
* Grumman G-29 project only
* Grumman G-30 project only
* Grumman G-35 project only
* Grumman G-48 project only
* Grumman G-49 project only
* Grumman G-57 project only
* Grumman G-62 project only
* Grumman G-68 project only
* Grumman G-71 project only
* Grumman G-76 project only
* Grumman G-77 swept-back wing research aircraft project
* Grumman G-78 towed target glider project
* Grumman G-84 project only
* Grumman G-85 project only
* Grumman G-86 project only
* Grumman G-91 project only
* Grumman G-92 project only
* Grumman G-97 project only
* Grumman G-107 project only
* Grumman G-108 project only
* Grumman G-110 project only
* Grumman G-113 project only
* Grumman G-114
* Grumman G-115
* Grumman G-116 project only
* [[Grumman G-118]] project only
* Grumman G-119 project only
* Grumman G-122 project only
* Grumman G-124 jet trainer design
* Grumman G-127
* [[Grumman G-132]]
* [[Grumman XTB2F]]
* [[Grumman XTSF]]
{{Div col end}}

===Spacecraft===
* Space
** [[Apollo Lunar Module]]
** Grumman 619 Space Shuttle

===Other products===
* Grumman manufactured fire engines under the name Firecat (not to be confused with the firefighting variant of the [[Grumman S-2 Tracker]], which is sold under the same name) and [[Fire engine#Aerial platform|aerial tower trucks]] under the Aerialcat name. The company entered the fire apparatus business in 1976 with its purchase of Howe Fire Apparatus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldbulletin.com/community/howe-fire-apparatus-had-know-howe/article_f64d25da-eed2-5d10-b1bc-8761a69a7e72.html|title=Howe Fire Apparatus had know-Howe|last=Library|first=Beth OljaceAnderson Public|website=Herald Bulletin|date=May 25, 2013 |language=en|access-date=2019-03-09}}</ref>
* Grumman canoes were developed in 1944 as World War II was winding down. Company executive William Hoffman used the company's aircraft aluminum to replace the traditional wood design. The [[canoe]]s had a reputation for being sturdier, lighter and stronger than their wood counterparts and had a considerable market share. Grumman moved its boat making division to [[Marathon (town), New York|Marathon, New York]] in 1952.
: Outboard Marine Corp. bought the division in 1990 and produced the last Grumman-brand canoe in 1996. Shortly thereafter former Grumman executives formed the Marathon Boat Group to produce the canoes. In 2000 the Group worked out an agreement with Northrop Grumman to sell the canoes using Grumman name and logo.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-past516,0,5473146.story |title=Paddling a Canoe to Success |website=Newsday |access-date=May 15, 2009 |last=Striegel |first=Lawrence |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215131118/http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-past516,0,5473146.story |archive-date=December 15, 2007}}</ref><ref>[http://www.marathonboat.com/about.asp "Marathon BoatGroup: About Us."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521213313/http://www.marathonboat.com/about.asp |date=May 21, 2009 }} ''Marathonboat.com''. Retrieved: May 15, 2009.</ref>
* Grumman sport boat<ref>{{cite web|url=https://marathonboat.com/index.php/products/all-boats/eshop-grumman-canoes/sportboat|title=Marathon Boat Group - Sportboat|publisher=Marathon Boat|access-date=April 17, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Flxible Metro|Grumman-Flxible 870]] transit buses (1978–1982)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://flxibleowners.org/history/|title=History - Flxible Owners International|publisher=Flxible Owners International|access-date=April 17, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Ben Franklin (PX-15)]], a science submarine<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/vision/space/preparingtravel/px15.html|title=Deep Sea Sub Story|publisher=[[NASA]]|access-date=April 17, 2020|date=July 16, 2004}}</ref>
* [[Grumman LLV]] postal vehicle widely used by the [[United States Postal Service]]<ref name="Grumman facts"/> and [[Canada Post]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/canada-post-carbon-monoxide-delivery-trucks-1.4194940|title=Aging delivery trucks poisoning us, postal workers claim|work=[[CBC Canada]]|author=Stu Mills|date=July 12, 2017|access-date=April 17, 2020}}</ref>
* In honor of Grumman's aviation and aerospace inventions, a Grumman Memorial Park was established in [[Calverton, New York]].<ref name="Grumman facts"/>

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|image3=UPS truck -804051.jpg |width3= |caption3= [[Morgan Olson|Grumman Olson]] [[United Parcel Service|UPS]] truck
|image4=Grumman Kabmaster Hostess truck.jpg |width4= |caption4= Grumman Kurbmaster [[Hostess Brands|Hostess]] Delivery truck
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==References==
===Footnotes===
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===Bibliography===
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* Ferguson, Robert G. "One Thousand Planes a Day: Ford, Grumman, General Motors and the Arsenal of Democracy." ''History and Technology'', Volume 21, Issue 2, 2005.
* Fetherston, Drew. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100822015332/http://www.grummanpark.org/runway1.htm "Pioneers on the Runway: Raising Grumman."] ''LI History.com'', Grumman Park. Retrieved: March 18, 2009.
* Kessler, Pamela. "Leroy Grumman, Sky King." ''[[The Washington Post]] (Weekend)'', October 11, 1985.
* O'Leary, Michael, ed. "Leroy Grumman." ''Air Classics'', Volume 19, no. 2, February 1983, pp.&nbsp;27–29.
* Skurla, George M. and William H. Gregory. ''Inside the Iron Works: How Grumman's Glory Days Faded''. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2004. {{ISBN|978-1-55750-329-9}}.
* Tillman, Barrett. ''Hellcat: The F6F in World War II''. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2001. {{ISBN|0-87021-265-6}}.
* Thruelsen, Richard. ''The Grumman Story''. New York: Praeger Publishers, Inc., 1976. {{ISBN|0-275-54260-2}}.
* Treadwell, Terry. ''Ironworks: Grumman's Fighting Aeroplanes''. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishers, 1990. {{ISBN|1-85310-070-6}}.
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Grumman Aerospace Corporation}}
* [http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Grumman-Corporation-Company-History.html ''International Directory of Company Histories'', Vol. 11. St. James Press, 1995 (via fundinguniverse.com)]
* [http://www.aerofiles.com/_grum.html Grumman profile on Aerofiles.com]
* [http://www.grummanpark.org/history.htm Grumman Memorial Park History Center]
* [http://ww2db.com/aircraft.php?q=Grumman+Aircraft+Engineering+Corporation&list=m WW2DB: Grumman aircraft of WW2]
* [http://msrmaps.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=12&Z=18&X=784&Y=5639&W=3&qs=%7cbethpage+%7cnew+york%7c 1994 Aerial photograph of Bethpage Headquarters], including intact runways
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180812175039/http://www.laprimera.cl/ Grumman Firecat on multimedia gallery]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070417120734/http://www.newsday.com/community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs9grum%2C0%2C3453260.story?coll=ny-lihistory-navigation Archived 2007 ''Newsday'' article on decline of Grumman]
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