Northrop Corporation, Nortronics Division, Research and Manufacturing Facility, Hawthorne, CA

AKA: Northrop Corporation, Nortronics Division, Skunkworks, Hawthorne, CA

Structure Type: built works - industrial buildings - factories; built works - military buildings

Designers: [unspecified]

Dates: [unspecified]

Hawthorne, CA
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This facility participated in the creation of the Astro-Inertial Navigation System (ANS), an advanced flight navigation system, for the United States Air Force in the early 1960s. The ANS was developed for use in the SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft.

PCAD id: 15959

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