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Died. Whitley Charles Collins, 61, president of Northrop Aircraft, Inc.; of a circulatory ailment; in Los Angeles. A banker by training, Collins brought financial know-how to Northrop when he took over in 1954, in four years saw its sales rise from $171 million to $256 million...
...NORTHROP AIRCRAFT will develop light, cheaper, all-weather fighter (N-156F) for allies under Air Force contract. Plane is simpler to maintain, easier to fly than standard U.S. fighters...
...Many were. Though Studebaker-Packard's work force had been cut 10%, men still on the job dug deeper, came up with exactly the same as last year's total: $67,000. In jittery Detroit, Ford's workers boosted their average contribution from $20.02 to $24.35. Northrop Aircraft's payrollers in Los Angeles raised their contribution to the local A.I.D. chest from $269,000 last year to $307,000 this fall. So it went in Fort Wayne, Ind., Seattle, Cincinnati, Beaumont, Texas-a total of 162 cities now running 2.3% ahead of last year despite...
...MISSILE MERGER is set for Northrop Aircraft (sales: $255 million) and American Bosch Arma (sales: $134 million). Deal would link Northrop's production of entire planes (T38 trainer) and missiles (Snark) with American Bosch's output of components...
...strategic penetration aids is deception. Fairchild is therefore developing the all-Fiberglas Goose and McDonnell the Green Quail, both very small, very promising missiles intended to take electronic countermeasures over enemy territory to mix up enemy radar. Advantage of Fiberglas: it is invisible to radar and infra-red detection. Northrop is also developing Crossbow, a vicious air-to-ground missile designed to home in on enemy radar stations and kill them. Another probable radar-killer: Navy's experimental Martin Bullpup...