The Legend of Litton Industries,9780945903512

The Legend of Litton Industries

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ISBN13: 9780945903512
ISBN10: 0945903510
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-07-01
Publisher(s): Write Stuff Enterprises Inc
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Summary

In The Legend of Litton Industries, author Jeffrey L. Rodengen recounts how a small electronics company evolved into a global giant. Since its founding in 1953 by Charles "Tex" Thornton, one of the famed "Whiz Kids" of Ford Motor Company, Litton has been on the leading edge of technological innovation, developing and manufacturing products from the Litton microwave oven to the LN 3 inertial guidance system, which became standard on all NATO fighter aircraft. Ingalls Shipbuilding, one of Litton's most vital acquisitions, has become a leading supplier of combatant ships for the U.S. Navy. Today, Litton Industries is a pioneer in worldwide technology for electronic warfare, navigation, guidance and control, communications systems, and information technology.

Table of Contents

Foreword vi
Acknowledgments viii
In Search of a Destiny
10(8)
A Company Is Born
18(8)
Interlocking Pieces
26(12)
A Technological Cascade
38(16)
Waking from the Dream
54(8)
All the Right Moves
62(14)
Staying on Top
76(14)
The Key to Value
90(16)
Metamorphosis
106(12)
Building Toward the Future
118(18)
Litton Timeline 136(2)
Notes to Sources 138(12)
Index 150

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