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Litton Industries

defense contractor in the United States
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Litton Industries
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Summary

Litton Industries is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,215 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Instance of: enterprise[4]
  • Founder: Charles Litton, Sr.[5], Roy Ash[6], Tex Thornton[7]
  • Owned by: Northrop Grumman Corporation[8]
  • Named after: Charles Litton, Sr.[9]
  • Headquarters location: Milwaukee[10]
  • Commons category: Litton Industries[11]
  • Industry: aerospace industry[12]
  • Inception: January 1, 1953[13]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2001[14]
  • Parent organization or unit: Northrop Grumman Corporation[15]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Litton Industries[16]
  • Described at URL: http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/litton-industries-inc-history/[17]
  • Legal form: joint-stock company[18]
  • P14750: A656-2781-1E46-1477-7A50[19]

Why It Matters

Litton Industries has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

Alice K. Hartley business Northrop Grumman Corporation United States

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → litton-industries
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: litton-industries, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289941363|litton industries (#289941363)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Har"
  2. 16d ago · Printstream · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 13
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'cs', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'hy', 'it', 'ko', 'nl', 'ru', 'ur']
    Gnd id → 38716-2
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/57392|batch #57392]]: Import GND IDs via DNB dump"
  3. 8w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Country → United States
    Parent organization or unit → Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Country → —
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: A656-2781-1E46-1477-7A50, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
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