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Embraer
Embraer (Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica) is a Brazilian aerospace company founded in 1969 and headquartered in São José dos Campos, the world's leading maker of commercial jets with up to 150 seats.
Fairchild Aircraft
Fairchild Aircraft was an American aircraft manufacturer founded by Sherman Fairchild in 1924, known for the PT-19 trainer, C-119 Flying Boxcar, and A-10 Thunderbolt II.
Fokker
Fokker was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer founded by Anthony Fokker in 1912, famous for World War I fighters, dominant in 1920s civil aviation, and bankrupt by 1996.
Glenn L. Martin Company
The Glenn L. Martin Company, also known as the Martin Company, was an American aircraft manufacturer founded by Glenn L. Martin in 1912, headquartered at Middle River, Maryland from 1929.
Grumman
Grumman, formally the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, was an American aerospace company founded in 1929 that built Navy carrier aircraft and the Apollo Lunar Module.
Handley Page
Handley Page Ltd was a British aircraft manufacturer founded by Frederick Handley Page in 1909, best known for the Halifax bomber and the Victor V-bomber.
Hawker Siddeley
Hawker Siddeley was a British industrial group built around aircraft manufacturing, formed in 1935 and nationalised in 1977; it produced the Hurricane, Harrier, and Trident airliners.
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (हिंदुस्तान एयरोनॉटिक्स लिमिटेड)
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (हिंदुस्तान एयरोनॉटिक्स लिमिटेड), commonly known as HAL, is an Indian state-owned aerospace and defense company in Bengaluru, founded as Hindustan Aircraft Limited in 1940.
Honda Aircraft Company
Honda Aircraft Company is an American aircraft manufacturer founded in 2006 and based at Greensboro, North Carolina, where it builds the HondaJet, certified in 2015.
Ilyushin
Ilyushin is a Soviet and Russian aircraft design bureau, formally the S.V. Ilyushin Aviation Complex, founded in Moscow in 1933 and known for the Il-2 and Il-76 transport.
Israel Aerospace Industries
Israel Aerospace Industries is an Israeli aerospace and defense manufacturer wholly owned by the State of Israel. Founded in 1953 as Bedek Aviation, it became Israel Aircraft Industries in 1963.
JetZero
JetZero is an American aerospace startup in Long Beach, California, founded in 2020 by Tom O'Leary and Mark Page, developing blended wing body aircraft including the roughly 250-seat Z4 airliner.
Junkers
Junkers, also known as Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG, was a German industrial group founded by Hugo Junkers, best known for pioneering all-metal aircraft and the Ju 52 transport.
Kenneth F. Holtby
Kenneth F. Holtby (c. 1922–2013) was an American aeronautical engineer at Boeing who helped design the 747, led the 747, 757, and 767 programs, and retired in 1987.
Learjet
Learjet is a family of twin-engine business jets created by Bill Lear, first flown in 1963 and produced in Wichita, Kansas; Bombardier built the last one in 2021.
List of aircraft manufacturers
A list of aircraft manufacturers, the companies that design and produce aircraft. Airbus and Boeing dominated commercial aviation in 2024 with 86% of deliveries, ahead of Embraer, ATR, and COMAC.
List of Sukhoi aircraft
The list of Sukhoi aircraft covers military and civil aircraft designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau, founded by Pavel Sukhoi, including the Su-27 family and Superjet 100.
Lockheed Corporation
The Lockheed Corporation, originally the Lockheed Aircraft Company, was an American aerospace and defense company founded in 1926 that merged into Lockheed Martin in 1995.
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, also known as Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, is the largest Lockheed Martin segment, building the F-35, F-22, F-16, and C-130 and housing the Skunk Works.
McDonnell Douglas
McDonnell Douglas was an American aerospace manufacturer based in St. Louis, formed in 1967 by the merger of McDonnell Aircraft and Douglas Aircraft and absorbed by Boeing in 1997.
Messerschmitt
Messerschmitt, formally Messerschmitt AG, was a German aircraft manufacturer founded in 1923 in Bamberg, best known for the Bf 109 fighter and the Me 262 jet.
Michael K. Sinnett
Michael K. Sinnett is an American aerospace engineer and Boeing executive who served as vice president and chief project engineer of the 787 Dreamliner and joined the National Academy of Engineering in 2016.
Mikoyan
Mikoyan, the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau known by its MiG prefix, is the Soviet and Russian fighter design bureau founded in 1939, maker of the MiG-15 and MiG-21.
North American Aviation
North American Aviation was an American aircraft manufacturer, founded in 1928, that built the P-51 Mustang and B-25 Mitchell and produced more wartime aircraft than any other company.
Northrop Corporation
Northrop Corporation, originally Northrop Aircraft, was an American aircraft manufacturer founded in Hawthorne, California in 1939, known for flying wing bombers, the F-5 fighter, and the B-2 stealth bomber.
OGMA
OGMA – Indústria Aeronáutica de Portugal is a Portuguese aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul and aerostructures company in Alverca do Ribatejo, founded in 1918 and majority-owned by Embraer.
Oliver C. Boileau
Oliver C. Boileau was an aerospace engineer and executive who led the B-2 stealth bomber program and retired in 1995 as Grumman's president and CEO.
Panavia Aircraft
Panavia Aircraft GmbH is the tri-national prime contractor company based in Munich, Germany, founded in 1969 by Germany, the United Kingdom, and Italy to manage the Panavia Tornado combat aircraft.
Pilatus Aircraft
Pilatus Aircraft Ltd, also known as Pilatus Flugzeugwerke, is a Swiss aircraft manufacturer founded in Stans in 1939, best known for the PC-12 turboprop and PC-24 business jet.
Piper Aircraft
Piper Aircraft is an American general aviation manufacturer based in Vero Beach, Florida. Founded in 1937 around the Piper Cub, it has built roughly 135,000 aircraft.