TRW SYSTEMS GROUP — One Space Park

Redondo Beach, CA: TRW Systems Group, 1975. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Brochure. Color Photographs; This is a small, thin brochure with illustrated covers and a stapled spine. The brochure is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is some very light bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the brochure. The text pages are clean and bright. The contents show all the many areas technology that TRW worked on. "TRW Inc, or Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc, was an American corporation involved in a variety of businesses, mainly aerospace, electronics, automotive, and credit reporting. The company was founded in 1901 and lasted for just over a century until being acquired by Northrop Grumman in 2002. It spawned a variety of corporations, including Pacific Semiconductors, The Aerospace Corporation, Bunker-Ramo and Experian. TRW was instrumental in the development of American spacecraft during the Space Race, including Pioneer 1, Pioneer 10, and Apollo. TRW also played a significant role in the defense industry, leading the development of the United States' first ICBM and later the Titan missile. The corporation was listed as #57 on the 1986 Fortune 500 list, and had 122,258 employees in 2000. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .