Grob Aerospace is a German aircraft manufacturer. It was founed in 1971 by Dr Burkhart Grob, son of Ernst Grob who had started producing internal combustion engines in 1926 and later made other parts for the automobile industry. Grob Aerospace became involved in glider manufacture in 1971 when it was sub-contracted by Schempp-Hirth to build the Standard Cirrus under licence. Burkhart Grob was a power pilot and a glider pilot already.