Difference between revisions of "Hughes Aircraft Co"
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1985 General Motors merged '''Hughes Aircraft''' with its [[Delco|Delco Electronics]] unit to form Hughes Electronics Corporation. | 1985 General Motors merged '''Hughes Aircraft''' with its [[Delco|Delco Electronics]] unit to form Hughes Electronics Corporation. | ||
1988 Hughes Aircraft bought [[Redifon]] and renamed it '''Hughes Rediffusion Simulation''' (HRSL). | |||
1997 [[General Motors]] sold the '''Hughes Aircraft''' business, the defence part of its Hughes Electronics business, to [[Raytheon Manufacturing Co|Raytheon]]<ref>[http://money.cnn.com/1997/01/16/deals/hughes/] CNN news</ref> | 1997 [[General Motors]] sold the '''Hughes Aircraft''' business, the defence part of its Hughes Electronics business, to [[Raytheon Manufacturing Co|Raytheon]]<ref>[http://money.cnn.com/1997/01/16/deals/hughes/] CNN news</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 14:05, 13 October 2021
Also known as Hughes Aircraft Corporation.
1932 The company was founded by Howard Hughes in Glendale, California as a division of Hughes Tool Company.
1953 Howard Hughes donated Hughes Aircraft to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Particularly well-known products included the Hughes H-4 Hercules Spruce Goose aircraft, the atmospheric entry probe carried by the Galileo spacecraft, and the AIM-4 Falcon guided missile.
1985 Hughes Aircraft was acquired by General Motors from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute
1985 General Motors merged Hughes Aircraft with its Delco Electronics unit to form Hughes Electronics Corporation.
1988 Hughes Aircraft bought Redifon and renamed it Hughes Rediffusion Simulation (HRSL).
1997 General Motors sold the Hughes Aircraft business, the defence part of its Hughes Electronics business, to Raytheon[1]
See Also
Sources of Information
- [2] Wikipedia