Hughes Aircraft is an American military-industrial aircraft company founded in 1932 by Howard Hughes as a division of the Hughes Tool Company . The most famous Hughes Aircraft products are the Hughes H-4 Hercules (Spruce Goose) flying boat, the Galileo spacecraft for Jupiter research and the AIM-4 Falcon guided melee missile [1] .
| Hughes aircraft | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Type of | Public company |
| Base | 1932 |
| Abolished | 1997 |
| Reason for Abolition | Raytheon purchase |
| Founders | |
| Location |  Culver City |
| Key figures | Howard Hughes |
| Industry | aircraft industry, mechanical engineering |
| Products | Hughes OH-6 Cayuse AH-64 Apache |
| Parent company | |
In 1985, General Motors acquired the company from Howard Hughes Medical Institute . Hughes Aircraft becomes part of GM Hughes Electronics, now known as the DirecTV Group , until in 1997 GM sold it to Raytheon . [2]
Products
- Hughes Aircraft Products
Hughes H-1 Racer .
Hughes H-4 Hercules .
Hughes XF-11 .
Hughes AIM-4 Falcon .
Galileo spacecraft is under testing.
Hughes Built Lunar Surveyor Lander .
Developed by Hughes AIM-120 AMRAAM medium-range missile.
5.56mm Lockless LRMG light machine gun
Hughes logo after acquiring its General Motors
Notes
- ↑ Hughes Aircraft Archived on October 10, 2007.
- ↑ Hughes Electronics Corporation (American corporation ) . - article from Encyclopædia Britannica Online .