Raytheon wins Hughes bid – Jan. 16, 1997. NEW YORK (CNNfn) -Raytheon Corp. won the battle Thursday to acquire the defense operations of General Motors’ Hughes Electronics, agreeing pay $9.5 billion.
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When did Hughes Aircraft become Raytheon?
1997: The aerospace and defense operations of Hughes Electronics (Hughes Aircraft) merged with Raytheon; Raytheon also acquired one half of the Hughes Research Laboratories.
Did Raytheon buy Hughes Aircraft?
The defense operations of Hughes Electronics Corp., long a symbol of Southern California’s dominance of the U.S. aerospace industry, will be acquired by East Coast rival Raytheon Corp.
Who owns Hughes Aircraft Company?
The remaining aerospace and defense operations subsidiaries under the original Hughes Aircraft Company were sold by GM and merged with Raytheon in 1997. Hughes Space and Communication Company, the last of Hughes’ original assets to remain independent, was ultimately purchased in 2000 by Boeing.
What happened to Hughes airwest?
On the evening of Sunday, June 6, 1971, Hughes Airwest Flight 706, a Douglas DC-9-31 collided in mid-air with a U.S. Marine Corps F-4B fighter over southern California near Duarte, killing 50 of the 51 people on the Hughes West airliner, and everyone except the radar intercept officer of the F-4.
What happened to Howard Hughes airplane?
July 7, 1946: Howard Hughes gets ready to board the XF-11 aircraft at Culver City Airport. The aircraft crashed, nearly killing Hughes.
Why did the XF 11 crash?
Actually it was the Army Air Forces’ XF-11, developed by Hughes for reconnaissance duty. The crash was caused by a propeller failure. Hughes had been in the air only briefly but had outrun his chase plane, an A-20K Havoc.
