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Hughes Aircraft Company

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Hughes after Howard - The History of Hughes Aircraft Company - Ken Richardson

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Hughes Aircraft is now a Target Shopping Mall

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Hughes Aircraft Company LED Calculator Watch - eBay Sale

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Hughes OH-6, Quiet One and Model 77 (AAH) - Early 70's Promo Video

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Hughes Aircraft Case: Part 2 Narrated by Ken Cooper

The Hughes Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor founded in 1932 by Howard Hughes in Glendale, California as a division of Hughes Tool Company. The company was known for producing, among other products, the Hughes H-4 Hercules Spruce Goose aircraft, the atmospheric entry probe carried by the Galileo spacecraft, and the AIM-4 Falcon guided missile.
  • History 

  • Post–World War II 

  • Ground Systems Group 

  • {{Visible anchor|Hughes Space and Communications Group}} 

  • Hughes helicopter business 

  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute sells Hughes Aircraft Company 

  • Hughes Electronics Corporation 

  • Corporate legacy 

  • Timeline 

  • Air Defense and Air Traffic Control Systems 

  • Hughes Research Laboratories 

  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute 

  • Aircraft 

  • Missiles 

  • Spacecraft