Hughes Aircraft Company

Summary

Hughes Aircraft Company is an aerospace manufacturer^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of aerospace_manufacturer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (746 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Hughes Aircraft Company is in the country of United States^[3].
• Hughes Aircraft Company's instance of is recorded as aerospace manufacturer^[4].
• Hughes Aircraft Company's founder is recorded as Howard Hughes^[5].
• Hughes Aircraft Company's owned by is recorded as Raytheon^[6].
• Hughes Aircraft Company's logo image is recorded as HughesAircraftCo.png^[7].
• Hughes Aircraft Company's headquarters location is recorded as Culver City^[8].
• Hughes Aircraft Company's headquarters location is recorded as Los Angeles^[9].
• Hughes Aircraft Company's ISNI is recorded as 000000012111761X^[10].
• Hughes Aircraft Company's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 150089152^[11].
• Hughes Aircraft Company's GND ID is recorded as 250278-1^[12].
• Hughes Aircraft Company's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79145277^[13].
• Hughes Aircraft Company's Commons category is recorded as Hughes Aircraft Company^[14].
• Hughes Aircraft Company's industry is recorded as aerospace industry^[15].
• Hughes Aircraft Company's industry is recorded as weapons industry^[16].
• +1932-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Hughes Aircraft Company^[17].
• Hughes Aircraft Company was dissolved in +1997-00-00T00:00:00Z^[18].
• Hughes Aircraft Company's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01xfls^[19].
• Hughes Aircraft Company's parent organization or unit is recorded as Raytheon^[20].
• Hughes Aircraft Company's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hughes Aircraft Company^[21].
• Hughes Aircraft Company's director / manager is recorded as Howard Hughes^[22].
• Hughes Aircraft Company's product or material produced is recorded as helicopter^[23].
• Hughes Aircraft Company's product or material produced is recorded as aircraft^[24].
• Hughes Aircraft Company's product or material produced is recorded as missile^[25].
• Hughes Aircraft Company's product or material produced is recorded as spacecraft bus^[26].
• Hughes Aircraft Company's product or material produced is recorded as spacecraft^[27].

Body

Founding

Hughes Aircraft Company's founder is recorded as Howard Hughes^[5]. +1932-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it^[17].

Leadership

Hughes Aircraft Company's director / manager is recorded as Howard Hughes^[22].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Culver City^[8], a city in the United States^[28], in United States^[29] and Los Angeles^[9], a charter city^[30], in United States^[31], founded in 1781^[32]. Hughes Aircraft Company's parent organization or unit is recorded as Raytheon^[20].

Industry

Industries include aerospace industry^[15] and weapons industry^[16].

Ownership

Hughes Aircraft Company's owned by is recorded as Raytheon^[6]. Products include helicopter^[23], aircraft^[24], missile^[25], spacecraft bus^[26], and spacecraft^[27].

Dissolution

Hughes Aircraft Company was dissolved in +1997-00-00T00:00:00Z^[18].

Why It Matters

Hughes Aircraft Company ranks in the top 7% of aerospace_manufacturer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (746 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

It is credited with the discovery of lidar^[35].

FAQs

What did Hughes Aircraft Company discover?

Hughes Aircraft Company is credited as discoverer of lidar^[35].