Hughes Helicopters was a major manufacturer of military and civilian helicopters from the 1950s to the 1980s. The company began in 1947, as a unit of Hughes...
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The MD Helicopters MD 500 series is an American family of light utility civilian and military helicopters. The MD 500 was developed from the Hughes 500,...
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The Hughes OH-6 Cayuse is a single-engine light helicopter designed and produced by the American aerospace company Hughes Helicopters. Its formal name...
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Summa Corporation sold Hughes Helicopters to McDonnell Douglas for $500 million; it was soon renamed McDonnell Douglas Helicopters. 1984: The Delaware Court...
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of Hughes Aircraft until 1984, when McDonnell Douglas acquired it and renamed it McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems. It later became MD Helicopters in...
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4× FIM-92 Stinger U.S. Helicopter Armament Subsystems Related development Hughes OH-6 Cayuse MD Helicopters MD 500 MD Helicopters Defender Boeing AH-6 Aircraft...
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Boeing AH-64 Apache (redirect from Apache helicopters)
Apache began as the Model 77 developed by Hughes Helicopters for the United States Army's Advanced Attack Helicopter program to replace the AH-1 Cobra. The...
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M230 chain gun (redirect from Hughes M230 Chain Gun)
Hughes Helicopters in Culver City, California. As of 2019[update], it is produced by Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems. In 1972, Hughes Helicopters...
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Schweizer S300 (redirect from Hughes 300 helicopter)
(formerly Hughes 300, Schweizer 300, and Sikorsky S-300) family of light utility helicopters was originally produced by Hughes Helicopters, as a development...
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This is a list of United States military helicopters. List of U.S. military equipment named for Native Americana U.S. DoD aircraft designations table...
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McDonnell Douglas MD 500 Defender (redirect from MD Helicopters Defender)
seven-shot rocket pods Related development Boeing AH-6 Hughes OH-6 Cayuse MD Helicopters MD 500 MD Helicopters MH-6 Little Bird Aircraft of comparable role, configuration...
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some other nations in ground combat vehicles and various watercraft. Hughes Helicopters in Culver City, California, was the original designer and manufacturer...
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helicopters, some of which were marketed as the Model 300. The Model 300C was produced and further developed by Schweizer after 1983. In 1955, Hughes...
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List of rotorcraft (redirect from List of helicopters)
This is a list of rotorcraft, including helicopters, autogyros, rotor kites and convertiplanes. A-B Helicopters A/W 95 Aero HC-2 Heli Baby Aero-Astra Okhotnik...
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World War II Hughes turned his company into a major defense contractor. The Hughes Helicopters division started in 1947 when helicopter manufacturer Kellett...
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cartridges' propellant as in a typical automatic firearm. In 1972, Hughes Helicopters began a company-funded research effort to design a single machine...
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competitive fly-off of the helicopters from the spring 1972 until July 1972. The Army determined that the three helicopters could not fulfill its requirements...
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Howard Hughes Holdings Inc., formerly the Howard Hughes Corporation, is a real estate development and management company based in The Woodlands, Texas...
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The Hughes H-4 Hercules (commonly known as the Spruce Goose; registration NX37602) is a prototype strategic airlift flying boat designed and built by the...
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NOTAR (category Helicopter components)
production helicopters that utilize the NOTAR system, which are produced by MD Helicopters: MD 520N: a NOTAR variant of the Hughes/MD500 series helicopter MD...
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Howard Hughes Hughes Dynamics, a former American computer firm Hughes Electronics, a former electronics business Hughes Helicopters, a former helicopter manufacturer...
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commuter service with a fleet of helicopters. In 1968, Hughes Tool purchased Sports Network Incorporated and renamed it the Hughes Television Network, with Dick...
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Bell OH-58 Kiowa (redirect from Kiowa scout helicopter)
single-rotor military helicopters used for observation, utility, and direct fire support. It was produced by the American manufacturer Bell Helicopter and is closely...
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Boeing Rotorcraft Systems (redirect from Boeing Helicopters)
were placed under Boeing Helicopters. A year and a half later Boeing sold the civilian line of helicopters to MD Helicopter Holdings Inc., an indirect...
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Airplane Company; Hughes Satellite Systems; Hughes Helicopters (the civilian helicopter line was divested as MD Helicopters); Piasecki Helicopter (subsequently...
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McDonnell Douglas (category Defunct helicopter manufacturers of the United States)
off of the civilian line of helicopters to form MD Helicopters, which was formerly part of McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems. Starting August 17,...
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former employee of Bell Helicopter and Hughes Helicopters. Since delivering its first helicopter in 1979, Robinson Helicopter has produced over 12,000...
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The Hughes H-1 Racer is a racing aircraft built by Hughes Aircraft in 1935. Using different wings, it set both a world airspeed record and a transcontinental...
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The Hughes XF-11 (redesignated XR-11 in 1948) was a prototype military reconnaissance aircraft designed and flown by Howard Hughes and built by Hughes Aircraft...
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Stealth helicopters are helicopters that incorporate stealth technology to decrease an enemy's detection ability. There are a diverse range of technologies...
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