Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In 1951 Hughes Aircraft Co. built a missile plant in Tucson, Arizona due to Howard Hughes' fear that his Culver City, California plant could be attacked. By the end of that year, the U.S. Air Force had purchased the property and contracted Hughes (and subsequently Raytheon [ 18 ] ) to operate the site as Air Force Plant 44 .
The second prototype, 44-70156, was fitted with conventional single four-bladed propellers, and was flown by Hughes on 5 April 1947. [37] Initially, the USAAF had insisted that Hughes not be allowed to fly the aircraft, but after a personal appeal to Generals Ira Eaker and Carl Spaatz, he was allowed to do so against posting of $5 million in security.
Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, ... [4,480 acres] in Tucson for his Falcon missile-plant, and purchased 25,000 acres near Las Vegas. ...
Raytheon Missiles & Defense (RMD) was one of four business segments of RTX Corporation.Headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, its president was Wes Kremer. [1] The business produced a broad portfolio of advanced technologies, including air and missile defense systems, precision weapons, radars, and command and control systems. [2]
A Coconut Grove, Florida estate with deep ties to American aviation legend Howard Hughes has listed for a staggering $55.5 million, The Post has learned.
The Hughes D-2 was an American fighter and bomber project begun by Howard Hughes as a private venture. It never proceeded past the flight testing phase but was the predecessor of the Hughes XF-11 . The sole D-2 was completed in 1942–1943.
This marks Ackman's second bid for Howard Hughes. In January, Ackman proposed a deal to buy 11.8 million shares at roughly $85 per share.. Howard Hughes' shares rose about 6% in afternoon trading ...
Teravalis, formerly known as Douglas Ranch, is a proposed 33,800-acre (137 km 2) master-planned community in Buckeye, Arizona, located 25 miles (40 km) west of Phoenix, Arizona, United States. The project had been anticipated to break ground in 2012, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] but was delayed due to a housing crisis that overtook the Phoenix metropolitan area ...