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Article: A visionary ahead of his time: Howard Hughes and the U.S. Air Force--Part III: the Falcon missile and airborne fire control.
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- Air Power History
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- June 22, 2008
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No military R&D effort received a higher priority in the postwar years than that to defend the continent against a nuclear air strike. No military weapons systems called for greater advances of technology. No group of scientists and engineers received stronger support of their efforts by the US. government. Yet the key organization involved was neither a branch of the government nor a publicly held corporation. It was the property of one man ...
Simon Ramo, former employee of Hughes Aircraft and co-founder of TRW (1)
That man was Howard Hughes and the organization described by Simon Ramo was the Hughes Aircraft Company, ...
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August 24, 1989 ;
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.../NEWS ADVISORY/ HUGHES AIRCRAFT COMPANY TO SPONSOR JOB FAIR Hughes Aircraft Company next week will sponsor a two-day ... m. CONTACT: Fred Rodriguez of Hughes Aircraft Company, 213-568-6379. CO: Hughes Aircraft ...
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