Hughes Helicopters

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aerospace manufacturer helicopter manufacturer

Hughes Helicopters was an American aerospace manufacturer best known for developing influential military and civilian helicopters, including the early designs that led to the AH-64 Apache.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Hughes Helicopters canonical	5
MD Helicopters	2
Hughes Aircraft Company Helicopter Division	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aerospace manufacturer ⓘ helicopter manufacturer ⓘ
acquiredBy	McDonnell Douglas ⓘ
acquisitionDate	1984 ⓘ
basedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
customer	United States Army ⓘ civilian helicopter operators ⓘ
developed	Hughes 269 ⓘ surface form: Hughes 269A Hughes 369 (OH-6/500 series) ⓘ Boeing AH-64 Apache ⓘ surface form: Model 77 (AH-64 Apache prototype) OH-6 Cayuse ⓘ surface form: OH-6A Cayuse
era	Cold War ⓘ
fate	acquired and merged into McDonnell Douglas ⓘ
foundedBy	Howard Hughes ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Culver City, California, United States ⓘ surface form: Culver City, California Torrance, California, United States ⓘ surface form: Torrance, California
historicalSignificance	contributed to development of modern attack helicopters ⓘ influential in light observation helicopter design ⓘ
industry	aerospace industry ⓘ defense industry ⓘ
knownFor	attack helicopter development ⓘ civilian training helicopters ⓘ light observation helicopters ⓘ
notableContract	Boeing AH-64 Apache ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army Advanced Attack Helicopter program
notableDesignFeature	compact light observation helicopter fuselages ⓘ high maneuverability helicopters ⓘ
notableProduct	Hughes 269 ⓘ Hughes 300 ⓘ Hughes MD 500 series ⓘ surface form: Hughes 500 Boeing AH-64 Apache ⓘ surface form: Hughes AH-64 Apache prototype Hughes MD 500 series ⓘ OH-6 Cayuse ⓘ surface form: Hughes OH-6 Cayuse
parentOrganization	Summa Corporation ⓘ
partOf	Hughes Aircraft Company ⓘ
predecessor	Hughes Helicopters self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hughes Aircraft Company Helicopter Division
producedFor	civilian market ⓘ military market ⓘ
roleInAH64	original developer of AH-64 Apache design ⓘ
successor	McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems ⓘ
technologyFocus	rotary-wing aircraft ⓘ turbine-powered helicopters ⓘ
usedBy	United States Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: United States military flight training schools ⓘ various international armed forces ⓘ
wonCompetition	U.S. Army Light Observation Helicopter program ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boeing AH-64 Apache → originalDeveloper → Hughes Helicopters ⓘ

Howard Hughes → owned → Hughes Helicopters ⓘ

M230 30 mm chain gun → designedBy → Hughes Helicopters ⓘ

Hughes Helicopters → predecessor → Hughes Helicopters self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hughes Aircraft Company Helicopter Division

MD 500 → manufacturer → Hughes Helicopters ⓘ

this entity surface form: MD Helicopters

MD 530F helicopter → manufacturer → Hughes Helicopters ⓘ

subject surface form: MD 530F

this entity surface form: MD Helicopters

Apache attack helicopter → originalManufacturer → Hughes Helicopters ⓘ

OH-6 Cayuse → manufacturer → Hughes Helicopters ⓘ