Aeronutronic

Aeronutronic was a defense related division of Ford Aerospace, owned by Ford Motor Company, and based in Newport Beach, Orange County, California.

The 99 acres (40 ha) Engineering and Research Center campus was located on Jamboree Road at Ford Road, overlooking Balboa Bay and the Santa Catalina Strait of the Pacific Ocean in Newport Beach.[1][2] The facility's master plan and main buildings were designed by Modernist architect William Pereira in 1958.[3]

  1. ^ Los Angeles Times.com: "Ford Aerospace Treated for Years Like a Stepchild : Defense: The auto maker has announced plans to sell its Newport Beach-based unit. But critics say the firm was abandoned long ago."; 14 January 1990.
  2. ^ Newport Beach.gov: Aeronutronic Ford (Planned Community) District;by Planning Division Staff, Community Development Department; 18 December 2013.
  3. ^ Mathew Aitchison (2016). The Architecture of Industry: Changing Paradigms in Industrial Building and Planning. Routledge. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-317-04480-2.