Hughes Helicopters

Hughes Helicopters, Inc.
	Hughes Helicopters logo
	TH-55 Osage
Industry	Aerospace
Founded	1947; 77 years ago
Defunct	1984
Fate	Acquired by McDonnell Douglas
Successor	McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems
Headquarters	Culver City, California, United States

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 Aircraft, then was part of the Hughes Tool Company after 1955.^[1] It became the Hughes Helicopter Division, Summa Corporation in 1972, and was reformed as Hughes Helicopters, Inc. in 1981. However, throughout its history, the company was informally known as "Hughes Helicopters". It was sold to McDonnell Douglas in 1984 and made a subsidiary under the name McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems, which was later renamed MD Helicopters when McDonnell Douglas merged with Boeing.

^ Rumerman, Judy. "The Hughes Companies". U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission. Archived from the original on October 10, 2007.

[Centennial-1] Rumerman, Judy. "The Hughes Companies". U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission. Archived from the original on October 10, 2007.

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