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[edit] Medical stuff
What is the last para about medical stuff? Why would it be a conflict of interest, why is it his greatest legacy? Mat-C 21:03, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC)
- This policy is actually more ethical than the drug companies, say, which create medicines, sell them to hospitals and other caregiving organizations, and also create academic papers and drug tests which certify that the medicines are efficacious. This is a conflict of interest, because there are no checks and balances. Contrast this to the Medical Institute, which funds medical researchers. When Hughes Aircraft Company existed, it could easily have built X-ray machines, MR machines, cancer detectors, etc. but chose not to, to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest.
- But the Medical Institute, instead, funds researchers, quite generously. Now suppose one of the researchers found the secret of curing cancer, or for immortality and unbounded good health with no senescence. The public would be beating down the doors with orders for a product XYZ sold by any company which promised unbounded good health with no senescence, and such a company, if it were owned by the Medical Institute, would have a conflict of interest with a Medical Institute which published a statement that XYZ produces unbounded good health with no senescence.
- The Medical Institute may have a license agreement with the researchers, much like the license that Stanford has with Google. I do not know if the researchers have such agreements with the Medical Institute.
- Of course, it would be the happy duty and job of a researcher who had discovered the secret of immortality, to publish those findings, and the Medical Institute would then share in the glory of such a scientific discovery. Ancheta Wis 21:40, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)
I am disputing the claim that the Hughes Culver City was in Westchester. Westchester was indeed part of the large residential area for the employees of Hughes Culver City, as was Inglewood, the South Bay and Westside. It may be that since the postal address of the Company, Centinela and Teale, Culver City, Calif had the name of Culver City in the address, (no street number during the World War II days), and that may well be how that site for Hughes Aircraft became known. This large swath of real estate, extending from the Centinela valley to the beach now known as Playa del Rey was not part of the City of Los Angeles at that time, and was the basis for Hughes' billion dollar fortune. At the time that Hughes was building his Racer, this area was much less densely populated, where in fact farming was still occurring. Westchester now refers to the residential area on the hills south of the wetland that Hughes used for his airstrip. After Hughes' death, a large headquarters building was constructed, during the GM days, which now belongs to Loyola Marymount. I concede that that HQ building can be considered to be Westchester, but not the wetlands or floodplain. There were multiple sites for Hughes Aircraft:
- Corporate Offices: Culver City, CA
- Electro-Optical & Data Systems Group Divisions:
- Electro-Optical Engineering.....El Segundo, CA
- Manufacturing...................El Segundo, CA
- Space Sensors...................El Segundo, CA
- Strategic Systems...............El Segundo, CA
- Tactical Systems................El Segundo, CA
- Technology Support..............El Segundo, CA
- Ground Systems Group Divisions:
- Communications & Radar..........Fullerton, CA
- Data Processing Products........Fullerton, CA
- Engineering Services & Support..Fullerton, CA
- Manufacturing...................Fullerton, CA
- Software Engineering............Fullerton, CA
- Systems.........................Fullerton, CA
- Industrial Electronics Group Divisions:
- Connecting Devices..............Irvine/Rancho Santa Margarita, in Aug. 92 went to Carlsbad, CA
- Electron Dynamics...............Torrance, CA
- Industrial Products.............Carlsbad, CA
- Microelectronic Systems.........Irvine/Rancho Santa Margarita, in Aug. 92 went to Carlsbad, CA
- Solid State Products............Newport Beach, CA
- Microelectronic Circuits........Newport Beach, CA
- Missile Systems Group Divisions:
- AMRAAM..........................Canoga Park, CA
- Maverick Division...............Canoga Park, CA
- Missile Development.............Canoga Park, CA
- Roland..........................Canoga Park, CA
- Systems.........................Canoga Park, CA
- Manufacturing...................Tucson, AZ
- Radar Systems Group Divisions:
- Advanced Programs...............El Segundo, CA
- Aeronautical Operations.........Van Nuys, CA
- Engineering.....................El Segundo, CA
- Manufacturing...................El Segundo, CA
- Phoenix Systems.................El Segundo, CA
- Space & Communications Group Divisions:
- Commercial Systems..............El Segundo, CA
- Defense Systems.................El Segundo, CA
- NASA Systems....................El Segundo, CA
- Product Operations..............El Segundo, CA
- Satellite Ground Equipment......El Segundo, CA
- Technology......................El Segundo, CA
- Support Systems Divisions:
- Field Service & Support.........Long Beach, CA
- Test & Training Systems.........Long Beach, CA
- Research Laboratories Departments:
- Chemical Physics................Malibu, CA
- Electron Device Physics.........Malibu, CA
- Exploratory Studies.............Malibu, CA
- High Voltage Technology.........Malibu, CA
- Ion Physics.....................Malibu, CA
- Optical Circuits................Malibu, CA
- Optical Physics.................Malibu, CA
- International:
- Headquaters.....................Culver City, CA
- Major Operating Subsidiaries & Affiliates:
Subsidiaries
- AZ Engineering Co...............Santa Ana, CA
- Ensambladores Electronicos de
Mexico..........................Mexicali, Mexico
- Hughes Aircraft International
Service Company.................Culver City, CA
- Hughes Aircraft Systems
International...................Culver City, CA
- Hughes Communication Carrier
Services........................El Segundo, CA
- Hughes Communication Services...El Segundo, CA
- Hughes Communications...........El Segundo, CA
- Hughes Communications
International...................El Segundo, CA
- Hughes Microelectronics.........Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland
- Santa Barbara Research Center...Goleta, CA
- Spectrolab......................Sylmar, CA
Affiliates
- COMCO Electronics Corp..........Culver City, CA
- Elektronik-Und Luftfahrtgerate
- GMbH............................Bonn, Germany
- Eltro GmbH......................Heidelberg, Germany
- Eutronic........................Brussels, Belgium
- HBH Company.....................Washington, D.C.
- Nippon Aviotronics Co...........Tokyo, Japan
- UKADGE Systems..................London, England
As you can see, Westchester was not in the list. Ancheta Wis 00:57, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Note
Note 1:This Airport Area was next to the site for Los Angeles International Airport, which is next to Westchester, physically, on Century Boulevard.
[edit] Toolco Aircraft
No such company ever existed. It was Hughes Tool Co. Aircraft Division. And there may or may not have been a colon in between "Co." and "Aircraft".
I've found a reference for the Hughes Tool Co. and its various incarnations at Boeing's site under history.
- 1953, Hughes created the Hughes Medical Institute and gave the Hughes Aircraft Co. as its sole asset.
- 1955, Hughes separated the helicopter unit out of the Aircraft Co. and joined it to Hughes Tool Co. as the Aircraft Division. It was during this time that the OH-6 was developed and produced.
- 1972, the Aircraft Division was reformed as the helicopter division of the Summa Corp. when Hughes sold the Hughes Tool Co.
- 1981, it became Hughes Helicopters Inc. [1]
- 1984, Hughes Helicopters Inc. became a part of the McDonnel Douglass Corporation.
- 1985, it was renamed McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co. and then later that year, it was renamed again to McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems.
(Born2flie 13:54, 16 July 2006 (UTC))- Added by BillCJ 06:03, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hello,
I have a quick question regarding "medical applications" this is the following info.
Hughes' Legacy
The amazing range of science and technology spanned by the workers at Hughes Aircraft never included medical applications, because the company was a property of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, which exists to this day. This restriction was imposed to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest. Ironically, medical applications may well become Hughes' greatest legacy.
How come since Hughes Aircraft Company was owned by HHMI since they did aerospace/defense electronics/military applications, how come they didn't do medical applications for the Owner, HHMI. I think founder Howard Hughes would have appericated that - I think he is rolling in his grave realizing that the new Board of Trustees of the HHMI sold HAC to GM, when HHMI could have benefited from HAC's technology and incorporated medical applications a bonous to HAC.
Its funny but in July of 1990 Hughes Aircraft and Delco Electronics subsidiaries of General Motors Corporation formed a jointed subsidiary called H.E. Microwave to produce electronics for automotive and military applications. If Hughes Aircraft could do it for GM, they could have done it for HHMI.
Anthonygracian 06:58, 7 April 2007 (UTC) Anthony Gracian
Hughes Aircraft WWII contributions Hello, I am interested in contacting any former employees/directors of Hughes Aircraft to verify something that I believe was a substantial contribution to the WWII victory that never seems to be mentioned in any publications regarding Howard Hughes. ```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by Carocage (talk • contribs) 20:03, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
