Hughes After Howard : The Story of Hughes Aircraft Company

by Ken Richardson

Overview

People everywhere have heard of the eccentric Howard Hughes, but few know that in 1953 he virtually disappeared from the company he had begun in 1932. Under new, creative, and inspired management, Hughes Aircraft Company became the leading military electronics organization in the world and rose to 85,000 employees. Some called it a national treasure. In this new 496-page book, Hughes Aircraft Company’s past president Ken Richardson shows how this was done. Collaborating with over 60 past employees, Ken has compiled this remarkable piece of American aviation history. Learn about many complex products in all fields of electronics crafted by this highly motivated, inventive team.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014990639
Publisher:	Sea Hill Press Inc
Publication date:	07/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	496
File size:	16 MB
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About the Author

Ken Richardson, raised in Hawaii, earned three university degrees in engineering and business administration. He began at Hughes Aircraft Company as a radar design engineer, and in forty years of service, rose to the position of President and Chief Operating Officer, working with a team of more than 80,000 employees creating products in every field of advanced electronics technologies.

Editorial Reviews

Richardson ably recounts the development of many of the technologies, and indeed, historians, engineers and scientists are sure to relish the detailed account of replacing the lead-sulfide detectors in Sidewinder and early Falcon missiles. (It was instrumental in making smarter radar.) But for most readers, they are likely to be distractions from the more entertaining anecdotes interspersed throughout the book.

Los Angeles Times - Peter Pae

This book fully describes the evolution of a relatively obscure firm in California into what many proclaimed was the world leader in military electronics."

Co-Founder of TRW Inc. - Dr. Simon Ramo

"Howard Hughes and his brainchild, the Hughes Aircraft Company, laid the technological foundation for American success in prevailing in and ending the Cold War."

former Secretary of the Air Force - Tom Reed