held company, also called PanAmSat with Hughes Electronics as majority shareholder. 1997: GM transferred Delco Electronics from Hughes Electronics to its Delphi Automotive Systems. Delphi became independent in 1999. 1997: The aerospace and defense operations of Hughes Electronics (Hughes Aircraft) merged with Raytheon; Raytheon also acquired one half of the Hughes Research Laboratories. 2000: Hughes Space and Communications Company remained independent until 2000, when it was purchased by Boeing and became Boeing Satellite Development Center. Boeing purchased one third of the HRL Laboratories, LLC which was then co-owned by Boeing, GM and Raytheon. 2003: The remaining parts of Hughes Electronics: DirecTV, DirecTV Latin America, PanAmSat and Hughes Network Systems were purchased by NewsCorp and renamed The DirecTV Group. 2003: Newscorp sold PanAmSat to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) in August 2004. 2004: Director Martin Scorsese used the Hughes Aircraft stage in Playa Vista to film the motion-capture sequences in the film The Aviator. 2004: SkyTerra Communications, Inc. completed its purchase of 100% controlling interest in Hughes Network Systems from the DirecTV Group in January 2006. Technologies Systems and Products Air Defense and Air Traffic Control Systems Japanese Tactical Air Weapons Control System - JTAWCS Swiss Air Defense System - FLORIDA Spain Air Defense System - Combat Grande Tactical Air Weapons Control System Joint Surveillance System German Air Defense Ground Environment (GEADGE) Integrated NATO Air Defense System NATO Air Defence Ground Environment (NADGE) - NSPA Airborne Early Warning / Ground Environment Integration Segment (AEGIS) Canadian Air Traffic Control System Korean Air Traffic Control System Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel AN/TPQ-36 Firefinder radar AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder radar Hughes Research Laboratories HRL Laboratories Howard Hughes Medical Institute Howard Hughes Medical Institute Aircraft Hughes D-2 Hughes H-1 Hughes H-4 Hercules Hughes XF-11 Missiles AIM-4 Falcon AIM-26 Falcon AIM-47 Falcon AIM-54 Phoenix AIM-120 AMRAAM AGM-65 Maverick BGM-71 TOW Brazo Spacecraft HS-333 Anik (satellite) Jarvis (rocket) Magellan (spacecraft) Morelos Satellite System Paksat-1 satellite Pioneer program Pioneer Venus Multiprobe Pioneer Venus Orbiter Surveyor program Surveyor 1 Surveyor 2 Surveyor 3 Surveyor 4 Surveyor 5 Surveyor 6 Surveyor 7 Torpedo Mk-48 ADCAP References Bibliography Gart, Jason H. "Electronics and Aerospace Industry in Cold War Arizona, 1945–1968: Motorola, Hughes Aircraft, Goodyear Aircraft". Ph.D. diss., Arizona State University, 2006. Marrett, George J. Howard Hughes: Aviator, Naval Institute Press, 2004. Marrett, George J. Testing Death: Hughes Aircraft Test Pilots and Cold War Weaponry, Praeger Publishing, 2006. Parker, Dana