The AIM-26 Falcon was a larger, more powerful version of the AIM-4 Falcon air-to-air missile built by Hughes . It is the only guided American air-to-air missile with a nuclear warhead to be produced; the unguided AIR-2 Genie rocket was also nuclear-armed.
11-513: Starting in 1956 Hughes Electronics began the development of an enlarged version of the GAR-1D Falcon that would carry a nuclear warhead . It was intended to provide a sure kill in attacks on Soviet heavy bomber aircraft , at a time when guided missiles were not accurate enough to produce high-probability kills with small conventional warheads. The original development was for semi-active radar homing and heat-seeking versions based on
22-557: The "Davy Crockett" M388 recoilless rifle projectile , rather than the larger W25 warhead of the AIR-2 Genie . Out of concern for the problems inherent in using nuclear weapons over friendly territory, a conventional version, the GAR-11A , was developed, using a 40 lb (18 kg) explosive warhead. As part of a wider Army/Navy/Air Force renaming project, in 1963 the weapon was redesignated AIM-26 . The nuclear version became
33-739: The AIM-26A , the conventional model the AIM-26B . From 1970 to 1972 the nuclear warheads of the AIM-26A weapons were rebuilt for the nuclear version of the AGM-62 Walleye TV guided bomb. The AIM-26 saw little widespread use in American service, retiring in 1972. The conventional AIM-26B was exported to Switzerland as the HM-55 , where it was used on Swiss Mirage IIIS fighters. The AIM-26B
44-487: The Tomahawk Cruise Missile , Advanced Cruise Missile , Standard missile , Stinger missile , Phalanx Close-in weapon system , and Rolling Airframe Missile into Hughes' portfolio. In 1994 Hughes Electronics introduced DirecTV, the world's first high-powered DBS . In 1995 Hughes Electronic's Hughes Space and Communications division became the largest supplier of commercial satellites. Also in 1995
55-621: The company's primary research laboratory. The four joined Boeing Satellite Systems, a company subsidiary, later becoming the Satellite Development Center, part of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. In 2003 the remaining parts of Hughes Electronics (DirecTV, DirecTV Latin America, PanAmSat, Hughes Network Systems) were purchased by News Corporation from GM and renamed The DirecTV Group . Magnavox Electronic Systems Too Many Requests If you report this error to
66-433: The conventional GAR-1/GAR-2 weapons, under the designations GAR-5 and GAR-6 , respectively. The original program was cancelled. The program was revived in 1959, now under the name GAR-11 . It entered service in 1961, carried by Air Defense Command F-102 Delta Dagger interceptors. It used a radar proximity fuze and semi-active radar homing . The GAR-11 used a sub-kiloton (250 ton) yield W54 warhead shared with
77-865: The division as Palomar Technologies. In 2008, Citicorp sold the bonder division to the current management team at Palomar Technologies. In 1997 GM transferred Delco Electronics to its Delphi Automotive Systems business. Later that year the assets of Hughes Aircraft were sold to Raytheon for $ 9.5 billion. The remaining companies remained under the Hughes Electronics name and within GM. In 2000, The Boeing Company purchased three units within Hughes Electronics Corp.: Hughes Space and Communications Co., Hughes Electron Dynamics , and Spectrolab Inc. , in addition to Hughes Electronics' interest in HRL,
88-485: The group purchased Magnavox Electronic Systems from the Carlyle Group . In 1996 Hughes Electronics and PanAmSat agree to merge their fixed satellite services into a new publicly held company, also called PanAmSat with Hughes Electronics as majority shareholder. In 1995, Hughes Aircraft sold its Technology Products Division (automated wire and die bonder) to an investor group led by Citicorp and incorporated
99-441: The remainder in 50 million shares of GM Class H stock. On December 31, 1985, General Motors merged Hughes Aircraft with its Delco Electronics unit to form Hughes Electronics Corporation, an independent subsidiary. The group then consisted of: Delco Electronics Corporation and Hughes Aircraft Company. In August of 1992 Hughes Aircraft completed its purchase of General Dynamics ' missile businesses for $ 450 million. This brought
110-511: Was produced under license (and modified) in Sweden as the Rb 27 , arming Saab Draken J-35F and 35J fighters. It was retired in 1998. When Finland bought Drakens, the license-manufactured Swedish Falcons were included. Below is an incomplete list of museums which have an AIM-26 in their collection: Hughes Electronics Hughes Electronics Corporation was formed in 1985 when Hughes Aircraft
121-573: Was sold by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to General Motors for $ 5.2 billion. Surviving parts of Hughes Electronics are today known as DirecTV Group , while the automotive divisions became Aptiv . On June 5, 1985 General Motors was announced as the winner of a secretive five month, sealed-bid auction. Other bidders included Ford Motor Company and Boeing . The purchase was completed on December 20, 1985, for an estimated $ 5.2 billion, with $ 2.7 billion in cash and
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