Hughes Research Laboratories
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In the 1940's, Howard Hughes created a R&D facility in Culver City, California; by the early 1960's, it had been moved to Malibu, California. Through a series of business transactions, it was brought under the ownership of Boeing, Raytheon, and General Motors, its LLC partners.(For more detail, please see Hughes Aircraft.) It receives funding from its LLC partners, US defense contracts, and other commercial customers.
Hughes Research Laboratories focuses on advanced developments in microelectronics, information & systems sciences, materials, sensors, and photonics; their workspace spans from basic research to product delivery. It has particularly emphasized capabilities in high performance integrated circuits, high power lasers, antennas, networking, and smart materials.
The first laser was made at Hughes Research Laboratories by Theodore Maiman in 1960.
