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.
25-506: 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
50-903: A manufacturing plant in Greeneville, Tennessee . The Sylvania plant in Batavia, New York , was closed and all operations moved to Greeneville. Philips also abandoned the Sylvania trademark which is owned by Osram . In the late 1980s, Magnavox sold the Magnavox/Philips VideoWriter with some success. Released in 1985, the VideoWriter was a standalone fixed-application word processing machine ( electronic typewriter ). Philips Computers , primarily based in Canada, sold its products in North America under
75-532: Is an American electronics company. It was purchased by North American Philips in 1974, which was absorbed into Dutch electronics company Philips in 1991. The predecessor to Magnavox was founded in 1911 by Edwin Pridham and Peter L. Jensen , co-inventors of the moving-coil loudspeaker at their lab in Napa, California , under United States Patent number 1,105,924 for telephone receivers. Six decades later, Magnavox produced
100-546: 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
125-707: 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
150-629: The Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System ( AFATDS ). The brand also has worked with Funai with their televisions after the Philips Magnavox name was popular. Magnavox also has a brand licensing deal where several of their consumer electronics are manufactured by Craig Electronics and sold under the Magnavox brand. In Australia, the rights to the Magnavox brand are not owned by Philips but by Mistral Ltd,
175-544: The Carlyle Group , until it was acquired by Hughes Electronics in 1995. The three areas of business of the MESC operation during the late 1980s and early 1990s were C-Cubed ( Command, Control, and Communication ), Electronic Warfare , and sonobuoys . When Hughes Electronics sold its aerospace and defense operations to Raytheon , the former Magnavox defense operations were transferred as well. Shortly thereafter, Raytheon spun off
200-534: The Odyssey , the world's first home video game console . On January 29, 2013, it was announced that Philips had agreed to sell its audio and video operations to the Japan-based Funai Electric for €150 million, with the audio business planned to transfer to Funai in the latter half of 2013, and the video business in 2017. As part of the transaction, Funai was to pay a regular licensing fee to Philips for
225-477: 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
250-464: The 1960s, Magnavox manufactured the first plasma displays for the military and for computer applications. In 1972 Magnavox introduced the Odyssey , the first video game console . In 1974, North American Philips acquired a majority stake in the Magnavox Company, which became a wholly-owned subsidiary the following year. Philips acquired the similar-sounding company Philco in 1981, and Philips
275-517: The Magnavox brand with minor rebadging in logo and color scheme of computers, monitors, peripherals and manuals. Philips exited the proprietary personal computer business in 1992. Philips sold the Greenville plant in 1997. In the 1990s, several Magnavox branded CD-i players were marketed by Philips. Starting in the early 1990s, some Philips electronics were marketed under the brand name "Philips Magnavox", in an attempt to increase brand awareness of
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#1732844947280300-651: The Philips name in the United States. While it did work to a degree, it also caused confusion to the consumer as to the difference between "Philips Magnavox" products and "Philips" products, resulting in Philips marketing the two brands separately again. The defense electronics group, centered in Fort Wayne, Indiana , remained independent under the Magnavox Electronic Systems name, first under Philips and later in
325-709: 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 Magnavox ( Latin for "great voice", stylized as MAGNAVOX or sometimes Magnavox in Australia)
350-433: 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
375-841: 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,
400-423: 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
425-508: The process. Magnavox brand name products are currently made by Funai and Craig Electronics under license from trademark owner Philips. Jensen and Pridham founded the Commercial Wireless and Development Company in Napa, CA in 1911, moving to San Francisco, and then Oakland in 1916. In July 1917, a merger with The Sonora Phonograph Distributor Company was finalized and the Magnavox Company
450-441: 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
475-611: The sonobuoy operation to form Under Sea Systems Inc (USSI), in Columbia City, Indiana . In 1998, Raytheon sold USSI to a British defense consortium named Ultra Electronics. The company is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Ultra, manufacturing water and acoustic sensing and communications devices for military and civil defense. Among the defense products Magnavox manufactured were the AN/ARC-164 UHF radio , AN/SSQ-53 series sonobuoys, AN/ALQ-128 EW equipment, AN/SSQ-62 series sonobuoys, and
500-822: The technology developed for the LaserDisc. Teamed with Sony , Philips used the Magnavox brand name to introduce the CD-DA standard and equipment for consumer audio with the Magnavox player sold in department stores while the Sony CDP-101 went to high-end audio stores. During the late 1970s the company released the Odyssey² , in Europe also known as Philips Videopac G7000 . In the early 1980s, Philips merged Sylvania , Philco and Magnavox into one division headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee , with
525-554: The use of the Philips brand. The purchase agreement was terminated by Philips in October because of breach of contract and the consumer electronics operations remain under Philips. Philips said it would seek damages for breach of contract in the US$ 200-million sale. In April 2016, the International Court of Arbitration ruled in favour of Philips, awarding compensation of € 135 million in
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#1732844947280550-472: Was able to freely use the Philips name, alternating with the Magnavox name for some electronics, with the personal care business continuing to use the Norelco name. In the late 1970s, Philips developed LaserDisc technology, producing an optically read, 12 inch disc that would contain recorded video material. In the early 1980s, Philips worked with Sony to create a standard for optical audio discs (CDs), using
575-549: Was born. Frank Morgan Steers was chosen as the company's first President. Jensen moved on to found the Jensen Radio Manufacturing Company in Chicago, in the late 1920s. Pridham stayed on with Magnavox, which moved manufacturing to Fort Wayne, Indiana by the 1930s. The term "Commercial Wireless" had a different meaning in the early days of radio and telephone. Magnavox manufactured radios, TVs, and phonographs . In
600-504: 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
625-560: 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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