Raytheon in quick succession Dallas-based E-Systems (1995), Chrysler Corporation's defense electronics and aircraft-modification businesses, which had previously acquired companies such as Electrospace systems (1996) (portions of these businesses were later sold to L-3 Communications), and the defense unit of Texas Instruments—Defense Systems & Electronics Group (1997). Also in 1997, Raytheon acquired the aerospace and defense business of Hughes Aircraft Company from Hughes Electronics Corporation—a subsidiary of General Motors, which included a number of product lines previously purchased by Hughes Electronics including the former General Dynamics missile business (Pomona facility), the defense portion of Delco Electronics (Delco Systems Operations), and Magnavox Electronic
Lockheed Martin A2100 Lockheed Martin A2100 The A2100 is a communications satellite spacecraft model made by Lockheed Martin Space Systems in the 1990s-2010s for telecommunications in geosynchronous orbit, as well as GOES-R weather satellites and GPS Block IIIA satellites. The Lockheed Martin A2100 geosynchronous spacecraft series is designed for a variety of telecommunications needs including K band broadband and broadcast services, fixed satellite services in C-band and K band payload configurations, high-power direct broadcast services using the K band frequency spectrum, and mobile satellite services using UHF, L-band and S-band payloads. The A2100 satellite system was developed by a Skunk Works team at