Hughes Electronics

Hughes Electronics Corporation
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryElectronics
PredecessorDelco Electronics
Hughes Aircraft
Founded1985 (1985)
Defunct2003 (2003)
FatePurchased by News Corporation and rebranded as The DirecTV Group
SuccessorThe DirecTV Group
Headquarters
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ParentGeneral Motors
Subsidiaries

Hughes Electronics Corporation was an American electronics company formed in 1985, when Hughes Aircraft 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.