History Magnavox

magnavox laserdisc player



a typical phillips magnavox vcr.

the defense electronics group, centered in fort wayne, indiana, remained independent under magnavox electronic systems name, first under philips , later in carlyle group, until acquired hughes electronics in 1995. 3 areas of business of mesc operation during late 1980s , 1990s c-cubed (command, control, , communication), electronic warfare, , sonobuoys. when hughes electronics sold aerospace , defense operations raytheon, former magnavox defense operations transferred well. shortly thereafter, raytheon spun off sonobuoy operation form under sea systems inc (ussi), in columbia city, indiana. in 1998, raytheon sold ussi british defense consortium named ultra electronics. company wholly owned subsidiary of ultra, manufacturing water , acoustic sensing , communications devices military , civil defense.

among defense products magnavox manufactured an/arc-164 uhf radio, an/ssq-53 series sonobuoys, an/alq-128 ew equipment, an/ssq-62 series sonobuoys, , advanced field artillery data system (afatds).

the brand has worked funai televisions after philips magnavox name popular.

in australia, rights magnavox brand not owned philips mistral ltd, hong kong trading company uses sell audio/video equipment of different make.

in europe, brand magnavox briefly used in 1990s philips on budget consumer electronics replace traditional local brand names (such aristona, erres, hornyphon, radiola, siera). since no 1 recognised brand name, discontinued.