HMSC Overview


Hughes Missile Systems Company (HMSC), Tucson, Arizona, is the world's leading developer and producer of tactical missile systems and related equipment for use in air, land, sea, theater and ballistic missile defense applications. The company's Tucson plant site is the only facility in the country that can produce all-up-round missiles from start to finish for delivery to all U.S. and approved foreign military customers. Hughes has been building missiles in Tucson since 1951 and has delivered close to one million high quality products to its customers. Currently, HMSC employs more than 7,500 people at all its facilities.

HMSC is a business unit within the Weapon Systems Segment of Hughes Aircraft Company, which is a unit of Hughes Electronics.