HRL Laboratories, LLC (formerly Hughes Research Laboratories established in 1948) is a research and development entity jointly owned by The Boeing Company and General Motors Corporation. For more than 70 years, HRL has operated as one of the world’s premier physical science and engineering research laboratories, conducting pioneering research, providing real-world technology solutions, and advancing the state of the art in a variety of technical specializations.

We perform on both Government and commercial contracts. Our research collaborations with our LLC Member companies, government, commercial and academic institutions are realizing groundbreaking advances in ultra-high-performance circuitry, robust computing and communications, automated data extraction, and innovative architected materials. Our technologies operate in space, on aircraft, in automobiles, and in a variety of consumer products.

Our mission is to provide innovation with a purpose: technologies that make us safer, support our national security and improve our quality of life.