Applied Signal Technology Inc. Wins Competition to Provide Advanced DSP Hardware on the Navy's AN SSQ-108 OUTBOARD System.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 12, 1996--Applied Signal Technology Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :APSG APSG Antisymmetrized Product of Separated Geminals ) announced today that it has been awarded a subcontract for approximately $3.1 million from Sanders, a Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. Company, to participate in the upgrade of the Navy's AN/SSQ-108 OUTBOARD system. Under the terms of the initial subcontract, Applied Signal Technology will provide three subsystems for each of the two Engineering Development Model systems. A Model 1209C1 audio subsystem and two other specialized processing subsystems will be provided as part of the upgrade. The OUTBOARD system, which was produced by Sanders, provides shipborne ship·borne adj. Transported by ship. countermeasures detection and analysis for U.S. and Royal Navy destroyers. The upgrade will allow system components to handle current and future threats with a sustainable logistical design. Gary Yancey, the company's president and chief executive officer, explained, "We are very excited about this major contract for our Military Reconnaissance Division. Although this first contract is primarily for development, the two Navies have multiple destroyers planned for upgrade which should provide Applied Signal Technology with production contracts into the foreseeable future." Sanders is engaged in development, manufacture and sale of advanced electronic systems and products in a broad range of defense electronics markets. The company is a major producer of electronic and infrared countermeasures This article is about missile counter measures. For IRCMonitor, see Wikipedia:IRCMonitor. Infrared countermeasures (IRCM) are devices designed to protect aircraft from infrared homing ("heat seeking") missiles by confusing the missiles' infrared systems for aircraft self-protection, and is the industry leader in the development of automated mission planning systems; automated test systems; weapons displays; controls and displays; controls and displays subsystems; antisubmarine warfare Operations conducted with the intention of denying the enemy the effective use of submarines. Also called ASW. ; and training and simulation. Applied Signal Technology designs, develops, manufactures and markets advanced digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). equipment to collect and process a wide range of telecommunications signals for commercial and government applications. CONTACT: Applied Signal Technology Inc., Sunnyvale Brian M. Offi or Mary Rogge, 408/749-1888 |
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