L-3 Communications Introduces S/TAR at Farnborough International `98.FARNBOROUGH, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 1998-- Company applies proven space technology to create a family of solid state storage products for airborne platforms L-3 Communications
L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: LLL) is a company that supplies command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C3ISR) systems and (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :LLL LLL abbr. left lower lobe (of the lung) ) announced today that its L-3 Communication Systems - East division has introduced the Strategic/Tactical Airborne Recorder (S/TAR), an innovative suite of data recorders A data recorder is a piece of equipment which records data, and may also be called a data logger. Examples of data recorders are:
L-3's S/TAR line has been derived from the Company's state-of-the-art solid state recorders in use on space platforms and will be used for reconnaissance and instrumentation storage applications on strategic and tactical aircraft including fixed wing, helicopters and UAVs. "After 40 years of successful tape recording in space we pioneered the shift of space data recording from tape to solid state," said Greg Roberts, president of L-3 Communication Systems - East. "We have used that expertise and technological innovation to create the S/TAR product line, the most advanced high data rate storage application for the airborne platform." L-3's S/TAR provides many operational and performance advantages over conventional magnetic tape recorders tape recorder, device for recording information on strips of plastic tape (usually polyester) that are coated with fine particles of a magnetic substance, usually an oxide of iron, cobalt, or chromium. The coating is normally held on the tape with a special binder. , including fast, random access to mission data, simultaneous read/write capability, dramatically improved mean time between failures and multiple sensor concurrent recording with reduced lifecycle cost, size and power consumption. L-3's S/TAR modular product line offers unique features, including an airborne on-board review capability and options for fast data download. Additionally, L-3's S/TAR has a variable capacity range from 8 GBytes to 125 GBytes, weighs 32 pounds in 0.7 cubic feet and its subassemblies can also be embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. in avionics equipment. L-3 Communication Systems - East, a division of L-3 Communications based in Camden, N.J., designs, develops, produces and integrates communication systems and network storage equipment for medical, commercial, space, air, ground, and naval applications. Headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , L-3 Communications is a leading merchant supplier of secure communications systems In telecommunication, a communications system is a collection of individual communications networks, transmission systems, relay stations, tributary stations, and data terminal equipment (DTE) usually capable of interconnection and interoperation to form an integrated whole. and products, avionics and ocean systems, microwave components and telemetry telemetry Highly automated communications process by which data are collected from instruments located at remote or inaccessible points and transmitted to receiving equipment for measurement, monitoring, display, and recording. , instrumentation, space and wireless products. Its customers include the Department of Defense, U.S. government intelligence agencies, aerospace and defense prime contractors, foreign governments and commercial telecommunication and cellular customers.
CONTACT: L-3 Communications
Cynthia Swain
Vice President - Communications
At Farnborough: 011-44-1252-381-599
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Jennifer Barton
Manager - Communications
Communication Systems - East
At Farnborough: 011-44-1252-381-599
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