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1. Introduction
The grandfather of LEGACY systems is the Naval Tactical Data Systems (NTDS), illustrated in the Naval page. NTDS included radar inputs, tracking, displays for operators, and communications to other ships for fleet defense.  In 2008, this system was successful in launching and guiding a missile to shoot an errant satellite out of the sky.
     NTDS soon grew to encompass shore based Marine Corps Tactical Data Systems (MTDS) with communications back to Navy ships.  Our initial Navy Air Anti-Submarine Warfare systems communicated with NTDS via Link 11 protocols.  Our International systems were variations of NTDS put together for foreign navies.  Working with Lockheed, our Navy Air surveillance systems extended from the P3C and S3A platforms to Canadian and other ocean search applications. 
     NTDS tracking and flight sector analysis became the base system technology for Air Traffic Control Systems.  In the late 80's Air Traffic Control spawned the Special Air sovereignty Operations Centers hat have now been installed in ten foreign nations. 

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We welcome your inputs to any of these!

     The grandmother of LEGACY systems is the very early 'classified' computer work by Engineering Research Associates (ERA) - discussed in the Computers, 24-bit subsection and other pages on this site.  These led to the AeroSpace missile launch computers and associated software.

     AeroSpace Systems involving communications have been with us for decades - the tracking of various NASA orbits and telemetry there from.  Did you know that we were the Apollo Mission computer supplier?

 

     Postal and Agriculture systems began in the mid eighties and early nineties. The corporation began defense conversion studies as the former Soviet Bloc's military threat disappeared and defense contracts shriveled up. [lab]

VIP Page 60 updated 22 February, 2008