The Arma Engineering Company was an American military technology manufacturer founded in New York in 1918 by Arthur Davis and David Mahood.[1][2]
| Founded | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Arthur Davis David Mahood |
An early product was the U.S. naval Torpedo Data Computer, a special-purpose ship-mounted analog computer for targeting torpedoes, first deployed by the U.S. Navy in 1938.[3]
Another Arma product was a gyrocompass based on technology originally developed by the German company Anschütz.[4] Arma was subsequently sued by Sperry for patent infringement. The dispute was eventually resolved by the U.S. Navy contracting with both companies, with Sperry as principal supplier.[5]
Arma merged with American Bosch in 1949 to become American Bosch Arma.[6]
It released an early minicomputer, the Arma Micro Computer, in 1962.[1]
References
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- ^ Virgadamo, Frank (March 1958). "Spotlight on Industry... Arma Division" (PDF). The Pulse of Long Island. p. 9.
- ^ Parmar, Sunil (2021-09-23). "RESTORATION OF THE TDC MARK III ABOARD USS PAMPANITO". NSL Archive. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
- ^ Mindell, David A. (2002). Between human and machine: Feedback, control and computing before cybernetics. Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins university press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-8018-6895-5.
- ^ Parmar, Sunil (2021-10-13). "A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ARMA GYROCOMPASS". NSL Archive. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
- ^ Leibson, Steven (2023-09-27). "Edward Keonjian: The High-IQ, Armenian-American Forrest Gump of Microelectronics, Part 3". EEJournal. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
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