Arma Engineering Company

The Arma Engineering Company was an American military technology manufacturer founded in New York in 1918 by Arthur Davis and David Mahood.[1][2]

Arma Engineering Company
Founded1918
FounderArthur 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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  1. ^ a b Shirriff, Ken. "The first microcomputer: The transfluxor-powered Arma Micro Computer from 1962". Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  2. ^ Virgadamo, Frank (March 1958). "Spotlight on Industry... Arma Division" (PDF). The Pulse of Long Island. p. 9.
  3. ^ Parmar, Sunil (2021-09-23). "RESTORATION OF THE TDC MARK III ABOARD USS PAMPANITO". NSL Archive. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Parmar, Sunil (2021-10-13). "A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ARMA GYROCOMPASS". NSL Archive. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
  6. ^ Leibson, Steven (2023-09-27). "Edward Keonjian: The High-IQ, Armenian-American Forrest Gump of Microelectronics, Part 3". EEJournal. Retrieved 2024-03-04.