The Arma Engineering Company was an American military technology manufacturer founded in New York in 1918 by Arthur Davis and David Mahood.
An early product was the U.S. naval
Torpedo Data Computer
The Torpedo Data Computer (TDC) was an early electromechanical analog computer used for torpedo fire-control on American submarines during World War II. Britain, Germany, and Japan also developed automated torpedo fire control equipment, but ...
, a special-purpose ship-mounted analog computer for targeting torpedoes, first deployed by the U.S. Navy in 1938.
Another Arma product was a
gyrocompass
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based on technology originally developed by the German company
Anschütz. Arma was subsequently sued by
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for patent infringement. The dispute was eventually resolved by the U.S. Navy contracting with both companies, with Sperry as principal supplier.
Arma merged with
American Bosch
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in 1949 to become American Bosch Arma.
It released an early minicomputer, the
Arma Micro Computer, in 1962.
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References
1918 establishments in New York (state)
Defunct computer companies of the United States
Defunct computer hardware companies
Defunct computer systems companies
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