Ampex Awarded Contract With Leonardo DRS

Ampex Data Systems, a Delta Information Systems, Inc. company, announces the award of a firm fixed price contract with Leonardo DRS, Inc. in support of the US Army’s maneuver short-range air defense (M-SHORAD Inc. 1) Stryker-based system.

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The Ampex TuffCORD NAS system will store critical information for the platform using its network file server capabilities. The US Army’s M-SHORAD Inc. 1 is designed to counter threats from unmanned aerial systems, rotary, and fixed wing aircraft.

TuffCORD NAS device is part of the Ampex TuffServ product line of rugged NAS systems. They are, multi-functional devices for customers who need a data system to operate in harsh environments in the field, at sea, in the air, and even in space. They are available for the spectrum of applications to include data acquisition and storage of video, radar, imagery, bus, and flight test instrumentation data. TuffServs can also function as whole-platform servers, mission computers, or supplemental processors.

The new contract with Leonardo DRS represents another major milestone for Ampex and the defense industry.

“Ampex has offered leading data acquisition and storage solutions to the aerospace industry for many years. This contract shows we can easily apply the same expertise to the ground vehicle market,” stated Jim Orahood, Corporate VP and GM, Ampex.

Ampex will complete work at its Silicon Valley HQs in Hayward, CA.

Did you Know?
If the name Ampex sounds familiar, it is because it was a major pioneer in recording and videotape equipment in the mid-20^th century. The company can be traced back to the end of World War II, when it supplied radar motors and generators to the Dalmo Victor Co., a vendor to the US Navy. With the war ending, company founder Alexander Poniatoff turned his attention to magnetic recording tape and tape recorders. The company received its first major financial support from Bing Crosby, who was seeking better sound reproduction.

Ampex’s tape business was rendered obsolete during the 1990s, and the company repositioned itself to focus on digital storage products, developing an all-digital Flight Test Instrumentation (FTI) for the Department of Defense.