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Article: Aitech Selected to Provide Processing Engines for Ares I Instrument Unit Avionics Computer Systems.
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- August 28, 2009
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CHATSWORTH, Calif., Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Aitech Defense Systems Inc., the world's first and largest independent manufacturer of open architecture electronic boards and subsystem level products for harsh aerospace applications has been selected to provide two key embedded processing components for the Ares I Launch Vehicle's Instrument Unit Avionics (IUA) Flight Computer (FC) and Command Telemetry Computer (CTC) systems under a contract to Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
As a long-standing, qualified supplier of electronic computing equipment for US human spaceflight programs from the Space Shuttle to the International Space Station, Aitech is certified ...