The Central Air Data Computer
Time: 1968
Place: U.S.
Details: In 1968, Garrett AiResearch (who employed designers Ray Holt and Steve Geller) was invited to produce a digital computer to compete with electromechanical systems then under development for the main flight control computer in the US Navy's new F-14 Tomcat fighter.
‹ Earlier in historyManager at the National Bank of Commerce , Dee Hock, was asked to supervise that bank's launch of its own licensed version of BankAmericard in the Pacific Northwest market1968 Later in history ›Trippe gave up the Presidency1968
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