Magnavox is an American electronics manufacturer, since 1974 belongs to the concern Philips . Magnavox is known for the world's first Odyssey game console , which the company released in 1972 . The company's main production and research facilities were located in Fort Wayne , Indiana , Torrense , California , Urbana , Illinois , and Philadelphia , Pennsylvania .
| Magnavox | |
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| Type of | Philips affiliate company |
| Base | 1917 |
| Founders | Edwin Pridham, Peter L. Jensen |
| Location | |
| Industry | Consumer electronics |
| Products | |
| Parent company | |
| Site | magnavox.com |
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History
In 1915, in his laboratory in the city of Napa ( California , USA), Edwin Pridham and Peter L. Jensen created the loudspeaker voice coil. They gave the name of the invention "Magnavox" (from the Latin. - "Loud voice") and in 1917 founded the company of the same name.
Military products
During the Cold War, the company consistently ranked among the hundred largest contractors in the US military-industrial complex . In addition to American government agencies, the company supplied various products for the armed forces of NATO countries and non-aligned allies. Magnavox manufactures military electronics, radar equipment and radio communications equipment, as well as electromechanical parts of weapons: safety actuators ( Redeye [1] and Stinger missiles , [2] Javelin [3] ), non-contact detonators , elements of detonation circuits of various ammunition categories (bombing and rocket), sonobuoys for aircraft anti-submarine warfare , [4] The apparatus for jamming for aircraft electronic warfare , [5] military systems satellite radio , [6] ustro CTBA reference unit records (unit-record devices), [7] artillery fire control computer M18 et al. for cannon and howitzer field artillery , [8] [9] The apparatus of automated processing of discrete data to missile systems control systems Sparrow , Hawk , Bullpup , Corporal [10] . In January 1966, the DARE automated information retrieval system (backronym Documentation Automated Retrieval Equipment) was commissioned for the US Army Missile Forces Directorate, providing authorized users with access to more than one and a half million drawings, diagrams and other technical graphic documents, which reduced the process request and receive the required technical documentation for review from 15 days to 60 seconds [11] .
Among its products are VHF radio stations AN / ARC-164 , hydroacoustic buoys AN / SSQ-53 and AN / SSQ-62 , a series of electronic weapons systems AN / ALQ-128 and Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (PBMD) [12] .
The company played an important role in SOSUS projects (the discovery of Soviet submarines in the North Atlantic) [13] and Timation (the predecessor of the global positioning system ). [14]
Innovation
- 1958 - Hi-Fi - stereo headphones .
- 1961 - "Videomatic", electronic "eye", automatically adjusts the brightness of the image on the TV in accordance with the ambient light.
- 1983 - Introduction of the CD format to the US market.
- 1986 - Universal remote control for TV and VCR.
- 1992 - “Smart Sound”, automatic volume control.
- 1993 - “Remote Locator” to search for the remote control: when you turn on the TV, the remote control emits a beep.
Notes
- ↑ Major RDT & E, Procurement Contracts Total $ 470 Million . // Army Research and Development , February 1968, v. 9, no. 2, p. 13.
- 24 $ 24.4 Million Contract Calls for Stinger Production . // Army Research and Development , May-June 1978, v. 19, no. 3, p. 24
- ↑ United States Army Weapon Systems 1995 . - Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1995. - P. 213 - 236 p. - ISBN 0-16-045464-6 .
- ↑ Contracts . // Missiles and Rockets , March 14, 1966, v. 18, no. 11, p. 48.
- ↑ Defense Procurement . // Defense Industry Bulletin , March 1968, v. 4, no. 3, p. 56.
- ↑ Major Army RDT & E, Procurement Contracts Exceed $ 589 Million . // Army Research and Development , July-August 1971, v. 12, no. 4, p. 33.
- ↑ Curry, Donald D. New Unit Record Concepts Viewed for ADP Applications . // Army Research and Development , October 1968, v. 9, no. 9, pp. 28-29.
- ↑ Army Contract Awards Total $ 145 Million . // Army Research and Development , May 1964, v. 5, no. 5, p. 17
- ↑ Army Awards $ 728 Million in Contracts . // Army Research and Development , February 1966, v. 7, no. 2, p. 17
- ↑ Data Handling Equipment by Magnavox . // Aviation Week & Space Technology , February 9, 1959, v. 70, no. 6, p. 102
- ↑ MICOM Begins Using New DARE System . // Army Research and Development , December 1965-January 1966, v. 7, no. 1, p. sixteen.
- Av Magnavox profile - archive 3/1997 Archived June 21, 2008.
- ↑ Statement of Rear Adm. Thomas D. Davies, United States Navy, Chief of Naval Development, and Deputy Chief of Naval Materiel (Development) . Fiscal Year 1973: United States Senate, 92nd Congress, 2nd Session, on HR [16593]. - Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1972. - Pt. 3 [Department of the Navy] - P. 1255 - 1454 p.
- ↑ Statement of Dr. Peter Waterman, Acting Assistant Secretary for the Navy for Research and Development . / Fiscal Year 1974 Authorization for Military Procurement, United States Senate, 93rd Congress, 1st Session. - Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 1973. - p. 3311 - 4051 p.
Links
- Official site (eng.)