Arma Engineering Company

Arma Engineering Company

Founded	1918
Founder	Arthur Davis David Mahood

The Arma Engineering Company was an American military technology manufacturer founded in New York in 1918 by Arthur Davis and David Mahood.[1][2]

An early product was the U.S. naval Torpedo Data Computer, a special-purpose ship-mounted analog computer for targeting torpedoes, first deployed by the U.S. Navy in 1938.[3]

Another Arma product was a gyrocompass based on technology originally developed by the German company Anschütz.[4] Arma was subsequently sued by Sperry for patent infringement. The dispute was eventually resolved by the U.S. Navy contracting with both companies, with Sperry as principal supplier.[5]

Arma merged with American Bosch in 1949 to become American Bosch Arma.[6]

It released an early minicomputer, the Arma Micro Computer, in 1962.[1]

References

1. Shirriff, Ken. "The first microcomputer: The transfluxor-powered Arma Micro Computer from 1962". Retrieved 2024-03-04.
2. Virgadamo, Frank (March 1958). "Spotlight on Industry... Arma Division" (PDF). The Pulse of Long Island. p. 9.
3. Parmar, Sunil (2021-09-23). "RESTORATION OF THE TDC MARK III ABOARD USS PAMPANITO". NSL Archive. Retrieved 2024-03-05.
4. Mindell, David A. (2002). Between human and machine: Feedback, control and computing before cybernetics. Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins university press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-8018-6895-5.
5. Parmar, Sunil (2021-10-13). "A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ARMA GYROCOMPASS". NSL Archive. Retrieved 2024-03-04.
6. Leibson, Steven (2023-09-27). "Edward Keonjian: The High-IQ, Armenian-American Forrest Gump of Microelectronics, Part 3". EEJournal. Retrieved 2024-03-04.