Defense

1942
   • Defense business begins work on submarine-detection equipment

1946
   • Laboratory & Manufacturing division set up with 85 employees

1947
   • Contract secured for production of electronic bomb sight

1949
   • Navy contract awarded to manufacture airborne ocean surveillance radar

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1955
   • Side-looking radar contract awarded, first radar designed totally by TI
   • Work on infrared imaging begins
   • Dipping sonar developed

1957
   • FAA contract secured to build/install airport surveillance radar systems
   • Photographic mapping radar developed

1958
   • Indium Antimonide infrared detectors developed
   • Terrain-following radar developed

1959:
   • First airborne infrared mappers produced

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1961
   • Shrike missile guidance-and-control contract awarded
   • First IC-based computer developed for US Air Force

1962
   • Special ICs produced for Minuteman missile

1964
   • TI demonstrates Forward-Looking Infrared Radar (FLIR)
   • Production begins on Shrike missile guidance-and-control system
   • US Marine Corps awards seismic intrusion detection contract

1965
   • TI demonstrates laser guidance system for bombs
   • Terrain-Following Radar (TFR) contract awarded

1966
   • Electronic artillery fuses developed
   • MERA – a solid-state radar system – program begins
   • Large area laser display contract awarded by US Air Force
   • First Forward-Looking Infrared Radar (FLIR) units produced

1967
   • TI demonstrates first solid-state radar (MERA)
   • TIPI system contract awarded by US Air Force
   • Periscope Finder Radar developed

1968
   • TI-2500 computer developed for TIPI system
   • Mariner Mars and Venus data systems developed
   • Laser-guided projectile developed
   • First R&D done on digital video
   • First Digital ARM video program technology developed

1969
   • ARTS display contract awarded by FAA
   • Harpoon ASM seeker contract awarded
   • First Paveway laser guidance systems delivered
   • MRCA radar developed

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1970
   • Compact RF seeker test chamber developed
   • Digital processing utilized for target identification and sorting

1971
   • Paveway II contract secured for bomb laser-guidance systems

1972
   • Common-module Forward-Looking Infrared Radar (FLIR) system developed

1974
   • High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) development contract secured

1975
   • Global Positioning System (GPS) development begun

1976
   • Microwave Landing System prototype developed

1977
   • VHF/FM Radio Telephone developed for marine applications
   • Loran-C receiver developed for marine applications
   • Paveway II contract secured for bomb laser-guidance systems

1978
   • TI demonstrates GPS missile guidance system

1979
   • R&D begun on multimode sensor

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1980
   • R&D begun on image processing

1981
   • High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) production begins

1983
   • Paveway III laser-guidance development contract secured

1984
   • First Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar (ISAR) developed
   • GPS guidance for tactical weapons developed

1985
   • First single-chip gallium arsenide radar module developed

1986
   • Low-Altitude Navigation & Targeting Infrared for Night radar shipped
   • Javelin “fire and forget” missile system contract won
   • Solid-state phased-array radar contract awarded

1987
   • Contract won for terrain-following radar demonstration/validation
   • Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) developed

1988
   • TI demonstrates Javelin “fire and forget” technology
   • TI demonstrates focal-plane array sensor field technology
   • 2000-element Active Array antenna developed

1989
   • Award received for advanced assembly technology

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1990
   • Paperless factory concept implemented

1991
   • F-22 radar & computer development contract won
   • TI/Raytheon Military Microwave Integrated Circuit (MIMIC) program begun
   • Joint-Standoff Weapon (JSOW) contract won

1993
   • Day/Night thermal sight system developed
   • Improved Target Acquisition System developed
   • Javelin missile testing completed

1994
   • Light Airborne Multi-Purpose Subsystem (LAMPS) helicopter night vision system developed
   • PAVEWAY III contract secured with United Kingdom
   • Bradley vehicle night vision system developed
   • Javelin missile low-rate production begun

1997
   • TI’s defense business sold to Raytheon Company

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