Norden Systems
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{{Infobox company
| name = Norden Systems
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| former_name = {{Unbulleted list|Norden Laboratories Corporation|Norden Instruments|Norden-Ketay}}
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| founded = {{Start date|1943}}
| founder = {{Unbulleted list|Theodore H. Barth|Carl Norden}}
| defunct = {{End date|2013}}
| fate = Closed
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| hq_location_city = Norwalk, Connecticut
| hq_location_country = United States
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| parent = {{Unbulleted list|United Aircraft
(1958-1975)|United Technologies
(1975-1994)|Westinghouse Electric
(1994-1996)|Northrop Grumman
(1996-2013)}}
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Norden Systems was an American manufacturer of radar systems.
History
The Norden Laboratories Corporation was founded in New York City in 1943 to conduct research, while the separate Carl L. Norden Corporation built Norden bombsights. In 1949, the company was purchased by Paul W. Adams. Then, in 1955 it was merged with the Ketay Instrument Corporation to form Norden-Ketay Corporation. The company was bought by United Aircraft in 1958. It remained a subsidiary through the transition to United Technologies – in the process absorbing Dynell Electronics Corporation and becoming Norden Systems – before being sold to Westinghouse Electric in 1994. However, following an employee backlash due to a planned move to Baltimore, it was sold for a final time to Northrop Grumman in 1996. Decreasing utilization of the division's headquarters would eventually force the closure of the division in 2013.{{cite web |title=History |url=http://www.nordenretireesclub.org/historical.htm |website=Norden Retirees Club |access-date=8 June 2021}}{{cite web |title=Norden Retirees Club |url=http://www.nordenretireesclub.org/level2/comphist.htm |website=Norden Retirees Club |access-date=8 June 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Varnon |first1=Rob |last2=Lee |first2=Rich |title=Norden Systems to close, costing 300 jobs |url=http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Norden-Systems-to-close-costing-300-jobs-3617333.php |access-date=9 June 2021 |work=CTPost |date=7 June 2012}}
Products
= Other =
- Marine Integrated Fire and Air Support System (MIFASS){{cite news |last1=Madden |first1=Richard L. |title=Norden Hits Primary Target |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/20/archives/norden-hits-primary-target-wins-contract-for-controlling.html |access-date=9 June 2021 |work=New York Times |date=20 October 1979}}
= Radars =
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- AN/APG-74
- AN/APG-76
- AN/APQ-92
- AN/APQ-103
- AN/APQ-112
- AN/APQ-118
- AN/APQ-148
- AN/APQ-155
- AN/APQ-156
- AN/APY-3
- AN/ASB-1{{cite web |title=AN/ASB-1 Bomb Director |url=http://www.nordenretireesclub.org/scrapbook/asb-1.htm |website=Norden Retirees Club |access-date=9 June 2021}}
- AN/BPS-15
- AN/SPQ-9
- AN/SPS-40B
- AN/SPS-67
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References
= Notes =
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External links
- [http://www.nordenretireesclub.org Norden Retirees Club]
Category:1943 establishments in New York City
Category:American companies established in 1943
Category:Former defense companies of the United States
Category:Defunct manufacturing companies based in Connecticut
Category:Electronics companies established in 1943
Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1943