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Citation
(2000), "£1.25 million contract from Smiths Industries", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 72 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.2000.12772aab.042
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2000, MCB UP Limited
£1.25 million contract from Smiths Industries
Keywords Kenda, Smiths Industries, Data storage, Software, Aerospace
Southampton-based Kenda Electronic Systems Ltd has been awarded a contract worth in excess of £250,000 from Smiths Industries Aerospace at Cheltenham for the supply of a custom data storage and retrieval system (DSTARS) for use within the company's Software Production Group.
Utilising two 480-CD jukeboxes, the DSTARS system will enable the storage and production of validated copies of all master software items used in the operation or testing of aerospace equipment, together with all associated software documentation. Currently, this equates to approximately 35,000 software items and nearly 22 million pages of documentation.
Although the software will be stored on CD-ROM, the system has to be capable of reproducing individual items on their original media, which include previous formats of tapes and cartridges together with a variety of floppy disk formats. Under the terms of the contract, Kenda will also provide maintenance of the system for at least the first three years after installation, which was to take place before the end of 1999.
Details available from Kenda Electronic Systems Ltd. Tel: +44 (0)2380 869922; e-mail: keith@kenda.co.uk; Web site: www.kenda.co.uk