Equipment, Materials and Services

Twenty years of experience in airborne computers has resulted in the launch of the Ferranti ‘Proteus’ series — a new breed of general purpose computer for military avionic systems. Developed by the Edinburgh‐based Navigation Systems Department of Ferranti Defence Systems Ltd, Proteus introduces a flexible approach to multi‐architecture com‐puters. They are packaged as a 1/2 ATR short unit accommodating either single or multiple Central Processing Units (CPU).