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farm equipment (Sperry New
Holland); avionics, such as gyroscopes, radars, air route traffic control equipment (Sperry Vickers/Sperry Flight Systems); and consumer products such as electric razors (Sperry Remington). In addition, Sperry Systems Management (headquartered in the original Sperry Gyroscope building in Lake Success) performed work on a number of US government defense contracts. Sperry also managed the operation from 1961 to 1975 of the large
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in 1957. By 1963, these sites employed some 3,500 people. The
Brentford site closed in 1967, with the expansion of Bracknell. Stonehouse closed around 1969. By 1969, the Sperry Gyroscope division of Sperry Rand Corporation employed around 2,500.
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company whose existence spanned more than seven decades of the 20th century. Sperry ceased to exist in 1986 following a prolonged
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market. Varian would be renamed as the Sperry UNIVAC Minicomputer
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systems, and automated take-off and landing systems. Sperry also was the creator of the
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The company was incorporated on April 14 1910 by Elmer Ambrose Sperry as the
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features many Sperry computers in the bank where the protagonist (played by
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Making Silicon Valley: Innovation and the Growth of High Tech, 1930–1970
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computer series and signed a valuable cross-licensing deal with
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along with Remington Rand, the company developed the successful
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in 1982) is commemorated by a 4.5-meter aluminum sculpture by
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1931:, Director Firing Handbook index from HMS Dreadnought project
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1082:. June 13, 1915. p. 8 of Realty section. Archived from
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During the 1950s, a large part of Sperry Gyroscope moved to
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the company diversified into aircraft components including
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Defunct manufacturing companies based in New York (state)
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Sperry Corporation, UNIVAC Division Photograph Collection
1899:. Detroit, Michigan: Chrysler Corporation. Archived from
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Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation
494:, Long Island, plant (which also served as the temporary
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History of Radio-Controlled Aircraft and Guided Missiles
1307:"Sperry Univac V77 Family Communications Capabilities"
1048:"Sperry Gyroscope Company Division records, 1910-1970"
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American equipment and electronics company (1910–1986)
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Companies formerly listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
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The Weapons Acquisition Process: An Economic Analysis
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On September 16, 1986, after the success of a second
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1940:Sperry Gyroscope Company Ltd in Stonehouse Glos UK
1663:. Bracknell Forest Borough Council. Archived from
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288:The company is best known as the developer of the
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1683:"SCREEN: WHOOPI GOLDBERG IN 'JUMPIN' JACK FLASH'"
2921:Defunct manufacturing companies based in Arizona
1981:Sperry Rand Corporation, Univac Division records
676:, who in 1991 sold the Ford-New Holland line to
559:list of largest companies in the United States.
2936:Defunct computer companies of the United States
1518:"Valley Unit of Sperry Sold for $ 1.03 Billion"
872:Single engine triplane reconnaissance airplane
1212:Peck, Merton J.; Scherer, Frederic M. (1962).
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1158:"Sperry Will Acquire Vickers, Inc., Detroit"
720:Sperry in Britain started with a factory in
555:In 1961, Sperry Rand was ranked 34th on the
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1880:. Vol. 147, no. 1. pp. 86–93
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1282:"FORTUNE 500: 1961 Archive Full List 1–100"
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1954:Sperry Gyroscope Company Division records
1764:Elmer Sperry : inventor and engineer
1363:"Sperry to Buy Avionics Firm from Cessna"
779:brand. State of the art, high technology
613:. In January 1972, Sperry took over the
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1794:. Sperry Rand Corporation. December 1967
1545:Abbott, Paul Scott (November 15, 1986).
904:Single engine monoplane racing airplane
799:The name Sperry lives on in the company
2603:List of Honeywell products and services
1216:. Harvard Business School. p. 619.
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2901:Computer companies established in 1910
2871:American companies established in 1910
2390:Performance materials and technologies
2280:Airplane Information Management System
1620:"Sperry Gyroscope Company (Bracknell)"
1417:"Burroughs Announces New Company Name"
1074:"Latest Dealings in the Realty Field"
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2598:International Turbine Engine Company
2582:Honeywell, Inc. v. Sperry Rand Corp.
1791:A History Of Sperry Rand Corporation
1109:"Elmer Sperry Dies; Famous Inventor"
688:, in 1987, and is currently part of
355:—at 40 Flatbush Avenue Extension in
339:, Sperry Gyroscope Co. Brooklyn N.Y.
2911:Defunct computer hardware companies
2896:Companies based in Phoenix, Arizona
2686:Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation
2608:Terminal High Altitude Area Defense
1681:Canby, Vincent (October 10, 1986).
1516:Price, Kathie (November 15, 1986).
1361:Townsend, Lew (November 29, 1983).
621:). In 1983, Sperry sold Vickers to
524:Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation
498:from 1946 to 1952)—into the 1980s.
462:The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner
253:was a major American equipment and
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2791:New Executive Programming Language
1767:. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press.
1640:"Britain's Aircraft Industry 1969"
1573:"Loral Wins Bid for Unisys System"
1415:Sims, Calvin (November 11, 1986).
1388:Doyle, John M. (August 28, 1987).
246:M2 gun director 1932 in production
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2971:Town of North Hempstead, New York
2411:Safety and productivity solutions
1658:"Sperry's New Symbolic Gyroscope"
1646:. September 4, 1969. p. 378.
1046:Lemelson Center (July 23, 2014).
296:-based aviation instruments like
2433:Positive pressure personnel suit
1935:Gunnery Pocket book maritime.org
1874:"The Little Top That Aims a Gun"
1820:Mindell, David A. (April 1995).
1013:Brown, Marvin A. (August 2015).
846:Hewitt-Sperry Automatic Airplane
732:was killed in an air crash near
388:Lawrence Sperry Aircraft Company
2588:Advanced Turbine Engine Company
2374:Honeywell building technologies
1625:Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
1602:"Fifty Years of British Sperry"
785:United Technologies Corporation
766:Sperry's New Symbolic Gyroscope
748:, Gloucestershire in 1938, and
607:Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant
562:In 1977, Sperry Rand purchased
528:Engineering Research Associates
412:Intercontinental Aviation, Inc.
2956:Instrument-making corporations
2669:System Development Corporation
1896:A War Job "Thought Impossible"
1872:Sanders, Gold V. (July 1945).
1608:. March 28, 1963. p. 434.
1396:. Associated Press. p. 1C
1316:. DATAPRO RESEARCH CORPORATION
811:, and C. Plath—is now part of
651:U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
482:, Arizona and soon became the
453:, as commemorated by the film
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1829:IEEE Control Systems Magazine
1761:Hughes, Thomas Parke (1971).
1164:. AP. May 1, 1937. p. 12
878:Verville-Sperry M-1 Messenger
702:Sperry Defense Products Group
429:The company prospered during
400:Sperry Gyroscope Company, Inc
2549:Sandia National Laboratories
2170:Honeywell Turbo Technologies
1730:"Developing the Flying Bomb"
1579:. March 22, 1995. p. B8
1183:LĂ©cuyer, Christophe (2008).
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292:and a wide variety of other
127:September 16, 1986
96:; 114 years ago
2285:Auxiliary power units (APU)
1390:"Kirk Douglas Suing Sperry"
600:Sperry Remington typewriter
496:United Nations headquarters
451:Consolidated B-24 Liberator
447:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
315:The company was founded by
306:analog ballistics computers
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2866:Albemarle County, Virginia
1844:Mindell, David A. (2004).
1467:"History of Sperry Marine"
1191:. MIT Press. p. 100.
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227:Aircraft Radio Corporation
30:For the shoe company, see
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2518:General Instrument CP1600
1994:Hagley Museum and Library
1985:Hagley Museum and Library
1976:Hagley Museum and Library
1967:Hagley Museum and Library
1958:Hagley Museum and Library
1949:Hagley Museum and Library
1893:Stout, Wesley W. (1945).
1728:Pearson, Lee (May 1968).
587:Charlottesville, Virginia
514:In 1955, Sperry acquired
437:–controlled bomb sights,
420:Russell and Sigurd Varian
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1809:Memorandum for the Files
989:Sperry Drilling Services
549:Honeywell v. Sperry Rand
345:Sperry Gyroscope Company
18:Sperry Gyroscope Company
2814:List of UNIVAC products
2730:UNIVAC 1100/2200 series
2720:Burroughs Large Systems
2676:Convergent Technologies
2135:Bunker Ramo Corporation
1446:New Holland Agriculture
422:, who had invented the
408:Ford Instrument Company
396:North American Aviation
213:North American Aviation
2320:Honeywell RQ-16 T-Hawk
2272:Aerospace Technologies
1929:dreadnoughtproject.org
1925:, Mark 51 Gun director
1670:on September 27, 2011.
698:Sperry Aerospace Group
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445:Gun mounted under the
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188:Harry Franklin Vickers
165:Lake Success, New York
82:Information Technology
2664:Burroughs Corporation
2478:Honeywell 6000 series
1990:Sperry-UNIVAC records
1442:"New Holland History"
789:UTC Aerospace Systems
647:Burroughs Corporation
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263:Burroughs Corporation
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109:, New York City, U.S.
2195:Leeds & Northrup
1720:Fahrney, Delmer S.,
1644:Flight International
1606:Flight International
1523:The Arizona Republic
1367:Wichita Eagle-Beacon
911:Missiles and rockets
564:Varian Data Machines
390:, including the new
369:fire control systems
317:Elmer Ambrose Sperry
118:Elmer Ambrose Sperry
2325:Honeywell/ITEC F124
2165:Honeywell Analytics
1737:Naval Aviation News
1551:Albuquerque Journal
1286:archive.fortune.com
1113:archive.nytimes.com
969:Fire-control system
959:Director (military)
894:Verville-Sperry R-3
803:, headquartered in
566:so as to enter the
518:and renamed itself
510:Logo of Sperry Rand
416:Stanford University
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2881:Avionics companies
2681:Sperry Corporation
2230:Sperry Corporation
2160:Hand Held Products
2150:Garrett AiResearch
2073:Board of directors
1687:The New York Times
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1421:The New York Times
1340:The New York Times
1162:Charlotte Observer
1135:Munitions Industry
1079:The New York Times
974:Kerrison Predictor
932:Jumpin' Jack Flash
924:In popular culture
775:by then under the
674:Ford Motor Company
670:Sperry New Holland
659:Unisys Corporation
655:Michael Blumenthal
645:bid engineered by
637:Burroughs takeover
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579:Sperry Corporation
522:. Acquiring then-
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418:inventors, led by
404:Sperry Corporation
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337:The Sperry Horizon
290:artificial horizon
261:bid engineered by
251:Sperry Corporation
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2544:Kansas City Plant
2498:Honeywell Level 6
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2059:Mark C. Honeywell
1903:on August 1, 2020
1857:978-0-8018-8057-5
1774:978-0-8018-1133-3
1628:. April 29, 1966.
1394:York Daily Record
1256:"Company History"
1198:978-0-262-12281-8
1024:. URS Corporation
964:Gun data computer
954:Hendrik Wade Bode
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795:Sperry since 1997
777:British Aerospace
758:British Aerospace
623:Libbey Owens Ford
357:Downtown Brooklyn
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16:(Redirected from
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2766:Command AND Edit
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