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3U cPCI USB Mass Storage - Capacities to 64GB in a single slot!
Targa Systems Division of L-3 Communications, accelerating its leadership in providing solid-state data storage solutions for military, aerospace, avionics and ground vehicle applications, today introduced the 3U CompactPCI Flash Disk Mass Storage with USB Interface. More »

SATA (Serial ATA) Data Transfer Systems
Targa Systems Division of L-3 Communications, accelerating its leadership in providing solid-state data storage solutions for military, aerospace, avionics and ground vehicle applications, today announced the availability of SATA Data Transfer Systems for the Military, Aerospace and Avionics markets. More »

Removable Disk Capacity now 64 GB, soon 128GB
Targa Systems Division of L-3 Communications, accelerating its leadership in providing solid-state data storage solutions for military, aerospace, avionics and ground vehicle applications, today announced that the available capacity for its Series 4 Removable Disk Data Transfer Systems has been increased to 64GB and indicated that this capacity would soon increase to 128GB. More »

Network Attached Storage (NAS) Data Transfer Systems
Targa Systems Division of L-3 Communications, accelerating its leadership in providing solid-state data storage solutions for military, aerospace, avionics and ground vehicle applications, today announced the availability of its NAS (Network Attached Storage) Data Transfer Systems for the Military, Aerospace and Avionics markets. More »

Removable Disk Capacity increased to 36 GB
Targa Systems Division of L-3 Communications, accelerating its leadership in providing solid-state data storage solutions for military, aerospace, avionics and ground vehicle applications, today announced that the available capacity for its Series 4 Removable Disk Data Transfer Systems has been increased to 36GB. The Series 4 DTU product line incorporates a 2.5” removable disk and provides for true 2.5” disk removability in harsh and rugged military, aerospace, avionics and ground vehicle applications. More »

18GB USB Removable Disk Data Transfer Systems
Targa Systems Division of L-3 Communications, accelerating its leadership in providing solid-state data storage solutions for military, aerospace, avionics and ground vehicle applications, today announced the Series 4 18GB USB Interface Data Transfer Systems for the Military, Aerospace and Avionics markets. The Series 4 DTU product line incorporates a 2.5” removable disk and provides for true 2.5” disk removability in harsh and rugged military, aerospace, avionics and ground vehicle applications. More »

Targa Introduces USB Interface Data Transfer Systems
Targa Systems Division of L-3 Communications, accelerating its leadership in providing solid state data storage solutions for military, aerospace, avionics and ground vehicle applications, today introduced a new line of data transfer systems for the military, aerospace and avionics markets. More »

CompactPCI Mass Storage Board:
Targa introduces conduction cooled SCSI Flash Disk!
Targa Systems Division of L-3 Communications, accelerating its leadership in providing solid-state data storage solutions for military, aerospace, avionics and ground vehicle applications, today introduced the CPCI25 Compact PCI SCSI flash disk, in both 3U and 6U configurations. More »

Targa Acquired by L-3 Communications
Targa is pleased to announce that effective February 19th, 2002 the working operations of Targa Electronics Systems Inc were acquired by L-3 Communications and we are now officially known as Targa Systems Division, L-3 Communications Canada Inc. More »

Targa Systems Introduces 6U VME SCSI Flash Mass Storage Board: 15 GB in Conduction-Cooled Single Slot
Targa Systems Division of L-3 Communications, accelerating its leadership in providing solid-state data storage solutions for military, aerospace, avionics and ground vehicle applications, today introduced the 15GB conduction cooled VME25 SCSI flash disk. More »

SANDISK and TARGA equip US military helicopters, jet fighters and bombers with flash memory cards
SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) and Targa Electronics Systems, Inc., announced today that Targa storage systems equipped with SanDisk flash memory cards are being used on a growing number of US military helicopters, jet fighter planes and bombers. More »

Series 4 data transfer system features Bit Micro 2.5" SCSI flash disks
Targa Electronics Systems, Inc., accelerating its leadership in providing solid-state data storage solutions, today introduced the removable Series 4 Data Transfer System (DTS). To meet the increasing military and aerospace demands for high capacity, extremely reliable and superior performance removable storage, Targa chose to integrate BiTMICRO Networks' patented E-Disk FlashBus technology in their data transfer system (DTS) flash disk storage component. More »

Targa and BITMICRO team-up to serve military/aerospace customers
BiTMICRO NETWORKS, Inc., a pioneer in intelligent storage, and Targa Electronics Systems, Inc., a leader in providing ruggedized data storage solutions to the military and aerospace markets, have joined hands in the integration of BiTMICRO's E-Disk technology into Targa's ruggedized data storage product line. More »

Full Air-Worthiness Testing passed for Sea King helicopter electronics upgrade
Targa announces that it's modified Series 3 CDR for the Sea King helicopter electronics upgrade has successfully passed all air-worthiness qualification testing. Targa has been authorized by Racal to proceed to full production. More »

Targa Series 3 CDR selected for Sea King helicopter electronics upgrade
Racal Defence Electronics Limited, UK, has selected Targa Electronics' Series 3 Compact Data Recorder as part of the Sea King helicopter AEW Radar System/Mission System Upgrade. The Targa Series 3 CDR will be modified to meet the specific needs of Racal Defence Electronics in this program. More »

Targa POD mounted DTU surpasses 20,000 sorties, FAULT FREE
Targa's Series 2 POD-mounted data transfer unit has now flown over 20,000 sorties without a single product failure. More »

BAE Systems Canada wins CP-140 Aurora Avionics Modernization Project - selects Targa Series 3 CDR
BAE SYSTEMS CANADA (TSE, AMEX: BAE) (formerly Canadian Marconi Company) announces that it has been awarded the CP-140 Aurora Navigation and Flight Instruments Modernization Project by the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND). More »

Honeywell Awarded B-2 Upgrade; selects Targa Series 3 CDR
Honeywell Defense Avionics Systems was recently selected by Northrop Grumman Military Aircraft Systems Division headquartered in El Segundo, California, to provide a retrofit replacement of the B-2 disk drive unit with a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) cartridge data reader and flash memory. More »

BFGoodrich Aerospace selects Targa Series 3 for NAVY COSSI Program
The BFGoodrich Company (NYSE:GR) announced today that its Aerospace Aircraft Integrated Systems (BFG AIS) of Vergennes, Vermont, is working with the US Navy to test a system to reduce helicopter operation and support costs, while enhancing flight safety. More »

BAE Systems Canada selects Targa Series 3 CDR for FMS
The BAE SYSTEMS CANADA Global Positioning System (GPS)-based Flight Management System, known as the CMA-3000, has been selected by Eurocopter Germany for two major EC-145 contracts. More »

UK CAA Certification obtained for Series 3 Compact Data Recorder
Engineers at Eurocopter in France, have notified Targa that The UK Civil Aviation Authority have certified Eurocopters Euroarms (HUMS) system; the EuroArms System uses the Targa Series 3 Compact Data Recorder and PCMCIA Flash Memory Cards as the primary data transfer and data storage unit. More »

"Space Shuttle uses Targa 6U VME SCSI Flash Disk"
Engineers at NASA, Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida needed a rugged 6U VME based mass storage sub system for their new health-monitoring system aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. More »