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Astro Communication Laboratory
Astro Communication Laboratory, commonly abbreviated to ACL, was an
electronics development and manufacturing company,
incorporated in Gaithersburg (Maryland, US) on 19 November 1964.
The company was founded
by Joseph H. O'Conner and Charles D.T. Lennhoff, who had previously worked
for Communication Electronics Inc. (CEI), together with four other former
CEI colleagues.
The six founding members left CEI because they wanted to start their own
business and wanted to compete for government contracts. They concentrated on
the use of transistors (solid-state) for the front-ends of their receivers,
whilst CEI adhered to thermionic valves (vacuum tubes) [1].
ACL developed a range of high-end surveillance receivers and
became a preferred supplier of the US space agency NASA
and of the
US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
The company was merged with Aiken Industries (AI) on 20 October 1967,
but kept trading under the ACL name for many years.
ACL equipment can also be found under the name of Norlin —
another Aiken subsidary.
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ACL equipment on this website
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- Astro Communication Laboratory
9125 Gaither Road
Gaithersburg, Maryland (USA)
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ACL equipment can be found under the following brand names:
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ACL Astro Communications Laboratory AI Aiken Industries ? Norlin
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Document kindly provided by Terry O'Laughlin [1].
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