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                                              Digital Equipment Corporation
                                          Maynard, Massachusetts 01754-2571
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Burt Rabinowitz
Digital Equipment Corporation
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                    DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
                     TO LEAD TAC-4 PROGRAM TEAM


  ...Alpha AXP Workstations with 64-bit Microprocessors will be bid...


Washington, D.C. -- January 7, 1993 -- Digital Equipment Corporation 
announced its intention to lead a team to pursue the U.S. Navy's 
Tactical Advanced Computer 4 (TAC-4) program.  The team plans to 
offer Digital AXP Systems based on the 64-bit Alpha processor.  The 
first generation of these systems has pushed workstation performance 
beyond competing technologies.

     The team consists of Digital Equipment Corporation, 
AlliedSignal Technical Services Corporation, Codar Technology Inc., 
Computer Dynamics Inc., GTE, and SYSCON Corporation.  The TAC-4 
Contract award is anticipated in early 1994.

     According to the TAC-4 RFI (October 1992), the Navy is seeking 
"high-performance, state-of-the-art workstations with peripheral 
equipment, software, maintenance,  training, spare parts and support 
services" to satisfy the requirements of the Navy's Desk-Top 
Tactical Advanced Computer (DTC) Project.  The assembled team 
provides a wealth of program expertise and brings together 
organizations which are presently providing to the Navy the full 
breadth of services required to design, install and implement the 
new tactical and administrative systems contemplated for TAC-4. 

     The team can also provide software migration and conversion 
support required to move current applications to this new leadership 
technology.  Other significant capabilities of the Digital-led team 
are its ability to offer full mil-spec or commercial logistics support 
services with worldwide coverage including both CONUS spares 
distribution, OCONUS support facilities, all levels of 
"ruggedization", customized training, and "world class" shipboard 
and shore-based networking solutions.  Team members are early 
developers of Alpha AXP-based C4I applications and users of this 
true state-of-the-art technology. 

     Digital's full 64-bit Alpha AXP architecture is designed to 
grow in performance by a factor of one thousand over its life cycle.  
The Alpha AXP architecture is the foundation for an entire series of 
binary compatible, scalable computer systems, ranging from portable 
and desktop devices to massively parallel processing supercomputers, 
offering a choice of operating environments (OSF/1, VMS, and 
Windows/NT).  New Alpha AXP systems will continue to offer 
leadership performance based on an architecture that will be viable 
well into the 21st century.

     AlliedSignal Technical Services Corporation, (ATSC), formerly 
Bendix Field Engineering Corporation, is a wholly owned subsidiary 
of AlliedSignal Incorporated, a highly diversified multinational 
corporation employing more than 98,000 people providing products and 
services across the full spectrum of industry.

     Codar Technology, Inc. headquartered in Longmont, Colorado, 
pioneered the Department of Defense (DoD) ruggedized computer 
industry in 1981, and in January of 1991, was awarded the industry's 
first patent for ruggedized design techniques.

     Computer Dynamics, Inc., headquartered in Virginia Beach, 
Virginia, offers comprehensive knowledge and expertise in computer 
services, information technology, automatic data processing 
services, engineering services, and educational services.

     GTE Government Systems Corporation Imagery and Intelligence 
Processing organization is headquartered in Westlake Village, 
California with offices around the world.  GTE develops, supports 
and maintains state of the art networked C3I systems used for 
imagery intelligence and weather functions.

     SYSCON Corporation, headquartered in Washington, D.C., has an 
exemplary 26-year history in systems integration, development, and 
services for naval command and surveillance operations.  SYSCON, a 
wholly owned subsidiary of Harnischfeger Industries, has been a 
leader in the migration of government MIL-STD hardware and software 
systems to commercial, open architecture environments for the Navy, 
Army, Air Force, and NASA.

     Digital Equipment Corporation, headquartered in Maynard, 
Massachusetts, is the leading worldwide supplier of networked 
computer systems, software and services.  Digital pioneered and 
leads the industry in interactive, distributed and multivendor 
computing.  Digital and its business partners deliver the power to 
use the best integrated solutions - from desktop to data center - 
in open information environments.
                                ####

Note to Editors:  The Digital logo and VMS are trademarks of Digital 
                  Equipment Corporation.

     		  OSF and OSF/1 are registered trademarks of Open 
                  Software Foundation, Inc.

     		  System V is a trademark of American Telephone and 
                  Telegraph Company.

     		  UNIX is a registered trademark of UNIX System 
                  Laboratories, Inc.

     		  Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

     		  Ruggedized System Solutions is a registered 
                  trademark of Codar Technology, Inc.

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