Manufacturer catalog

Univac

Univac was the computer and defense-electronics line that grew from Remington Rand's early commercial-computer business and later operated inside Sperry Rand and Sperry. For this catalog, the name is most directly tied to Cold War U.S. military electronics and missile-production work, including Sperry Rand/Univac participation in AGM-45 Shrike production and Sperry Univac manufacture of Naval Tactical Data System computers.

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UNIVAC began as a computing name associated with Remington Rand's acquisition of Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation and the 1951 delivery of UNIVAC to the U.S. Census Bureau. After the 1955 Sperry-Remington Rand merger, the computer operations became part of Sperry Rand, whose history includes commercial mainframes, government computing, navigation systems, and military electronics.

The defense relevance is narrower than the full UNIVAC business-computer story. Smithsonian collection data names Texas Instruments and Sperry Rand/Univac as early producers of the AGM-45 Shrike anti-radiation missile, while Computer History Museum material identifies Sperry Univac as manufacturer of the CP-642/USQ-20(V) Naval Tactical Data System computer used for shipboard tactical processing.

Military and government computingShipboard combat information systemsMissile production and defense electronicsMainframe and real-time computer systems

Notable Systems

AGM-45 Shrike, Air-to-surface anti-radiation missile, Munitions

AGM-45 Shrike

Air-to-surface anti-radiation missile

Smithsonian collection data states that Texas Instruments and Sperry Rand/Univac began production of the AGM-45 Shrike in the early 1960s.

Sources: Caps, Missile, Training, Air-to-Ground, Anti-Radiation, ATM-45A-1 Shrike | National Air and Space Museum
Naval Tactical Data System, Shipboard combat information and weapon-direction data system, Naval Systems

Naval Tactical Data System

Shipboard combat information and weapon-direction data system

Computer History Museum identifies Sperry Univac as manufacturer of the CP-642/USQ-20(V) NTDS computer for Navy shipboard tactical processing.

Sources: Naval Tactical Data System (NTDS) CP-642/USQ-20(V) | Computer History Museum

Manufacturer History

  1. Remington Rand acquires Eckert-Mauchly

    Unisys history records Remington Rand's acquisition of Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation, the organizational root for the UNIVAC commercial-computer line.

    Sources: Unisys History | Unisys

  2. UNIVAC delivered to the U.S. Census Bureau

    Unisys history states that Remington Rand delivered UNIVAC to the U.S. Census Bureau in 1951, anchoring the public UNIVAC name before later military and government systems.

    Sources: Unisys History | Unisys

  3. Sperry and Remington Rand merge

    Unisys and Computer History Museum both describe the 1955 merger that placed UNIVAC computer operations inside the Sperry Rand corporate structure.

    Sources: Unisys History | Unisys, The Rise & Fall of UNIVAC | Computer History Museum

  4. Shrike production begins

    Smithsonian collection data says Texas Instruments and Sperry Rand/Univac began AGM-45 Shrike production in the early 1960s.

    Sources: Caps, Missile, Training, Air-to-Ground, Anti-Radiation, ATM-45A-1 Shrike | National Air and Space Museum

  5. Sperry Univac NTDS computer introduced

    Computer History Museum lists the Naval Tactical Data System CP-642/USQ-20(V) object as introduced in 1962 and identifies its manufacturer as Sperry Univac.

    Sources: Naval Tactical Data System (NTDS) CP-642/USQ-20(V) | Computer History Museum

  6. Sperry and Burroughs form Unisys

    Unisys history records the 1986 Sperry-Burroughs merger that created Unisys Corporation, the successor corporate line for the UNIVAC/Sperry computer business.

    Sources: Unisys History | Unisys

Predecessors
Eckert-Mauchly Computer CorporationRemington Rand
Successors
Sperry CorporationUnisys
Website links
Unisys company historyComputer History Museum - The Rise & Fall of UNIVACComputer History Museum - NTDS CP-642/USQ-20(V)Smithsonian - AGM-45 Shrike

UNIVAC appears in sources as a product line, division name, and Sperry-era brand rather than as a standalone modern defense company. This profile uses the canonical Univac label for source-backed catalog records tied to Sperry Rand/Univac or Sperry Univac production.

Manufacturer Sources

Produced weapons

Category

Munitions

Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.

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Naval Systems

Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.

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Naval Tactical Data System, Shipboard combat information and weapon-direction data system, Naval Systems1955 Vietnam War, 1990 Gulf WarNaval Tactical Data SystemShipboard combat information and weapon-direction data systemBuilt in: United StatesThe Naval Tactical Data System was a U.S. Navy real-time shipboard command-and-control system developed in the 1950s to automate tactical data processing for missile-era fleet air defense. Built around militarized UNIVAC unit computers, Hughes display equipment, and Collins digital communications links, NTDS fused radar, sonar, communications, and ship-to-ship data into a shared tactical picture for combat information centers and weapon-direction support. Direct conflict-use accounts place NTDS-equipped ships in Vietnam War PIRAZ air-defense control and in Gulf War coalition airspace coordination.