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54-756: The RIM-67A (SM-1ER Block I) was the Navy's replacement for RIM-8 Talos missile. Improved technology allowed the RIM-67 to be reduced to the size of the earlier RIM-2 Terrier missile. Existing ships with the Mk86 guided missile fire control system, or "Terrier" were adapted to employ the new missile in place of the older RIM-2 Terrier missile. Ships that switched from the RIM-2 Terrier to the RIM-67A were still referred to as Terrier ships even though they were equipped with

108-452: A nuclear warhead ; terminal guidance was judged unnecessary for a nuclear warhead, so the SARH antenna was omitted. The SAM-N-6b1/RIM-8C was introduced in 1960 and had double the range and a more effective conventional continuous-rod warhead . The RIM-8D was the nuclear-warhead version of the -8C. The SAM-N-6c/RIM-8E "Unified Talos" had a warhead that could be swapped while embarked, eliminating

162-535: A pressure carburetor which dominated the market during World War II . It also made a wide variety of electrical and electronic instruments for aircraft. The Bendix Corporation sponsored the famous Bendix continental air race which started in 1931, and is known for the Bendix Trophy . The competition was a transcontinental U.S. point-to-point race meant to encourage the development of durable, efficient aircraft for commercial aviation. Civilians were barred from

216-599: A white knight . Bendix was acquired by Allied in 1983 for US$ 85 per share. Allied Corporation, later named AlliedSignal , eventually bought Honeywell and adopted the Honeywell name, and Bendix became a Honeywell brand. Honeywell's Transportation Systems division carried the Bendix line of brake shoes, pads and other vacuum or hydraulic subsystems, and the Bendix/King brand of avionics. In 2002 Knorr-Bremse took over

270-524: A CDV-746 dosimeter and a CDV-736 Rate meter, which looked like a dosimeter. Dosimeters manufactured by Bendix for the Office of Civil Defense included: CDV-138; CDV-730; CDV-736-Ratemeter; CDV-740; CDV-742, the version most commonly used by Civil Defense; and CDV-746. The Dosimeters measured in Roentgens an hour, which is the standard measurement for ionising radiation. In the late 1960s Bendix purchased

324-467: A hotel room in Chicago in 1914 with an agreement with the struggling bicycle brake manufacturing firm, Eclipse Machine Company of Elmira, New York . Bendix granted permission to his invention which was described as "a New York device for the starting of explosive motors." This company made a low cost triple thread screw which could be used in the manufacture of other drive parts. By using this screw with

378-514: A long-range kill on a MiG. The Talos missile also had surface-to-surface capabilities. The RGM-8H Talos-ARM was a dedicated anti-radar homing missile for use against shore-based radar stations. Initial testing of the RGM-8H was performed in 1965, and soon after, it was deployed in Vietnam on Chicago , Oklahoma City , and Long Beach , attacking North Vietnamese SAM radars. Oklahoma City fired

432-519: A multi-point electronic fuel injection system, which was optional on several 1958 models of automobiles built by Chrysler . In the 1960s, Bendix automotive brakes blossomed with the introduction of fixed-caliper disc brakes and the "Duo-Servo" system (which became, virtually, a de facto world standard for drum brakes). During the 1960s, Bendix also dabbled in bicycle hardware, producing a reliable, totally self-contained, 2-speed "Kick-Back" planetary rear axle with coaster braking. Also, just as reliable,

486-484: A rotating drum and an electrically driven mechanical timer. The machine was able to autofill, wash, rinse and spin-dry. Initially the lack of any vibration damper meant that the machine had to be secured firmly to the floor. The machine also lacked an internal water heater. By the time the USA entered World War II , 330,000 units had been sold. Production resumed in 1946 and reached 2,000,000 by 1950. Bendix Home Appliances

540-466: A series of mergers, sales and changes with partners or buyers including Raytheon , Allied Signal and others. This diluted its corporate identity, though for some years these companies used the Bendix brand for some of their products, such as aircraft flight control systems . In 1982 under CEO William Agee , Bendix launched a hostile takeover bid of the conglomerate, Martin Marietta . Bendix bought

594-401: A storage area above the main deck. Nuclear-powered USS  Long Beach and three Albany -class cruisers (converted Baltimore -class heavy cruisers ) carried Mark 12 Guided Missile Launching Systems fed from a 52-round magazine below the main deck. The initial SAM-N-6b/RIM-8A had an effective range of about 50 nmi and a conventional warhead . The SAM-N-6bW/RIM-8B was a RIM-8A with

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648-477: A total of four MiGs being shot down by USS Chicago and Long Beach . On May 23, 1968, a Talos fired from Long Beach shot down a Vietnamese MiG at a range of about 65 miles. This was the first downing of a hostile aircraft by a missile fired from a ship. The hit also destroyed a second MiG which flew through the debris. In September 1968, Long Beach scored another MiG destroyed at a range of 61 miles. On May 9, 1972, Chicago ' s forward Talos battery scored

702-626: A wide variety of industries. In 2014, Honeywell sold the Bendix trademark for automotive brakes in the US, to MAT Holdings . Many Bendix automotive, truck and industrial brakes sold in the United States used asbestos as late as 1987. Bendix's current parent, Honeywell, continues to deal with numerous lawsuits brought as a result of asbestos-containing Bendix brand brakes. A collaboration between Fred McLafferty and Roland Gohlke and William C. Wiley and Daniel B. Harrington of Bendix Aviation in

756-837: Is on outdoor display in front of the Missiles and More Museum on Topsail Island , NC. Notably, this location is also the birthplace of the RIM-8 Talos missile, having been a result of the research effort on ramjets and surface-to-air missiles which took place on Topsail Island from 1946 to 1948, as part of Operation Bumblebee . Bendix Corporation Bendix Corporation is an American manufacturing and engineering company which, during various times in its existence, made automotive brake shoes and systems, vacuum tubes , aircraft brakes, aeronautical hydraulics and electric power systems, avionics , aircraft and automobile fuel control systems, radios , televisions and computers . It

810-531: Is similar to the notched wheel and reluctor now used in cars. Bendix Scintilla manufactured MIL SPEC electrical connectors of many styles. Criteria were met for hostile and non-hostile environments that provided seals against liquids and gasses. In 1971, Bendix introduced the world's first true computerized ABS (anti-lock) system on Chrysler's 1971 Imperial . Production continued for several years. Under its present ownership by Honeywell , Bendix continues to manufacture automotive brakes and industrial brakes for

864-591: Is the introduction of inertial guidance for each phase of the missile's flight except the terminal phase where semi-active homing was retained. This design change was made so that missiles could time share illumination radars and enable equipped ships to defend against saturation missile attacks. Terrier ships reequipped as part of the New Threat Upgrade were refit to operate the RIM-67B (SM-2ER Block II) missile. The RIM-156A Standard SM-2ER Block IV with

918-676: The ACE in the UK and on the SWAC in the 1950s. Huskey created most of the design while working as a professor at Berkeley and other universities, and also as a consultant. The company was renamed to Bendix Corporation in 1960. During the 1960s the company made ground and airborne telecommunications systems for NASA . It also built the ST-124-M3 inertial platform used in the Saturn V Instrument Unit which

972-726: The Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park located in Buffalo, New York . A Talos missile and booster were on display at Rita Blanca Park (home of the XIT Rodeo & Reunion ) in Dalhart, Texas, at least from 1981 or earlier, but as of 2017 had been removed. A Talos missile is on display in the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at the Washington Dulles International Airport . A Talos missile

1026-594: The Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) released a report stating that the "most likely abnormality" to have caused the crash of American Airlines Flight 1 on March 1, 1962, was a short circuit caused by wires in the automatic piloting system that had been damaged in the manufacturing process. CAB inspectors had inspected units at a Teterboro, New Jersey, Bendix Corporation plant and discovered workers using tweezers to bind up bundles of wires, thus damaging them. The Bendix Corporation issued denials, stating that

1080-800: The Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988) the United States deployed Standard missiles to protect its navy, as well as other ships in the Persian Gulf from the threat of Iranian attacks. According to the Iranian Air Force , its F-4 Phantom IIs were engaged by SM-2ERs but managed to evade them, with one aircraft sustaining non-fatal damage due to shrapnel. During the same war the United States Navy mistakenly shot down an Iranian civilian airliner, Iran Air Flight 655 using two SM-2 missiles. On April 18, 1988, during Operation Praying Mantis ,

1134-735: The Muskogee War Memorial Park located in Muskogee, Oklahoma . A Talos missile is on display at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown in Yorktown, Virginia . A Talos missile is on display at The US Navy's Guided Missile School at Dam Neck, in Virginia Beach, Virginia , just outside of the main building of the NAVGMSCOL. Two Talos missiles are on display, in launch position, on the stern of USS  Little Rock at

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1188-722: The RIM-2 Terrier was the first to enter service. The Talos was originally designated SAM-N-6 and was redesignated RIM-8 in 1963. The airframe was manufactured by McDonnell Aircraft in St. Louis ; final assembly was by Bendix Missile Systems in Mishawaka, Indiana . The first production versions of the missile cost about $ 155,000 in 1955 ($ 1,793,335 in 2022 dollars); however, the price would drop as Bendix increased production. The Talos saw relatively limited use due to its large size and dual radar antenna system; few ships could accommodate

1242-716: The South Bend Regional Airport (historically known as Bendix Field), but was removed in 2021 to be displayed in the Manufacturing Victory exhibit at The History Museum in South Bend. After the exhibit closed, the missile did not return to the airport. Another example can be seen at the Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum , located at Mount Pleasant, South Carolina . A Talos Missile can also be seen on display at

1296-469: The frigate USS  Simpson fired four RIM-66 Standard missiles and the cruiser USS  Wainwright fired two RIM-67 Standard missiles at Joshan , an Iranian Kaman -class (La Combattante II type) missile boat. The attacks destroyed the Iranian ship's superstructure but did not sink it. RIM-67 Standard was deployed on ships of the following classes, replacing the RIM-2 Terrier, and it never

1350-554: The 1950s led to the combination of gas chromatography and mass spectrometry , and the development of Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry instrumentation. Beginning in the 1960s, Bendix produced scientific instruments such as the Bendix MA-2 Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer . Bendix manufactured Radiological Dosimeters for Civil Defense during the cold war, they also made a Family Radiation measurement kit for home use, which included

1404-624: The Aegis Combat System it has a smaller compact sized booster stage for firing from the Mk41 Vertical Launching System. Like the earlier RIM-67B it employs inertial/command guidance with terminal semi-active homing. (ex-RIM-67E) Cancelled as a part of the whole NATBMD program in December 2001. RIM-8 Talos Bendix RIM-8 Talos was a long-range naval surface-to-air missile (SAM), among

1458-473: The Bendix Corporation itself never manufactured them. In 1936, the company licensed its name to Bendix Home Appliances, another South Bend company founded by Judson Sayre, for a 25% stake in the company. In 1937, Bendix Home Appliances was the first company to market a domestic automatic washing machine. The 1937 Bendix Home Laundry was a front-loading automatic washer with a glass porthole door,

1512-499: The Eclipse Machine Company, Bendix had a good foundation for his future business plans. General Motors purchased a 24% interest in Bendix in 1924, not to operate Bendix but to maintain a direct and continuing contact with developments in aviation, as the engineering techniques of the auto and aircraft were quite similar then. In the 1920s, Bendix owned and controlled many important patents for devices applicable to

1566-628: The Mk 72 booster was developed to compensate for the lack of a long range SAM for the Ticonderoga class of Aegis cruisers . The Mk72 booster allows the RIM-156A to fit into the Mark 41 Vertical Launching System . This configuration can also be used for Terminal phase Ballistic Missile Defense. There was a plan to build a nuclear armed standard missile mounting a W81 nuclear warhead as a replacement for

1620-595: The auto industry. For example, brakes, carburetors , and starting drives for engines. It acquired Bragg-Kliesrath brakes in the late 1920s. In 1942 Ernest R. Breech became president of Bendix, moving from General Motors. After performing brilliantly for Bendix by introducing GM management philosophies, he attracted the attention of Henry Ford II who persuaded Breech to move to Ford where he finished his career. By 1940 Bendix had sales running c. $ 40 million. In 1948, General Motors sold its interest in Bendix as GM wanted to focus on its expanding automotive operations. Bendix

1674-414: The company as "Bendix Aviation" to reflect the new product lines. Bendix Aviation was founded as a holding company for the assets of Delco Aviation Corporation, Eclipse Machine Company, Stromberg Carburetor Company, and other aircraft accessory manufacturers. Bendix supplied aircraft manufacturers with all types of hydraulic systems, for braking and flap activation, and introduced new devices such as

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1728-545: The computer division of Bendix Aviation introduced the Bendix G-15 , a mini computer which was the size of two tall filing cabinets. The company sold about 400 of these at prices starting at below US$ 50,000. The Bendix computer division was taken over in 1963 by Control Data Corporation , which continued to support the G-15 for a few years. The chief designer of the G-15 was Harry Huskey , who had worked with Alan Turing on

1782-475: The earlier Nuclear Terrier missile (RIM-2D). The USN rescinded the requirement for the nuclear armed missile in the 1980s, and the project was canceled. The Standard can also be used against ships, either at line-of-sight range using its semi-active homing mode, or over the horizon using inertial guidance and terminal infrared homing. RIM-174 Standard Missile 6 ERAM is a new generation of Standard extended range missiles, which became operational in 2013. During

1836-408: The earliest SAMs to equip United States Navy ships. The Talos used radar beam riding for guidance to the vicinity of its target, and semi-active radar homing (SARH) for terminal guidance. The four antennas surrounding the nose were SARH receivers, which functioned as a continuous wave interferometer . A solid rocket booster provided thrust for launch and a Bendix ramjet powered its flight to

1890-496: The first cardio tachometer and respiration rate monitor system which enabled a ground-based physician to observe an astronaut's vital signs. MK46 torpedo electronics also came from this facility. Other diverse products included radar detectors in aircraft that identified ground missile tracking and ground missiles launched at aircraft. In the 1960s they produced an anti-lock brake system for military aircraft using established technology similar to Dunlop's earlier Maxaret . The technology

1944-506: The first successful RGM-8H combat shot in US Navy history in early 1972. It was also the first combat surface-to-surface missile shot in US Navy history. Long Beach had her Talos launcher removed in 1978. Talos was phased out of fleet service with the decommissioning of USS  Oklahoma City in 1979, though the Albany -class ships carrying the system soldiered on a few more years with

1998-561: The large missiles with the AN/SPW-2 missile guidance radar and the AN/SPG-49 target illumination and tracking radar. The 9.9-meter-long, 3½-ton missile was comparable in size to a small fighter aircraft . The Talos Mark 7 Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS) was installed in three Galveston -class cruisers (converted Cleveland -class light cruisers ) with 16 missiles in a ready-service magazine and up to 30 missiles and boosters in

2052-625: The launchers left in place until they were retired in 1980. After 21 years of fleet service, the missile was replaced by the RIM-67 Standard missile, which was fired from the smaller Mk10 launcher. Two Talos missiles are on display at the Military Honor Park located near the entrance of the South Bend International Airport in South Bend, Indiana. A Talos missile was displayed in the atrium of

2106-509: The majority of Martin Marietta shares and in effect owned the company. However, Martin Marietta's management used the short time between ownership and control to sell non-core businesses and launch its own hostile takeover of Bendix – the Pac-Man Defense . Industrial conglomerate United Technologies joined the fray, supporting Martin Marietta in their counter-takeover bid. In the end, Bendix was rescued by Allied Corporation , acting as

2160-442: The need to waste magazine capacity carrying dedicated nuclear-tipped variants. The RIM-8E also carried an improved continuous-wave terminal homing seeker and had a higher ceiling reach-out. Some RIM-8Cs were retrofitted with the new seeker and designated RIM-8F. The RIM-8G and RIM-8J had further radar homing improvements and a new fuel that extended the range to 130 nm. The surface-to-air versions also saw action in Vietnam, with

2214-670: The newer missile. The second generation of Standard missile, the Standard Missile 2, was developed for the Aegis Combat System , and the New Threat Upgrade (NTU) program that was planned for existing Terrier and Tartar ships. The destroyer USS  Mahan served as the test platform for the development of the CG/SM-2 (ER) missile program project. The principal change over the Standard Missile 1

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2268-643: The race in 1950. The last race took place in 1962. During and after the war Bendix made radar equipment of various types. Bendix ranked 17th among United States corporations in the value of wartime production contracts. Bendix aviation masks and gauges were modified and tested for use in diving and hyperbaric applications. In the 1950s, Bendix and its successors managed United States Atomic Energy Commission facilities in Kansas City, Missouri and Albuquerque, New Mexico . These facilities procured non-nuclear components for nuclear weapons . In 1956,

2322-453: The retail trade grew quickly in the 1950s, but stopped quickly in the 1960s when Ford, General Motors and Chrysler started producing their own radios. Since 2002, Bendix has been a subsidiary of Knorr-Bremse . In February 2020, Bendix announced that it would be moving its headquarters from Elyria, Ohio to Avon , with an expected opening date for its new facility of November 2021. In the decades between 1970 and 1990, Bendix went through

2376-537: The rights to the Dashaveyor system – developed for mining and goods movements – in order to use it as the basis for an automated guideway transit (AGT) system, during the heyday of urban transport research in the late 1960s. Often referred to as the Bendix-Dashaveyor in this form, the system used the basic design of the cargo system, but with a larger passenger body running on rubber wheels. Although it

2430-478: The target, with the warhead serving as the ramjet's compressor. Talos was the end product of Operation Bumblebee , the Navy's 16-year surface-to-air missile development program for protection against guided anti-ship missiles like Henschel Hs 293 glide bombs , Fritz X , and kamikaze aircraft. The Talos was the primary effort behind the Bumblebee project but was not the first missile the program developed;

2484-498: The units underwent 61 inspections during manufacture, in addition to inspections during installation and maintenance work, and insisted that had the insulation on the wires been breached at some point, it would have been detected and the unit replaced. Marine During World War II , Bendix was contracted to make engine order telegraphs for the United States Navy . Although popularly connected to washing machines ,

2538-529: Was VLS-capable. All of the ships used the AN/SPG-55 for guidance. The Mk10 guided missile launching system was used as the launching system. New Threat Upgrade equipped vessels operated the RIM-67B which used inertial guidance for every phase of the intercept except for the terminal phase where the AN/SPG-55 radar illuminates the target. The RIM-156 Standard Block IV, is a version that has been developed for

2592-497: Was also well known for the name Bendix , as used on home clothes washing machines in the mid-20th century, but those were produced by a partner company that licensed their name. Founder and inventor Vincent Bendix filed for a patent for the Bendix drive on May 2, 1914. The drive engages the starter motor with an internal combustion engine and is still used on most automobiles today. Bendix initially began his new corporation in

2646-740: Was built by the Navigation and Control Division in Teterboro, NJ. It also developed the first automobile fuel injection system in the US. In 1966 NASA selected Bendix Aerospace Systems Division in Ann Arbor, Michigan to design, manufacture, test, and provide operational support for packages of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) to fly on the Apollo Program . In January 1963,

2700-470: Was demonstrated at Transpo '72 , along with three competitors, only one Dashaveyor system was installed, the 5 km (3.1 mi) long Toronto Zoo Domain Ride which operated from 1976 until its closure in 1994 following an accident due to poor maintenance. Bendix ceased marketing the system by 1975 after it failed to attract interest. In 1929 Vincent Bendix branched out into aeronautics and restructured

2754-536: Was formally founded in 1924 in South Bend, Indiana , United States. At first it manufactured brake systems for cars and trucks, supplying General Motors and other automobile manufacturers. Bendix manufactured both hydraulic brake systems and a vacuum booster TreadleVac for its production lines for decades. In 1924 Vincent Bendix had acquired the rights to Henri Perrot 's patents for Drum brake/drum and shoe design. In 1956, Bendix introduced Electrojector ,

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2808-566: Was relocated to a new facility in Sylmar , California , where they had a large deep indoor pool for testing sonar. Telemetry components for the RIM-8 Talos surface-to-air missile included transmitters and oscillators in various frequency bands as well as the missile itself were designed and built by Bendix. They built and installed the telemetry system in all the ground stations for the first crewed space flights. For this program, they developed

2862-399: Was sold to Avco Manufacturing Corporation , which was resold to Philco in 1956. Bendix first manufactured domestic radios and phonographs for the retail market after WWII as an outgrowth of its production of aircraft radios. In 1948 Bendix started to sell car radios directly to Ford and other auto manufacturers. From 1950 to 1959, Bendix made television sets. Production of radios for

2916-480: Was the Bendix "Red Band" and "Red Band II" single speed coaster brake hub. followed by the Bendix "70" and Bendix "80" hub. Considered one of the best hubs on the market, at the time. Starting in the 1950s or before, Bendix Pacific designed, tested, and manufactured hydraulic components and systems, primarily for the military. In the same facility, avionics and other electronic hardware was designed, manufactured, and documented in technical manuals. Much of this operation

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