Untitled - David Kronemyer

Before the year-end, THORN EMI Electronics
announced the formation of Electronic Systems
Division to harness the capabilities of all its
husiness units in the UK and the USA and to lead
major programmes for integrated systems. It will
act as prime contractor on multi-divisional project
opportunities arising around the world'
Naval Systems Division, THORN EMI Varian
and THORN EMI Elechon Tirbes also made
considerable headway. particularly in overseas
markets. Satisfactory first year results were
produced by Babcock Thom, the company's joint
venture with FKI Babcock, which is responsible for
the managernent of the Royal Roryth Dockyard.
You coul.d sin1le out CliueTrapmore as'Dod'to
ADAD, an Air Deferce Alerting Deuice uhidt wams
ground forces of approodring aircraft. His 60*trong
team of physirists, electronics and software
angineers recently gaue birth to this remnrkable
new passiue infra-red canrept, considrerably aheod
of ileuelopmenx in Europe or the USA, ADAD won
the UK Min;shy of Defew contrart for seueral
hundreil sets of equipment for the Bitish Army,
uith exporl orders in thc offing.
'Crodting the problem was madc eosinr by our
being nanber one in thermal imaging,'Clive
commcnts El,ectro Optia supplies this tednnlctgr'
a uial part oJ the ADAD system - to arm.edforces
arund. the worlil. Cliue,46, h,as pimcered infra-red
surueillanre deuelopments for ten of his 2B years
with THORN EMl. He liues just south of LoruJan,
uith his photo-journalist wife Alison and two
drildren.'h's tnt only tedmologr that has &tmged
the ilnfence electronia businnss ouer the years,'hn
says:'In the days of'cost-plus'contracts you worked'
your utay towatds a solution.'Ioilay's much tougher
comtnercial realities mean you just haue to get it
rightfrxst timp.'