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  2. Westlock Interlocking - Wikipedia

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    WESTLOCK Interlocking is a Computer-based interlocking (CBI) product now sold and maintained by Siemens Mobility Limited, following their purchase of Westinghouse Rail Systems. Westlock builds on many of the features that made SSI popular in the United Kingdom. This includes re-use of SSI's programming language and its track-side hardware.

  3. AN/FPS-27 - Wikipedia

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    The AN/FPS-27 Radar was a long-range early warning radar used by the United States Air Force Air Defense Command.. Westinghouse Electric Corporation built a frequency diverse (FD) search radar designed to operate in the S-band from 2322 to 2670 MHz.

  4. Westinghouse Electric Corporation - Wikipedia

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    Westinghouse Electric was founded by George Westinghouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on January 8, 1886. Building on the advancement of AC technology in Europe, [11] the firm became active in developing alternating current (AC) electric infrastructure throughout the United States.

  5. List of military electronics of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Pod-mounted electronic countermeasure system: Westinghouse Electronic Systems: AN/ALQ-108: Electronic countermeasure system: E-2C Hawkeye: Magnavox [30] AN/ALQ-117: Pave Mint Electronic countermeasure system: B-52 Stratofortress: ITT Inc. [31] [32] AN/ALQ-119: Pod-mounted active Electronic countermeasure system [33] Westinghouse Electronic ...

  6. Railway air brake - Wikipedia

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    Unlike the straight air system, the Westinghouse system uses a reduction in air pressure in the train line to indirectly apply the brakes. 1918 drawing of a triple valve. The triple valve is so named because it performs three functions: It allows air into an air tank ready to be used, it applies the brakes, and it releases them.

  7. War of the currents - Wikipedia

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    The war of the currents was a series of events surrounding the introduction of competing electric power transmission systems in the late 1880s and early 1890s. It grew out of two lighting systems developed in the late 1870s and early 1880s: arc lamp street lighting running on high-voltage alternating current (AC), and large-scale low-voltage direct current (DC) indoor incandescent lighting ...

  8. Network analyzer (AC power) - Wikipedia

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    The Westinghouse Anacom was an AC-energized electrical analog computer system used extensively for problems in mechanical design, structural elements, lubrication oil flow, and various transient problems including those due to lightning surges in electric power transmission systems. The excitation frequency of the computer could be varied.

  9. ASR-9 - Wikipedia

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    ASR-9 is an airport surveillance radar system admitted into the National Airspace System (NAS), to be utilized by the Federal Aviation Administration to monitor civilian and commercial air traffic within the United States. Developed by Westinghouse, ASR-9 was the first radar system to display air traffic, and weather conditions simultaneously.