Trident Space & Defense Exhibits Military Grade Solid State Drives and Electronic Components for Space at Milcom 2008

TORRANCE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Trident Space & Defense, (formerly a division of TRW) will be exhibiting its Electronic Components for Space alongside its Triton Series of ruggedized Solid State Drives (SSD) for military and industrial applications at the Milcom 2008 Conference to be held November 17-19 at the San Diego Convention Center. Milcom 2008 is the premier international conference for military communications, attracting decision-makers from government, military, academia, and industry. Trident will be at Booth #946.

Trident Electronic Components for Space

Trident Space & Defense, a recognized industry leader and global supplier of high reliability microelectronic products and services for the Aerospace, Military and Industrial market. Trident Space & Defense is the successor organization to TRW Components International Inc. The organization has performed total parts management for nearly every major space agency worldwide since it was founded in 1976. Since then, Trident has supplied components, parts and materials for over 75 spacecraft manufactured in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.

• Engineering and Design Support
• Program Management and Procurement Services
• Parts Evaluation, Testing and Qualification
• QA Services and Source Inspection
• Radiation Modeling and Characterization

Military Grade Rugged Solid State Drive (SSD) Data Storage with High Performance, Speed and Protection for Today’s Data-Intensive Applications

Trident’s Advanced Product Group specializes in custom electronic packaging solutions for military and space applications, and will be featuring their Military Grade Triton Series of Solid State Drives, which incorporate SLC Flash memory in a completely solid-state design. Triton SSDs are offered in standard and custom form factors with PATA/IDE or SATA interfaces, making them ideal as direct drop-in replacements for conventional rotating hard disks that often fail in harsh environments. With speeds in excess of 120MB/s Trident SSDs offer one of fastest speeds available in a ruggedized solid state drive.

Trident Space & Defense is a Veteran-Owned, Small Business Company. It is an ISO9001:2000 certified and Department of State registered manufacturer. Originally established in 1976 as part of TRW, Trident is well positioned to build on a proven legacy of 30 successful years in supporting over 100 major Space, Military and high reliability Industrial programs.