Miltope and HP join on semi-rugged notebook for relatively benign military conditions
HOPE HULL, Ala., 19 Nov. 2013. VT Miltope of Hope, Hull, Ala., is joining forces with Hewlett Packard Co. in Palo Alto, Calif., to offer the SRNC-17 semi-rugged notebook computer for military applications relatively benign conditions that require extra durability.
The SRNC-17 is a ruggedized version of the HP ZBook 17 mobile workstation, and comes with the 4th Generation Intel Core i7 processor, Mobile Intel 8 series QM87 Express chipset, and either the Windows 7/8 or Linux 64-Bit operating systems.
The rugged laptop computer is designed and tested to military specifications and environmentally screened to withstand harsh conditions.
“The SRNC-17 combines the ruggedness of VT Miltope and the technology of HP in one package," says VT Miltope President and CEO Julie Briggs. "It also allows VT Miltope to bring to market our extensive ultra-rugged, Department of Defense experience with a computer for less severe conditions while maintaining our trademark reliability in the extreme.”
Terms of the agreement between VT Miltope and Hewlett Packard were not disclosed. For more information contact VT Miltope online at http://mymiltope.com, or Hewlett Packard at www8.hp.com.
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John Keller is editor-in-chief of Military & Aerospace Electronics magazine, which provides extensive coverage and analysis of enabling electronic and optoelectronic technologies in military, space, and commercial aviation applications. A member of the Military & Aerospace Electronics staff since the magazine's founding in 1989, Mr. Keller took over as chief editor in 1995.
