The purchase price was $70 million, of which $45 million was paid at closing with a combination of $27 million in cash and the remainder in the Company’s common stock at a price of $35.82 per share. The remaining $25 million will be paid in two equal payments in 2022 and 2023 comprised of 50% cash and 50% stock.

“Spectrum has a long history of innovation, partnership, and customized customer fulfillment, and we are excited to welcome the entire Spectrum team to the Allied family. This acquisition is an excellent strategic fit and provides us with a tremendous opportunity to enhance our position as a value-added solutions supplier to the industrial automation and industrial controls market,” commented Dick Warzala, Chairman and CEO.

“In addition, Spectrum enhances our customer base, adds significant engineering resources and has the technology and know-how to provide solutions that meet the system requirements of Functional Safety.”

Bruce Wanta, Founder and President of Spectrum, stated, “Allied has built an impressive organization. We believe that given their strong leadership team and their One Allied culture, we have found the ideal partner to successfully execute on the many str ategic initiatives and opportunities we have in front of us. We look forward to a bright future together.”

Mr. Warzala further added, “We believe we can drive growth by leveraging Spectrum’s strong partner relationships with large industrial automation companies, utilizing their global distribution channels, and benefiting from the continued digital transformation around IIoT, AI and analytics that are driving the increased use of smart factory floor devices.”

In 2022, Spectrum is expected to be accretive to both Allied’s earnings per share and gross margin profile. The acquisition structure includes a tax election that is expected to offset cash taxes by approximately $10 million over the next 15 years.

Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Bellevue, WA, Spectrum designs and manufactures a wide range of highly sophisticated I/O modules, marquee displays, and industrial gateways for broad industrial controls applications through partnerships with PLC manufacturers and distributors.

With approximately 72 employees, Spectrum serves large industrial automation projects and specialty applications domestically and throughout the world, including Europe, Asia, the Americas, and the Middle East.

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“ORMEC is an excellent bolt on acquisition that strengthens our technical expertise and adds a higher level of precision motion control systems and solutions to our offerings. In addition to its products, ORMEC designs and manufactures complete electro-mechanical and software solutions for custom automation applications. We are very excited to add such a highly experienced and capable team to Allied. We look forward to a bright future together as we expand the joint business potential by increasing our scale and ability to support new applications.” commented Dick Warzala, Chairman and CEO of Allied.

Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Rochester, NY, ORMEC provides automated motion control systems that integrate motion controllers, logic control, servo drives, servo motors, linear motors, actuators, HMIs and I/O. Dr. Edward Krasnicki, who has been president and CEO of ORMEC for the past 19 years, will continue to lead the company under Allied.

Dr. Krasnicki stated, “Joining with the Allied team provides additional talent and capabilities for ORMEC to enable us to scale more rapidly and compete more effectively. We believe our electronic, software and mechanical engineering expertise that creates high value electro-mechanical solutions, when combined with the One Allied approach to providing controlled motion system solutions to its customers, creates an excellent foundation from which to further expand our market reach.”

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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“ALIO is well recognized for their technology/know-how and expertise in nanometer level positioning, and we are very excited to add such high precision positioning and robotic technology solutions to our already powerful portfolio of motion solution offerings. Equally important is ALIO’s culture and passion for innovation, customer service and product quality, all traits that align well with what we have built at Allied. We expect that the business can grow rapidly as we leverage our joint channels to market and bring scale to their operations,” commented Dick Warzala, Chairman and CEO.

Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Arvada, CO, ALIO designs, engineers, and manufactures nano technology motion systems for state-of-the-art applications in silicon photonics, micro assembly, digital pathology, genome sequencing, laser processing and microelectronics. Their expansive product line includes the patented Hybrid Hexapod®, which provides for 6 axis point precision repeatability, air bearing systems, linear and rotary nano-precision systems (with both mechanical and air bearings guides), and systems customized for atmospheric, clean room, and ultra-high vacuum environments.

Bill Hennessey, President of ALIO, stated, “Joining with the Allied team creates a solid foundation and a great complementary combination to generate accelerated growth in the future. We embrace the One Allied culture and on behalf of our entire company, we look forward to a great partnership moving forward”.

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It is known that an APS can be evaluated primarily on the parameters — sensor threat detection range, reaction time, types of countermeasures, threat interception range, jamming resistance, interception methodology and multi-shot interception capability additionally engineering parameters such as size, weight and power consumption will also be considered. APS has two types of sensors active (Millimeter Wave radar, Light Detection and Ranging) passive (Laser Warning Receiver, Ultra Violet missile warning system) the sensor information is fed to the countermeasures which can be from soft-kill or hard-kill. The soft-kill countermeasures consist of multispectral aerosol smoke grenades which can blind all missiles including fire and forget missiles, Electro-Optical/ Infrared (EO/IR) jammers can jam Semi-Active Command Line of Sight (SACLOS) missiles which constitute 70 percent of the current missile threat. They are simpler systems that require directional information from sensors.

Hard-kill countermeasures use kinetic means to destroy, disable or deflect incoming projectiles, they require more precise positional information including direction, elevation, distance and velocity of the projectile. The future challenge for APS is in intercepting Armour Piercing Fin Stabilised Discarding Sabot (APFSDS) rounds which travel at velocities of 1,500m/s-1,800m/s which is six-eight times faster than missiles. Ideally, the Indian Army would look to incorporate both countermeasures to maximize the survivability by adding more layers to the proverbial survivability onion peel, Force India concludes.

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Additional standard features include continuous Background Built-in-Test (BIT), remote error sensing and protection against transients, over-voltage, over-current, and short circuits. With its intelligent design, the VPX56H2-6 also has the flexibility to address special needs and includes current share and alignment keys for input and output configurations. The VPX56H2 is compliant with MIL-STD-810H and VITA47 as well as MIL-STD-704F, MIL-STD-461F.

“We are delighted to be teaming with wolfSSL to offer embedded security in our growing portfolio of rugged COTS SBC’s,” says Lino Massafra, VP of Sales and Marketing. “North Atlantic Industries takes security seriously and is working hard to protect our solutions against cyber threats. Aligning with wolfSSL helps achieve this.”

“The VPX56H2-6 is a high-power density Power Supply which accepts 3Ø AC or +270 VDC input and provides multiple output configurations up to 1,400 Watts, the highest (VITA Power Supply) available from NAI today,” said Lou Garofolo – Product Manager, Power Division. “It is the latest in a complete line of 3U & 6U VPX AC/DC power supplies that support some of today’s harsh environmental requirements and demanding system power requirements.”

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The NIU3A is low power, offers a small footprint of 7.2” x 5.65” x 3.25” (est.) and weighs less than 6 lbs. The NIU3A boasts Dual or Quad ARM Cortex®-A53 processors for customer software applications. It is configured with two 10/100/1000BASE-T (GbE) Ethernet ports and an RS-232 port for maintenance / diagnostic or configuration interface. Xilinx® PetaLinux, Wind River VxWorks 7.x or VxWorks HVP and DDC-I Deos RTOS support continues NAI’s commitment of a safety critical DO-178C and DO-254 certification support path.

“The configurability, adaptability, and flexibility of the NIU3A with three COSA module slots plus integrated I/O and communications, make it the ideal DO-178C and DO-254 DAL A certifiable system or subsystem solution for the digital backbone on Future Vertical Lift FARA and FLRAA programs,” said Lino Massafra, VP of Sales and Marketing. “With optional support for FIPS-140-3 Level 3 cybersecurity and deterministic Time-Triggered Ethernet (TTE) or Time Sensitive Network (TSN).”

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The 68ARM2 features the Xilinx Zynq® UltraScale+ MPSoC with Quad ARM® Cortex®-A53 processing technology for customer software applications. It is configured with 8 GB DDR4 SDRAM w/ ECC, 32 GB SATA II NAND Flash and offers integrated VITA 46.11 Tier-2 compatible IPMC for OpenVPX chassis manager interface support. A PCIe interface is supported to one function slot allowing addition Gig-E portion options. A SATA II interface is also available to one function slot allowing up to 256 GB expansion options.

Xilinx® PetaLinux, Wind River VxWorks 7.x, VxWorks HVP or DDC-I Deos RTOS support continues NAI’s commitment of safety critical DO-178C and DO-254 DAL A certifiable solutions. The 68ARM2 is designed to meet the FIPS 140-3 Security Level 3 requirements for cryptographic modules. Long-term & maintenance-free battery-backed RAM for crypto-key storage and hardware perimeter intrusion sensors provides immediate tamper detect and self-sanitize functions.

Smart function modules process all I/O and communications data. Up to three independent customer configurable Analog and Digital I/O, Position, Timing, Measurement/Simulation and Communications smart function modules are supported on a single slot, 3U OpenVPX board. Over 70 pre-integrated smart functions, with dedicated processing, fuel NAI’s modular mix and-match architecture. Ideally suited for rugged Mil-Aero applications, the 68ARM2 delivers off-the-shelf solutions that accelerate deployment of SWaP-optimized systems in air, land and sea applications. Offered in commercial, 0°C to +70°C or extended -40°C to +85°C operating temperature ranges. Conduction or Convection cooled versions are available.

“The 68ARM2 SBC with Quad Arm® Cortex®-A53 coupled with 68G5 multifunction boards offers customers the greatest configurability in support of DO-178C & DO-254 DAL A certifiable processing and IO system solutions” states Lino Massafra, VP of Sales and Marketing. “Data Concentrator, Remote Interface, Actuator Interface and Signal Interface units are ideal systems for the 68ARM2.”

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DDC-I’s approach to building safety critical software mirrors North Atlantic’s approach to configuring boards, with an emphasis on modular, scalable portable DAL-A verification. Deos utilizes a DAL A linking loader that allows OS binary components and their artifacts to travel separately. NAI’s Configurable Open Systems Architecture™ (COSA®) utilizes highly modular, portable components that can be added or removed, and reapplied to other system configurations with maximum reuse of DAL-A artifacts. This shared commitment to modularity, portability and reuse enables avionics designers utilizing Deos and the COSA architecture to reconfigure their I/O systems with minimal impact on hardware, software and DO-178 recertification.

The 68PPC2 is a 3U OpenVPX™ NXP&reg T2080 PowerPC single-board computer that can be configured with up to two NAI smart I/O and communications function modules. Featuring an NXP QorlQ&reg T2080 Quad Core e6500 Processor running at 1.5 GHz, and consuming less then 25W, the 68PPC2 is ideally suited for rugged Mil-Aero applications that accelerate deployment of SWaP-optimized systems in air, land and sea applications. The 68PPC2 comes equipped with eight Mbytes of DDR3 SDRAM and 32 Gbytes of SATA II NAND Flash. It also features PCIe, USB, I2C, TTL, and RS-232 interfaces, as well as an optional SATA II for external access to up to 512 Gbytes of expansion memory.

“Advanced SafeMC™ multicore technology, together with reusable verification evidence, make Deos an ideal environment for developing, hosting, and certifying high-performance safety-critical avionics applications targeting the 68PPC2 and COSA architecture,” said Greg Rose, vice president of marketing and product management at DDC-I. “Deos SafeMC technology uniquely resolves the CAST-32A multicore objectives, enabling it to deliver unmatched performance and determinism for safety-critical applications running on NXP PowerPC multicore processors.”

“We are pleased to be working with DDC-I to offer our joint customers an integrated platform that combines our high-performance multicore capability with a best-in-class safety-critical RTOS,” added Lino Massafra, vice president of sales and marketing at NAI. “Developers requiring the highest level of design assurance now have a rugged, flexible, off-the-shelf solution combining high-performance multicore computing and configurable I/O in a compact, low-power package that accelerates deployment of safety-critical systems.”

Deos is a safety-critical embedded RTOS that employs patented cache partitioning, memory pools, and safe scheduling to deliver higher CPU utilization than any other certifiable safety-critical COTS RTOS on multi-core processors. First certified to DO-178 DAL A in 1998, Deos combines FACE conformance with DO-178C DAL A artifacts, providing a FACE Safety Base Profile that features hard real-time response, time and space partitioning, and both ARINC-653 and POSIX interfaces.

SafeMC technology extends Deos’ advanced capabilities to multiple cores, enabling developers of safety-critical systems to achieve best in class multi-core performance without compromising safety-critical task response and guaranteed execution time. SafeMC employs a bound multiprocessing (BMP) extension of the symmetric multiprocessing architecture (SMP), safe scheduling, and cache partitioning to minimize cross-core contention and interference patterns that affect the performance, safety criticality and certifiability of multi-core systems. These features enable avionics systems developers to address issues that could impact the safety, performance and integrity of a software airborne system executing on Multi-Core Processors (MCP), as specified by the Certification Authorities Software Team (CAST) in its Position Paper CAST-32A for Multi-core Processors.

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68PW1 Key Features:

• High efficiency, low EMI Brushed or Brushless (BLDC) PWM motor drive.
• Configurable control: current/torque, position, speed
• Closed-loop Feedback options: hall, synchro/resolver, absolute encoder (SPI, PWM), incremental encoder
• 16 – 65 VDC input with programmable output voltage range 5 – 65 VDC
• Commutation schemes: trapezoidal (6-step), sinusoidal
• Form factor: 3U VPX 1.0″ pitch

The 68PW1 provides programmable, PWM output drive (up to 65 V @ 10 A continuous) from a single +28 VDC input source and Drives Brushed or Brushless (BLDC) motors. Library software support kit source code supplied free of charge for Linux, Wind River® VxWorks® and DDC-I Deos™. Specifically designed for rugged defense, industrial, and commercial applications with a -40°C to +85°C operating temperature range, the 68PW1 delivers a COTS solution that accelerates deployment of SWaP-optimized air, land, and sea systems.

“The 68PW1 uses state of the art, high efficiency, Low EMI techniques to provide up to 65 VDC PWM output, at up to 10 A, delivering a SOSA aligned solution for commercial, industrial and military embedded motor control applications.” said Wayne Grandner, Dir of Research and Development at NAI.

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The innovative solution honored by Military & Aerospace Electronics and Intelligent Aerospace is the SIU36 3U OpenVPX Sensor Interface Unit as a platinum-level winner in the publications’ 2020 Innovators Awards.

The SIU36 leverages NAI’s 3U OpenVPX boards to deliver off-the-shelf solutions that accelerate deployment of size, weight, and power consumption (SWaP)-optimized systems in military air, land, and sea applications.

The SIU36 features six 3U OpenVPX card slots; support for as many as 18 I/O and communication smart functions; more than 70 modules to choose from; with embedded computing support for Freescale PowerPC QorIQ T2080, Intel Core i7, or ARM Cortex-A53.

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