After some initial research in networking technologies, API was contracted by Interlan (another early Ethernet networking company, subsequently acquired by Micom and then by Racal Electronics PLC) to develop an adjunct to its 10Base5 Ethernet transceivers and Network Interface Cards (NICs, or Network cards).
In 1984, Racal bought Chubb, a security company that manufactured safes and locks.
A large amount of warehousing and industry is located along the Queen Anne Drive, with notable businesses such as Chivas Regal and Racal.
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In 2001, a software abstraction of the TETRA protocol stack developed by Etherstack was used by Racal (now part of Thales) in the development of a covert TETRA radio, designed for use by police and special forces.
There is considerable interest in vintage military and commercial radio equipment among EU amateur radio operators, especially gear from British manufacturers such as Marconi, Racal, Eddystone, Pye, and a variety of Russian, German, Canadian, British RAF and British Army equipment, such as the well known Wireless Set No. 19.