Franklin Telecom Gets Hughes Aircraft Order

Franklin Telecom of Westlake Village has received a substantial order from Hughes Aircraft for its ICP186 Multi Processor Computer System, company officials said.

Franklin has been selling this product to Hughes and other customers requiring co-processor systems for eight years. There have been no recent orders from Hughes, however, because for a time the aircraft manufacturer had more of the computers than it needed, a Franklin official said.

“The significance of this order is that it indicates a break in the ‘hold’ environment for advanced systems of this kind at Hughes,” said Frank W. Peters, Franklin’s president and chief executive officer.

Franklin Telecom, in business since 1981, designs and manufactures communications devices, high speed access cards and software.