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 | | Tracor, headquartered in Austin, also known as Associated Consultants and Engineers and Texas Research Associates, is a diversified international technological products and services company involved in research and development, engineering, manufacture, and marketing of defense and commercial electronics, including electrical components for radios, televisions, stereos, home appliances, autos, trucks, computers, and aircraft. |
 | | Tracor has served as a center for start-up technology companies, and is an example of efforts to more rapidly commercialize university technological discoveries, or establish partnerships between universities and commercial firms. |
 | | Tracor headquarters are located near the main University of Texas campus, and the firm has long obtained its junior scientists and engineers from among university graduate students. |
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