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'''International Signal and Control''' (ISC) was a [[United States|U.S.]] [[defense contractor]] based in the outskirts of [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]] / or [[Lancaster County, Pennsylvania|Lancaster County]] andthat was involved in the manufacture of electronic missile subassemblies, navigation components, fuses, power supplies for proximity fuses, and grenade technology. The company had manufactured sub assemblies for the [http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/agm-45.htm ''Shrike''] and [http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/rim-7.htm ''Sparrow''] missile in 1974, and just after the Vietnam war, which was part of a standard arms contract for the US defense administration.

The company also had a commercial repair facility of two meter portable [[Amateur radio|HAM/ amateur]] radios from a company in New Jersey called [http://www.rigpix.com/clegg/fmdx.htm Clegg] and, manufactured communication helmet radios for firemen, and electromic outdoor bug zappers.

ISC was involved in two major indiscretions, for which CEO James Guerin received a 15 -year prison sentence:

*It defrauded and caused the collapse of the British company [[Ferranti]], which acquired it in 1987.

*It exported classified military technology to [[South Africa]], which was then forwarded to third countries, notably [[Iraq]].