The CP-823/U, Univac 1830, was the first digital airborne 30-bit . It was engineered, built and tested as the A-NEW MOD3 prototype computer for the Lockheed P-3 Orion. In 1963, the US Navy Dept., , Naval Air Development Center contracted of Sperry-Rand to perform a study of the feasibility of a central computer for the Navy’s , the ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) development for the Lockheed P-3 Orion. The idea was to develop and build the first central digital computing system able to coordinate the many sensors, MPD and tactical air command functions.