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Solid State Disks Ltd

Theale, Berkshire, United Kingdom

Air SystemsRadar & SensorsSimulation & TrainingRugged Computing & ElectronicsDual-use
Component Supplier, Subsystem ManufacturerSupplies Land Forces, Air Forces, Defense Industry
Profile last updated: August 15, 2026

About

Solid State Disks Ltd is a defense component supplier based in Theale, United Kingdom working in air systems, radar & sensors, simulation & training +1 more.

Solid State Disks Ltd, part of the Reactive Group, designs and manufactures legacy storage emulation products, including SCSI, floppy and tape drive replacements built on CompactFlash technology with proprietary FPGA-based design. Its products support ageing installations and obsolescence management in defence, aerospace, telecom and media environments. Products have been supplied for aircraft and radar programmes and to the UK Ministry of Defence. The group also provides service and maintenance support for tape, disk and optical emulation products. Its head office is in Theale, Berkshire, UK, with offices in Australia and the USA through ARRAID LLC. The company describes itself as privately owned and holds NATO NCAGE supplier status.

Location

Theale, United Kingdom

Company type

Private company

Focus areas

SCSI emulationCompactFlashlegacy storageobsolescence managementThrough Life Supportdata storageNATO supplier

Languages

EN

Products & capabilities

Defense domains

Air SystemsRadar & SensorsSimulation & TrainingRugged Computing & Electronics

Supply-chain role

Component SupplierSubsystem Manufacturer

What they offer

HardwareComponentsManufacturing ServicesEngineering ServicesMaintenance & Repair

Markets

Also sells to civilian markets

Products

SCSIFLASH

SCSI solid state drive emulator

Industrial-grade drop-in replacement for legacy SCSI hard disk, magneto-optical, tape and floppy drives, using CompactFlash cards.

CF2SCSI iSMART

SSD monitoring utility

Software tool that monitors health, lifespan, usage patterns and alert thresholds for CompactFlash-based drives.

FLOPPYFlash

Floppy drive emulator

Solid state replacement for legacy floppy disk drives.

FLASH2GUI

Network backup software

Optional Ethernet-based backup and restore software for centralised disk image backup of CompactFlash media.

End users

Land ForcesAir ForcesDefense Industry

Standards, platforms & customers

Platforms & programmes

NimrodWatchman

Named customers

Ministry of Defence (MOD)Greek ArmyBAE SystemsCAEBoeingBritish Energy

Credentials & affiliations

Certifications

ISO 9001:2015

NATO NCAGE certified supplier

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