For developing a portable data-acquisition system, the Dash MX, Astro-Med Inc. in West Warwick won the national NASA Tech Briefs product of the month competition for October and is now in the running to capture the product-of-the-year award from the technology magazine.

Everett V. Pizzuti, president and CEO of Astro-Med, said his company already is receiving orders for the Dash MX, even though the product was only introduced to the market in early November.