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In d e x AAF. See Army Air Forces. ABMA. See Army Ballistic Missile Agency. Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), 28n46, 93, 96, 103, 103n102 AEC. See Atomic Energy Commission. AEDC. Arnold Engineering Development Center. Aeronautical Research Laboratory, 101, 102 Aeronautical Turbine Laboratory, 56 AFOSR. See Air Force Office of Scientific Research. AFSC. Air Force Systems Command. AFWAL. See Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories. AI. See Artificial intelligence. Air Corps Act, 73–74 Air Engineering Development Division, 71 Air Force Applied Research Section, 38 avionics, 90, 92–93, 100, 101, 101n94 centralization of decision-making authority, 70–71 concurrency concept, 70, 70n9, 72, 84n48, 112 control of aeronautical research budget, 54n54 establishment as independent force, 2, 67 expansion of role in ballistic-missile research, 94 R&D, 7, 9, 67–72, 80–81, 105–07, 106 reliance on private sector, 2, 68, 106 Stever Committee Report recommendations, 95 transition from Army Air Corps, 72–80 weapon-system concept, 70, 72 See also specific airfields, divisions, offices, and sections. Air Force Armaments Center bombing and gunnery range, 86 budget, 86 construction, 86 expansion during the 1960s, 97–98 nonnuclear weapons testing, 71, 82 private contractors and, 87 research focus, 86, 87 smart weapon systems, 98 transfer to ARDC, 86–87 Air Force Flight Test Center expansion program, 89 missile testing, 89 nuclear weapons testing, 72 P–59 jet-fighter testing, 88
136 so u R c e s o f we a p o n sy s T e m s In n o v a T Io n In T h e depaR TmenT o f defense Air Force Flight Test Center (Continued) production-model testing, 88–89 prototype-aircraft testing, 82 research focus, 9 Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, 97 Rocket Test Facility, 89 Air Force Logistics Command, 94, 104–05 Air Force Materiel Command, 100, 104–05 Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), 69n7, 70, 111, 111n2 Air Force Systems Command (AFSC) abolishment, 107 AI research, 99 assessment of laboratories, 102 centralization of decision-making authority and, 70–71 divisional structure, 95 divisions managed, 95, 95n82, 96 formation, 70, 94 in-house laboratory reorganization, 101 jurisdictional squabbling, 94, 95–96 merger with Air Force Logistics Command, 104–05, 110, 112 mission priority realignment, 99–100 reintegration of R&D and production, 95–96 Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories (AFWAL), 102 Air Materiel Command (AMC) Air Engineering Development Division establishment, 71 Air Force Armaments Center transfer from, 86–87 control of ARDC budget, 79 dispersal of electronic research, 81–82 jurisdictional squabbles, 94, 95–96 merger with ARDC, 70, 110, 112 merger of functions into Air Force Logistics Command, 94 R&D budget management, 81 support engineering function, 81 Air Munitions Development Laboratory, 87 Air Research and Development Command (ARDC) accelerating weapon systems development, 83n45 bomber development, 83–84, 83n47 budget, 79 contracting programs, 80 decentralization of command structure, 94 electronics research, 90, 90n67 establishment and functions, 69, 70, 72–73, 79 growth and diversification, 80–93 jurisdictional squabbles, 94, 95–96 merger with Air Materiel Command, 70, 110, 112 operational commands, 82n42
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