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In d e x 139 primary source of technological innovation and weapons acquisition, 2 business-friendly political culture and, 35 centralization of weapons acquisition and, 19–20 content of R&D in Army arsenal system, 8, 21–33 debate over, 34 decline of system, 8, 33–36 loss of institutional flexibility, 20 mandate, 35–36 metallurgical research, 23–28 outsourcing of weapons production and, 12–13, 34 postwar period role, 11 separation of R&D from production, 15–21, 34–35 staffing issues, 20n28 See also specific facilities. Artificial intelligence (AI), 9, 96, 99, 103–04, 106 Atlas missile, 89 Atomic Applications Laboratory, 22, 23 Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), 21–22, 71, 87, 87n61, 88 ATSC. See Air Technical Service Command. Augusta Arsenal, Ga., 12n3 Auroral phenomena, 92 Autofrettage, 32, 32n59 Avionics description, 90 gallium-arsenide microcircuits and, 101n94 portion of Air Force budget allocated to, 90 Rome Air Development Center research on, 92–93 Wright Air Development Division and, 100, 101 B–1 bomber, 97, 101 B–24 bomber, 70n9 B–26 bomber, 70n9 B–29 bomber, 70n9 B–36 bomber, 84 B–52 strategic heavy bomber, 96–97 B–58 bombers, 83–84, 83n47, 84n48 Ballistic missiles electronics technology and, 90 expansion of Air Force role in research, 94, 107 research on, 9, 72, 82, 89, 96, 106 Barnes, Maj. Gen. Gladeon, 17 Bell Telephone Laboratories, 23, 23n36, 46, 90n69, 103 Benecia Arsenal, Calif., 12n3 Bennett, Ralph, 48, 48n39 Betatron research, 29, 30, 31 Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, 63–64
140 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 Boeing, 70n9, 97 Bowen, Rear Adm. Harold, 62 Bureau of Aeronautics budget, 81, 81n36 commercial engine manufacturers and, 56 competition from private airframe manufacturers, 54 establishment, 41 functions, 41–42 merger with Bureau of Ordnance, 54, 64–65 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and, 54–55 organizational restructuring, 53–54 shift from production to research, 41–42 See also specific divisions and test centers. Bureau of Naval Weapons, 54, 64–65 Bureau of Ordnance discretionary fund for undirected scientific research, 47 divisions not dedicated to R&D, 42n13 establishment, 39 external R&D contracts, 42n14 functions, 39–40 hydrography division transfer, 40n7 merger with Bureau of Aeronautics, 54, 64–65 postwar expansion, 40 postwar organization, 42–44 Research and Development Division, 40 technical problem solving, 52 See also specific divisions and laboratories. Bureau of Ships antisubmarine warfare and underwater detection, 41, 58 chemical and metallurgical problem solving, 40 David Taylor Model Basin, 41, 58, 61–64, 64n84 formation, 40 functions, 40 Office of Scientific Research and Development, 41 postwar functions, 57–58 sonar research, 58–60 See also specific divisions and laboratories. Bureau of Steam Engineering, 40, 40n10 Bush, Vannevar, 3–4, 16, 16n15, 34–35, 109 C 3 I. See Command, control, communications, and intelligence. California Institute of Technology, 45–46, 45n25, 49 Cambridge Research Center early research focus, 71 electronics research, 9, 81–82, 90–92, 91–92n73, 101, 103 geophysics research, 92, 101
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