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In d e x 141<br />

organizational structure, 91<br />

origins, 90–91<br />

SAGE air defense system, 91<br />

transfer of programs, 102<br />

Carnegie, Andrew, 5<br />

Catapults, 42, 56, 56n63<br />

Chance Vought, 13n9<br />

Chapman, Maj. Gen. Kenneth, 102<br />

Chapman Committee, 102<br />

Chemical Warfare Service, 8, 12n4, 13n6<br />

Chidlaw, Lt. Gen. Benjamin, 77–78, 109–10<br />

Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), 39, 49<br />

CNO. See Chief of Naval Operations.<br />

Command, control, communications, and intelligence (C 3 I), 103, 104n106<br />

Computers. See High-speed computing.<br />

Concurrency concept, 70, 70n9, 72, 84n48, 112<br />

Consolidated Aircraft, 70n9<br />

Convair Division, General Dynamics, 83–84, 83n46, 84n48, 89<br />

Cornell University, 28n46<br />

Corporal missile, 23<br />

Corps of Engineers, 12n4<br />

Craigie, Brig. Gen. Laurence, 75–76, 75n22, 85<br />

Crane, Commodore William Montgomery, 52n50<br />

Crane Naval Ammunition Depot, Indiana<br />

early postwar functions, 42–43<br />

establishment, 52<br />

Fleet Logistics Support Department, 53<br />

ordnance testing, 52<br />

Polaris missile development, 53, 112<br />

Poseidon and Trident missile systems, 53<br />

Quality Evaluation Laboratory, 52–53, 53n51<br />

Terrier missile system, 53<br />

David Taylor Model B<strong>as</strong>in<br />

establishment and functions, 41, 60–61<br />

hydrodynamics research, 61–62<br />

nuclear propulsion research, 62–64<br />

research focus, 58<br />

staffing issues, 48<br />

David Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development <strong>Center</strong>, 64n84<br />

Davies Committee, 16–17<br />

Defense Plant Corporation, 3, 13n6<br />

Defense Secretary. See McNamara, Robert.<br />

Department of Defense<br />

Advanced Research Projects Agency, 28n46, 93<br />

military motivation for R&D, 111–12

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