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142 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<br />
Department of Defense (Continued)<br />
percent of contracts awarded to industrial firms in 1960, 34n62<br />
postwar shifting of ship construction to privately owned shipyards, 37<br />
See also specific offices and military services.<br />
Deputy Chief of Air Staff for Research and Development. See LeMay, Maj.<br />
Gen. Curtis.<br />
Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, 18–19<br />
Detroit Arsenal, Mich., 13n6<br />
Dougl<strong>as</strong> Aircraft, 13n9, 76n25, 89, 89n63<br />
Edwards Air Force B<strong>as</strong>e, Calif. See Air Force Flight Test <strong>Center</strong>.<br />
Eglin Air Force B<strong>as</strong>e, Fla. See Air Force Armaments <strong>Center</strong>.<br />
Eisenhower, General Dwight, 16, 17–18<br />
Electronics<br />
C 3 I research program, 103<br />
equipment needs and, 90, 90n67<br />
hardware development, 91, 92–93<br />
R&D programs, 9, 81–82, 90, 90n69, 91n73, 101, 101n94, 103, 106<br />
See also Microwave electronics.<br />
Engineering Division<br />
addition of engineering control section, 75n19<br />
Craigie’s cancellation of projects, 75–76<br />
functions, 74–75<br />
Engineering Experiment Station<br />
engine development program, 61n76<br />
performance standards for equipment, 58<br />
renamed Marine Engineering Laboratory, 61<br />
research focus and mission, 60–61<br />
superalloy research, 61<br />
Enterprise aircraft carrier, 64<br />
Experimental Engineering Section, 73, 74n15<br />
F–15 tactical fighters, 97, 101<br />
F–105 fighter-bomber, 97<br />
F–106 interceptor, 96–97<br />
F–111 fighter-bomber, 101<br />
Fairchild, General Muir, 78–79<br />
Frankford Arsenal, Pa.<br />
categories of metallurgical research, 27–28<br />
closure, 8, 20–21, 33<br />
contributions of industrial research and, 14<br />
dislocation theory research, 25, 27<br />
establishment, 11<br />
ferrous metallurgy research, 24–25<br />
functions, 11–12