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152 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 />

University of Pennsylvania, 25–26, 26n43, 28n46<br />

Uranium, 62–63<br />

Vandenberg, General Hoyt, 78–79<br />

Von Kármán, Theodore<br />

AEDC and, 85<br />

recommends separating R&D from production, 77–78, 109<br />

Science, The Key to Air Supremacy, 76, 78<br />

and Scientific Advisory Group, 77<br />

<strong>To</strong>ward New Horizons study, 76–77<br />

Vulcan Gatling cannon, 87<br />

WADC. See Wright Air Development <strong>Center</strong>.<br />

WADD. See Wright Air Development Division.<br />

War Department, 11, 17, 68, 73<br />

War Department General Staff, 17, 72<br />

War Production Board, 3<br />

Watertown Arsenal, M<strong>as</strong>s.<br />

closure, 8, 21, 33–34<br />

contributions of industrial research and, 14<br />

establishment, 11, 24<br />

functions, 11<br />

Materials Research Laboratory, 28<br />

metallurgical research, 14, 24, 28, 34<br />

operating division, 24n38<br />

Watervliet Arsenal, N.Y.<br />

autofrettage research, 32–33<br />

establishment, 11<br />

functions, 11, 33<br />

metallurgical research, 32<br />

organizational realignment, 32<br />

prototype weapon-systems research, 31–32<br />

Research and Engineering Division, 32<br />

solid-state physics research, 32<br />

staffing issues, 20n28, 32<br />

superconductivity research, 15, 33<br />

Watson Laboratories, 91, 91n70, 92<br />

WDD. See Western Development Division.<br />

Weapon-system concept, 70, 70n9, 72, 82–83, 84n48, 100<br />

Western Development Division (WDD), 89, 107, 112<br />

Westinghouse Electric, 25–26, 26n43, 56, 62–63, 90n69<br />

White, General Thom<strong>as</strong>, 94–95<br />

Wind tunnels, 75, 82, 85n53, 86, 96<br />

Wolfe, Lt. Gen. Kenneth, 78, 109–10<br />

World War I, 12, 43, 51, 68, 73, 101<br />

World War II<br />

aircraft industry expansion, 74

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