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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