Postwar Continuity

National leaders praised wartime research and development efforts and agreed that peacetime R&D was vital to the nation. After the war, organization of research changed. The Navy bureaus took over management as well as sponsoring of the laboratories. In San Diego, NRSL and UCDWR became the, Navy...

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Other Authors: SPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS CENTER SAN DIEGO CA
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1996
Subjects:
Military Forces and Organizations
Logistics
Military Facilities and Supplies
*NAVAL RESEARCH
*NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES
*ELECTRONICS LABORATORIES
WARFARE
SHIPS
TORPEDOES
ORGANIZATIONS
AIRCRAFT
LEADERSHIP
MANAGEMENT
PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING)
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ANTENNAS
RECOGNITION
SUBMARINES
NAVAL EQUIPMENT
UNDERWATER
ARCTIC REGIONS
RADAR BEACONS
SHIP STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS
Arctic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA434142
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA434142
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Summary:National leaders praised wartime research and development efforts and agreed that peacetime R&D was vital to the nation. After the war, organization of research changed. The Navy bureaus took over management as well as sponsoring of the laboratories. In San Diego, NRSL and UCDWR became the, Navy Electronics Laboratory (NEL). In Pasadena, the facilities previously operated as part of Caltech's wartime rocket and torpedo development work were transferred to become the NOTS Pasadena annex. NEL continued NRSL's work in ship antenna development and directivity. Efforts were directed toward minimizing the number of antennas and using ship structural elements to enhance antenna performance. NEL continued UCDWR work on radar beacons; the precision RACON system went to the Fleet in 1949. Work continued on aircraft recognition systems, which included development of the Mk X identification Friend or Foe (IFF) prototype. NEL also completed the Sound Fixing and Ranging (SOFAR) system for locating survivors at sea. And NEL's long interest in the interaction and submarines with the submerged environment led to pioneering studies of the Arctic.

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