Download or read book The Rise and Fall of Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories written by Edward E. Altshuler and published by . This book was released on 2013-01-02 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph provides a chronological account of how a fledgling research laboratory, which evolved from the MIT Radiation Laboratory and the Harvard Radio Research Laboratory after World War II, rose to become one of the premier research laboratories in the world as evidenced by its major accomplishments throughout its 66 year history. After many years of outstanding productivity the laboratory began to slowly decline. Even though the downsizing began in1974, the Hanscom Field Site continued to be very productive until its final days. In 2005 it was placed on the Base Realignment And Closure (BRAC) list and in August 2011 it was closed. Many of the major events that led to this decline were politically motivated. I had the privilege of collaborating with outstanding scientists from May 1960 to May 2011 and was blessed with a very rewarding career. One of the most ironic outcomes of the AFCRL history was the fact that when the laboratory was first established, the original plan was to move the new laboratory to Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio in 1946; this move actually occurred 65 years later. Also, after the Geophysics Research Directorate (GRD), was moved from New Jersey to Cambridge, MA in July 1948, there were numerous attempts to move GRD to Kirtland AFB. This also occurred in 2011.
Download or read book Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories written by Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1964* with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Science and technology the making of the Air Force Research Laboratory written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history documents a watershed event within the United States Air Force -- the creation of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). As the "high technology" service, the Air Force has always searched for ways to continuously improve its science and technology enterprise. In that context, the making of AFRL was not a bureaucratic accident. Rather, it was the product of a complex mixture of historical forces and pressures at work that convinced people at all levels that the time was ripe to bring about fundamental reform in how the Air Force conducts its business of science and technology. In terms of significance, a wealth of past studies has focused on almost every aspect of the "operational" side of the Air Force. But there has been a scarcity of available scholarly studies that address the far-reaching implications of science and technology. This book is a major contribution that helps fill that gap. Organization and infrastructure are critically important components of the total science and technology picture. Thus, the manner in which its laboratory system is organized is a critical factor in the Air Force's ability to assure that it is investing in and delivering the most relevant technologies possible. This book documents how the Air Force moved from 13 separate labs to one consolidated lab. The narrative is divided into two parts. Part one addresses the reasons why the Air Force decided to consolidate its far-flung science and technology enterprise into one lab. How the new lab was implemented is the focus of part two. This study is especially revealing because the reader is given access to the inner workings and struggles of a major Air Force organizational restructuring through interviews with key individuals who participated directly in the decision-making process to establish a single lab. A chronology of the lab's creation is included. (19 tables, 22 figures, 19 photographs).
Download or read book Research Report Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories written by Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History and Progress of AFCRL Jan 1961 June 1962 written by Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Office of Aerospace Research Chronology written by United States. Air Force. Office of Aerospace Research and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book United States Air Force Office of Aerospace Research written by and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Science and Technology the Making of the Air Force Research Laboratory written by Robert Duffner and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert W. Duffner's Science and Technology: The Making of the Air Force Research Laboratory addresses the far-reaching implications of science and technology by recounting the events that led to the creation of a single Air Force laboratory. This engaging story of how the Air Force moved from 13 separate labs to one consolidated lab reflects that service's determination to reinvigorate its science and technology infrastructure and thereby strengthen the nation's defense for the twenty-first century. Part one considers why the Air Force decided to consolidate its far-flung science and technology enterprise into one lab, while part two relates how the service implemented the new lab. Dr. Duffner offers a unique perspective on a watershed event in the life of the United States Air Force.
Download or read book History and Progress of AFCRL January 1961 June 1962 written by Air Force Cambridge Research Center (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Report on Research at AFCRL written by Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summaries are given of research in the following fields: upper atmosphere physics, microwave physics, space physics, terrestrial sciences, optical physics, data sciences, meteorology, solid state, aerospace instrumentation.
Download or read book Report on Research at AFCRL written by Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the fourth in a series of reports on research at the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories. The report covers a two-year interval, as will succeeding reports in this unclassified series. This report was written primarily for Air Force and DoD managers of research development--and more specifically, for the managers in our Headquarters office, the Office of Aerospace Research. But it is hoped that it will be of interest and value to a much broader audience. To encompass this broader audience and to make the content more meaningful, the report attempts to relate, by means of survey discussion, the programs to the larger scientific field of which they are a part. The work of each of the nine laboratories is discussed separately in chapters with an overall introductory chapter on AFCRL management and logistic activities during the reporting period. (Author)
Download or read book Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories Report on Research July 1972 June 1974 written by John F. Dempsey and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the seventh in a series of Reports on Research at the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories. This report covers a two-year interval. It was written primarily for Air Force and DOD managers of research and development and more particularly for officials in Headquarters Air Force Systems Command, for the Director of Science and Technology (DL), and for the Commanders of and the Laboratories within DL. The work of each of the laboratories is discussed as a separate chapter. Additionally, the report includes an introductory chapter on AFCRL management and logistic activities related to the reporting period.
Download or read book SUMMARY OF AFCRL AIR FORCE CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH LABORATORIES ROCKET AND SATELLITE EXPERIMENTS 1946 1966 written by A. McIntyre and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The United States Air Force and the Culture of Innovation 1945 1965 written by Stephen B. Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book United States Air Force Research and Other Programs of the Office of Aerospace Research for Fiscal Years 1965 1966 written by United States. Air Force. Office of Aerospace Research and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
