Annual Report for the Year Ending 30 June 1947
Abstract
During the fiscal year 1947 the Naval Research Laboratory continued the gradual reorientation toward peacetime research which was commenced in 1946. This was accomplished by a general revision of the management, administrative, and service functions of the activity, by a careful regrouping of some of the scientific divisions, and by the declaration of a thoughtfully planned, comprehensive research and development program. The reorganization of the management, administrative, and service functions was undertaken in order to enable the Laboratory to carry out more efficiently its mission of applying basic and applied research to the needs of the fleet. The changes outlined in the foregoing paragraphs were affected with a minimum of interference with the operation of the Laboratory. By and large, most of the programs in progress at the close of the fiscal year 1946 were continued through or completed in 1947. The past year has seen the Laboratory take the leadership in basic upper-atmosphere research by means of rockets; scientists and engineers from Naval Research Laboratory have participated in all of the Navy's scientific expeditions such as "Crossroads," "Highjump," "Nanook," and "Apollo"; the joint Army and Navy Atmospheric Electricity Project was brought to a successful conclusion under the auspices of the Laboratory; new applications were found for radar techniques, and naval radar was made more effective by a number of new developments; significant advances were made in the design of vacuum tubes; and basic research at Naval Research Laboratory widened the knowledge of radio microwave phenomena. The specific contributions made by each division are enumerated in Section 4 of this report. The Laboratory acquired a number of new facilities such as a plastics molding shop, a larger and more functional sound barge, a new ballistics range, and a high-altitude temperature and pressure chamber.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1947
- Accession Number
- AD1204321
Entities
People
- H.. A. Schade
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory