Background The Projecting Electronic Ray appears to have been an invention first created around 1936. It was a contract by the U.S. Army and an inventor by the name of William Marchant / Marchant Associates, Inc. Apparently, the inventory ...
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The Bumblebee Program
Background The Navy Bumblebee program was created at the end of WW-II to develop a defense against the Japanese kamikaze threat. The program was to develop a jet propelled, guided anti-aircraft missile. The result was the Navy’s 3-T Missiles – ...
Electron Beam Systems in Space, June 1977
Background According to the document: The “Electro-ring” concept of using electron rings in space for energy storage originated with the author during Rand studies of radiation (laser, particle beam) weapon systems in space. The ...
Report on Test of Bombs, Chemical, 100-LB, T6E1, Lots E-3685-127 and E-3685-128, December 15, 1939
Background This document (without a title when I learned of it) appears in the DTIC Classified Document list. It was dated 1939, and did not think it would be this hard to get it declassified. I was forced to appeal the decision to entirely ...
Annual Progress Report, 1 July 1960 – 30 June 1961, Aerospace Corporation
Background This is the first annual report of Aerospace Corporation covering its technical programs performed under contract AF 04(647)-594 for the period July 1, 1960 through June 30, 1961. Before discussing in detail these technical ...
