DEVELOPMENT BRANCH ACTIVITY REPORT, 22-26 FEBRUARY 1960

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP63-00313A000600140064-1
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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 21, 2002
• Sequence Number: 64
• Publication Date: March 2, 1960
• Content Type: MF

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2 March 1960
: Acting Chief, DPD
Development Branch Activity Report, 22-26 February 1960
a. On23F?
met with Heger
work was revie
future a specif t
of 'irevel visited Headquarters and
Parangosky. The Firewel OXCART scope of
sed to submit to Headquarters in the near
the Firevel OXCART environmental system.
b. On 23 February,Brig. General Don Flickinger and his colleagues,
pr Firewel,
and r . jjofer, and Perangesky. Flickinger reviewerl generally
a proposed time schedule for medical and related indoctrioation training
for OXCART pilote. Flickinger indicated that be would require pilots far
a period of lees than three months, after being made available to him, far
the purpose of medical examination and related medical, physiological, and
environmental indoctrination purposes. Fliekinger indicated that if
Project Headquarters furnished bimitth criteria for OXCART pilots, be,
within a few days, could come up with a list of prospects and their files
from among graduates of the Edwards Air Force Dame experimental test pilot
sehool or other USAF sources.
c. I. C. L. Jbbnson has been as
a runway for the OXCART prom=
for consideration.
firmhis minimum requirements for
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d. Nr. C. L. Johnson has been aeked to obtain au actual quote from
instead of merely estimating an price, for an
Inertial Navigation system for OXCART.
e. Pratt and Whitney's proposal for a fuel additive developmental program
to define the hardware requirements for fuel controls has been forwarded
to the DD/P for eppraval.
t.
eta
grieved the OXCART specification and the aerodynamic
port on A-12 submitted by Lockheed to Headquarters.
observations were passed an to Mr. Kiefer.
g. The Operations Branch has been requested to double check the data
submitted on the Lockheed A-12 aerodynamic status report pertaining to
range, overflight coverage expected, flight safety and other facts
pertaining to operations.
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h. At the reaueet of Pratt and Whitney, arrangements were made with the
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Pratt and Whitney pertaining to the J-58 engine scheduled to end 30 June
1960. An extension is required to permit Pratt and Whitney to order and
install long lead time facilities requirements scheduled for delivery
eight to ten months hence. The Navy facilities contract requires that
facilities requirements be instialwi prior to the end of the expiration
date of the contract. Pratt and Whitney advisedtbat this situation arose
as an aftermath of a zuzratoritan pLacei on the faeilities contract for
several months in the fall of 1959 during which time P &Wyss unable to
place orders for facilities requirements.
1.Impending OXCART major decisions; award, of the autopilot system
inertial navigation and camera contracts.
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Lt. Col. Kemp of USAF Headquarters and Mr. Id Green of
plan to visit SAC Headquarters to review SAC complaints
ity of the CHM= pzioduot being furnished SAC.
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