ARC WINS CITATION FOR ACHIEVEMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100140002-0
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 2, 1998
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 25, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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25 November 1967
.ARC Wins' itation For Achievement
PYRGHT
Atlantic Re.;
amour receive
Gently received
for Freedom"
for Freedom"
United States
United States
tion of the cor
tions to development and de-,,
ployment of the Fleet Ballistic,
Missile Weapon System (Po
laris).
Participating in the award
presentation at the firm's head-
! quarters in Fairfax aunty, Vir-!
ginia, were is m Wlliain'
F. Raborn 119N (Re . , former
neaa of the Polaris program,
and Lt. Cdr. G. E. Reid of the
Navy's Special Projects Office.
Representing the company were
Dr. Arthur W. Sloan, chief ex-
ecutive officer; Emmett H.
Bradley, president; and some
j whom played a direct role in!
T e Navy's citation read byI
Commander Reid, commended
Atlantic Research specifically',
for work in the fields of mater-
.lals, propellants, and consult-
ing services from 1957 to 1962.
dm ?n commented to the
group:. "Atlantic -Research did-
n't believe the books and went
ahead with the development of
And. that propellant was the
original breakthrough that lead
to making the Polaris possible."
Dr. Arthur W. Sloan, whose
efforts were specifically cited
in the award presentation, re-:
sponded that the Polaris sys-~
ments made possible by the full
cooperation of the scientific
,mmunity, industry, and they mett Bra
t ilitary. He called attention to k officer.
the high quality of Navy lead
f rship in the program.
President Emmett H. Brad-
ley accepted the award on be-
half of the company's 4600 em-
ployes.
The "Forty-One for Free-'.
dom Award" honors the com-
pletion of the 41 fleet ballistic
missile submarines now. deploy-
ed. by the Navy as a deterrent
to nuclear war. The 41st is the
USS Will Rogers, commissioned
last year.
the "Forty-One'
I
award from the l
Navy in recogni-
tem was one of the Nation's' FORTY-ONE FOR FREEDOM-Here the Atlantic Research Corp. is shown at a celebration of
great technological achieve-!, a United States Navy award for the company's contribution to development and deployment of
the Fleet Ballistic Missile Weapon System (Polaris). In the picture from the left are Vice Adm.
William F. R orn, USN (ret.); Lt. Cdr. G. E. Reid, USN, Navy Special Projects Office; Em-
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