MINUTES RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION REVIEW BOARD MEETING NO. 55

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April 4, 1956
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25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/02/16: CIA-RDP78-05462A000100040012-8 MINtYrES Research, Development and Production Review 1. Meeting #55 of the i lesearchi Development and Production Review Board was held in the OC Conference Roan at 1330 hours on 4 April 1956. The following persons were in attend nce s rkT__ to ic, W j a m *- a 25X1 25X1 25X1 II. Under ACenda Item 1 Old. Business: = Vj The Minutes of Pee ting ,f"54 of 7 ;March 1956 were reviewed and approved by the Board. j ooeo'e~ Under e'.a item II New Business: ! o 0 a III. ~,ger: , 1. A discuis? on was '..eld concerning an informal request of US .F tr as to the availability of 'M RS-6A's. One of the saliant features which was brought out in this discussion was the fact that, of the ~o+ OC-E 2500 RS-Ws which had been purchased 21+71 still remained in stock. Action It was decided that the USAF should he encouraLTed to make a formal request to the Agency for these sets cnd that the Office of Comr,=ications world recoma^.end approval of this request by the DD/P. 2. A rtund?o=.in on the status of the cargo chug. locator system was presented. This project was suspended by the Research, Develop- ment and Prcxdur,tion Review Board in its Meeting ff 51 of 7 December 1956; howee ver, of a working group of the DD/P Materiel Board OC Member had recently told that a new requirement for the locator of DD/P would be fox-thcomin.g in the near future. It was decided that the Materiel Office of CamtxunicatiofG wouil3 make no move: Until the DDIP Materiel. Board, Boaxd formally presents its requi.rernent for the cargo chute locator. Comoro The Office of Coamunications representative is to attend Ccmiun.ications Working working Group meeting and will be instructed to recmend that the Group project be assigned to TSS for the investigation of possible solutions Ac; tion other tlr_ radio. He should also attempt to discourage the project If the regi_irertente do not appear practical. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/02/16: CIA-RDP78-05462A000100040012-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/02/16: CIA-RDP78-05462A000100040012-8 3. After a lengthy discussion ',f a need for a reporting mechanism to inform the Research, Development and Production Raview Board of lobs placed on the laboratory by individual OC ccrp)onents, it was deci .ed that these cos, ,.oner_ts should resolve their prioritiese a1J interested, parties. If no a eer?sent can by discussions am-4- be nsc e, then the DCO will be a.ckeu to decide the priority. It was agreed that the Er.gi:neer A_ng Division would render a brief report at each meeting on now items of work which have been received and alga on projeL to which had been cotsile?,ed. 4. It ;,us agreed that the next Baas and Requirements Panel }etin~; would be de 'voted to a review of the FY-57-56 Research and DevFlopment Budget. 5 The Chief, Engineering D1.viaion gave a resvrse of the status of Soae of the more it pcrtent pro.;.ects: a, RS-l qpe-cifications have been cce-feted for the fabrication of modified R,'-- in Los Angeles has been asked to prepare a proposal for this work. Sot~;e memtxArs of the Board were of the opinion that it might be advantageolL, 25X1 OC-E to have local suppliers work on short-term projects such as the R0u.13, Action plans to have the OC-i;, Liasion Officer canes the local area for potential :3up tiers of the development of electronic eq d.p est. b. AR-2 and AR It was pointed out that five A'2-2's should be ccmzga_ete by 1 April 1.956 and that five JI-3' a should be really by the middle of June 1956. The question arose as to whether it would be advisable to make ten AR-2'e rather than five AR-2's and five AR-3's. Fabrication of the ten AR-2's could be OC-P, coaleteu by approximately mid May. Representatives of OC-P., OC-m , OC-(W and OC-E are to v3 ai t the Laboratory and are to view the: & breadboard model of the AR-3 and discuss its operation.; and OC-L advantages with the project engineer. They are to a ke a decision Action as to whether work on the A111-31S is to continue or whether it is to be suspended until work on th?~! ten A!-1-2's is completed. With OC-0&T a view toward field testing these units, the Board asked that Action action be taken to find where th transmitter terminal equipments are now lccated Co Logistics is having sc difficulty in negotiating a contract with because of a recent 25X1 ulixlg which was mad by the Comptroller General regarding the r_tethod of ce auting contractual overhead. The differences now appear to OFVi units in the near -future; also, a proposal is forthcoming on new ]systems. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/02/16: CIA-RDP78-05462A000100040012-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/02/16: CIA-RDP78-05462A000100040012-8 25X1 15X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 oC-P., OC-O&T, OC-E Action d. RS-11., The transistorized version of the BS-11 receiver was delivered byDon the date of this meeting. It is to be shown to the CC Staff at its next meeting. All of the components of the vacuum tube version of the Re-11 have been received except the RR-11-B7 which is due April 15. The Laboratory has tested these units and believes that the defects which have been found should be fairly easy to remedy. These units have been forwarded to the Contractor for minor modifications. e. I (gave information on a special conference which was hold on the Lth of March and which representatives of the various elements of DD P and OC attended. During this meeting it was agreed that cc-tability between and CIA aircraft waas a definite requiremetnt,, particularly fort (operations. It was confirmed that the Agency had a requirement for more advanced type of drop zone indication than can be provided by any of the interim systems which are now under consideration,, and it was agreed that the Office of Comdaunications would have the responsibility of developing such a system. also stated that a memorandum from the DD/P Materiel Board assigning this work to CC was in his possession. anted out that the Laboratory is now modifying the sot tit can be switched from pulse to Cd operation and that it will be ready for testing in about one month. The Board agreed that the OC elements concerned should ee : themselves in a position to make policy recommendations as to what can be done on both the interim and tatimato 66. asked whether anyone at the Board meeting had knowledge of anyone in OC contacting "1::A about a speech security system. tated that TSS had referred a proposal from for a Speech privacy system to him. This system, as its name implies., was a privacy system only and was not complex enough to give cryptographic securitye forwarded the proposal to of NSA. thought that possibly another cryptographic system had been taken to 'NSA for comment and had been taken out cf the regular CC-S channel. IV. The meeting adjourned at 1535. The next meeting of the Ideas and Requires-, nts Panel (Review of FY-57-58 Budget) will be held on 13 April. rs The next regular Board meeting will be held on 2 ;may 1956. R&DD Internal Projects R&D External Projects 5-1;-C-R-F-T h ors and those in attendance 14 sted in Paragraph I 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/02/16: CIA-RDP78-05462A000100040012-8