AGENDA MEETING NO. 53 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION REVIEW BOARD

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• Publication Date: February 1, 1956
• Content Type: AG

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Meeting No. 53
Board
Research, Develcrnen t aad Production Review
l Yebruary 1956
Room 2035 "I" Bldg. - 1430 lours
I. 034 Bx neast
1. Review and Approval of the Minutes of Meeting #52.
11. Idev Business:
1. Review of the Research and Development Program.
2. Presentation of report on [3ield teats and discussion
of requirement for production of additional 0 units.
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Under a nda Item I, old Businesss
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III.
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Research, Development and Production Review Board
Meeting #53 of the Research, Development and production Review
Board was held in the OC Conference Room at 1430 hours on 1 February
1956. The following persons were in attendances
The 'unites of !Meeting #52 were reviewed and approved by the Board.
Under Benda Item II, New Business
1. The Engineering Division representatives gave a run-down on
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vas concerned in transmitting by the Osystesm, a Al rah
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degree was obtained. When compared to a ra
a given time, the0 system does not exhibit any higher degree of
reliability, but over a period of time by virtue of 0 capability of passing greater volumes of traffic, a much higher overall reli-
t from an ordi-na teletype system.
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Engineering Division proposed that the existing equipments be
to the contractor d that they then be installed
on a lifk betwee The Board concurred in this
proposal.
The Engineering Division was also requested to submit a
recc tnendation as to the number of additional units of approval t present
e,4 . m ant that should be proeurred and to obtain the
the members for this proposal on an ad hoc basis
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The O representatives requested that we explore with the
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as well as the 231 D for the system. It was also recommended
OC-E by O&T that the Zginaering Division explore the value, if any, of
ACTION utilizing the existing B-390 receiver in place of the one incorporated
in the existing equipment.
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The Engineering Division indicated that a discussion had been
held with the contractor and NSA looking toward the addition to the
SPIT system of a high-speed on line cryptographic system and a high-
speed, printer, so that fu l advantage could be taken of Ohigh
traffic transmission capabilities.
2. Field Tests. The Chairman requested information
as to the s to s thaw field tests rec n8ed by the Board
action of 2 November 1955. The O&T representatives stated that
because of the shortage of manpower,, nothing had been done on this
project. The ring representatives informed the Board that
equipment at had been moved into the main operating room and
that approximately two or three weeks additional time would be
required to have it in working order.
The Chief Engineer indicated that a member of the Plant
Engineers Branch would be going tohortly on a TDrY basis
in connection. with some other work and suggested that this man might
carry a Dunit with him and initiate transmissions from the
sight. It was pointed out that this should be a fairly
represe
ntative test, since the individual concerned has had no
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previous training or experience with
rent. The Engineer
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will also brief Operations personnel
on the 0 equipment
ACTION and arrange for them to pass live traffic on the equipment. It was
agreed that this proposal would be accepted and that the details
would be worked out between O Division and the Bagineering Division.
The Executive Officer introduced a discussion ova
le stated that there bad been prepared in the Office of
Camnunications a letter directed to the DI)/P Materiel Board which in
effect divorced the Office of Coma tmicativns from any further work
in this field as regards (a) the ultimate beacon and (b) the
beacon. The Office of Communications would continue some testing
on the ARA-250 CRC-11 system. Additionally, the Office of Qcmnuni-
cations would accept the responsibility for the control issue, training,
and maintenance in regard to any The Executive
Officer stated, that the Agency had recently received a lette
requesting a policy decision in the field at1
with particular attention to the matter of compata
systems, and its effect on the
The Executive Officer felt that until such a policy
assn d in view of the Office of Communications relation-
ship wit in this field, that the present letter to the
DD/P Materiel Board should not go forward.
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including a questioning of the need for I lati a -L L to a1? O.L ?-
to be the feeling of the Board that ifht the interim prtoi~oa
could be concluded very shortly that
to t nt of an effective, oompatable,iL1 ake on the development
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system providing the DD/P would preps a
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OC-F Materiel Board should be rewritten by the Engineering Division peke
ACWION should indicate that further discussions with the a'WrOPriate
should be held in this matter before coming to any final determination-
Board meeting will be 7 March 1956.
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5? It was noted that the current review of R&D Projects has
not yet been oo leted by the Board.
The meeting adjourned at 1630 hours. The next meeting of the Ideas
and Requirements Panel will be held on 15 February and the next Regular
%stributions
Members and those attendance
listed in Paracaph I
R&D Internal Projects
R&D External Projects
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