TRIP REPORT --(Sanitized) 8-11 JUNE 1964

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• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: June 23, 1964
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23 June 1964
SUBJECT: Trip Report --
8-11 June 1964
1. Six P&DS/NPIC personnel discussed a total of twenty-six projects with
nine personnel during a period of four days. To avoid
the confusion which would be caused by six separate reports on one contract,
the undersigned has consolidated the comments of the various project monitors
into a single document.
3. The P&DS attendees, projects discussed and dates of attendence were:
NAME PROJECTS DATES
202,206,207,213,214,215,224
212,216,217
222
225,226
211
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8,9 June 1964
10,11 June
11 June
11 June
11 June
9-11 June
4. This Trip Report is divided into four parts as follows:
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a. Enclosure 1: Status of the projects under contract 0 25X1
b. Enclosure 2: Advance coy of the Fiscal Summary, dtd 1 June 1964
c. Enclosure 3: list of proposed projects for FY-65
d. Enclosure 4: Comments oniI list of proposed projects for FY-65 25X1
5. As a final item to make briefing boards for
the projects he is monitoring (see paragraph 3, above). I knew that we once
had a plan to require all contractors to provide artists concepts, photographs,
etc., for use as briefing aids. I therefore told that I wanted
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I o make one ors if necessary, more briefing boards on all projects which
lent themselves to a graphic briefing aid. These briefing boards are to be
made so that they can be reproduced as 3" x 4" slides, as Vue-Graphs or as
black-and-white prints. will look into this and let me know if
there are any major problems. PD/GAB, is preparing a set of
specifications for the briefing boards, slides, etc., so they will conform
with accepted NPIC standards.
Contrac Admin. Monitor
Development Branch, P&DS
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PROJECT TITLE AND COMMENTS
201 Travel and Liaison:
This PAR covers only the costs incurred for travel by
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personnel to visit P&DS personnel, and for our meetings at their
facility. These are costs which do not belong to any single PAR.
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202 Briefing Print Enlarger:
The Contractor has started work on this project and as of
18 May 196+ about had been expended. The followin com-
ments were provided by the project monitor,
"A review of objectives on 8 June 196+ revealed no dif-
ferences in concept between the contractor and the pro-
ject monitor. At present a study phase is in progress
to define the design parameters. Work appears to be
progressing satisfactorily.
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No contract action is required at this time."
203 Rapid Access Printer:
After a discussion with the contractor's technical personnel,
the project monitor, approved the Contractor's 25X1
proposal and gave an oral authorization to proceed. The oral
authorization was confirmed in 0 message 90+6, dated 18 June 196)+. 25X1
The following comments were provided byl -1 25X1
Iwill soon start Phase I, which will be a study of
commercially available continuous-tone diazo and plastic
resin reproduction systems which produce a positive.
Specific materials that are known and will be included are
Kalcon Film, Ozalid Unit Gamma Film, and Technifax K-Tone
Film. I informed =that the Technifax Corporation now
has a new continuous-tone, high-resolution diazo repro-
duction system capable of 200 1/mm. This material will
be added to the list for investigation.
204 Contact Chip Printer:
Since the monitor, did not attend the 25X1
meetings at the Contractor's facility, this was not discussed
other than to tell the Contractor that the project was still being
evaluated.
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205 Precision 4-X Enlarger:
Same comments as PAR-204, above.
206 Study of Reversal Processing of High-Resolution Films:
Th mments were provided by the project
monitor
"A review of PAR-206 was made at the contractor's plant
on 9 June 1964. The singular objective is to determine
the method best suited to film reversal with a minimum
loss of resolution. The result will be applied to the
reversal processor under PAR-214. Work is just getting
underway. No change is contemplated.
No contract action required at this time."
207 Study of Contact Printers:
message 9046, dated 18 June 1964, approved the
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contractor's proposal dated 21 April 1964 and the new estimated
total e enditure of 0 instead of the previously author-
ized II The following comments were provided by the
project monitor,
"It was planned to review progress under PAR-207 on
9 June 1964. However, the Project Engineer was not
available for discussion.
A review, however, of the objectives outlined in PAR-207A
dated 21 April 1964 and the 1 May monthly report indicates
that the contractor has a good understanding of the overall
objectives.
No change in the contractor's plan is contemplated.
No contract action is required at this time."
208 Non-Electric Image (Enhancement):
This project was cancelled by us (see MFR for PAR-208
dated 17 April 1964). The Contractor had omitted the word.
"Enhancement" from the title due to a lack of space on the
Fiscal Summary. The project was intended to cover enhancement
of images by other than electric means (i.e. electronic dodging
such as LogEtronic equipment). The project would have considered
unsharp masking, processing, dye images, etc.
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209 Phosphor Viewer:
TITLE AND COMMENTS
The project monitor, discussed this
briefly with the Contractor's personnel. In general this pro-
ject is completed except for the evaluation report to be
written by NPIC personnel. The following was given by
project monitor.
"This device was delivered to P&DS several months ago for
evaluation, and was demonstrated to a number of analysts
in PID. These analysts found that there was virtually no
enhancement observed with the device in its present con-
figuration.
and I briefly discussed the possibility of
investigating other phosphors for this device. The
ultra-violet output can probably be increased and the
backlighting changed so as to allow full extinction.
It was emphasized that a format size that would permit
use of a microscope would be adequate. If the decision
is made to pursue this means of enhancement, I recommend
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The contractor expects to have the final report ready by
1 July 1964. The Fiscal Summary dated 1 June 1964 lists a
total expenditure on this project of I Icompared to the 25X1
authorized total of will tell us whether 25X1
a message is necessary to approve this overrun" or whether, being
only an estimate, no action by us is required. One result of this
project is that the Teleprompter projectors need modification to
provide increased air flow over the slides while they are being
projected.
211 Microdensitometer Study of the Effects of Processing:
The followin comments on this project were provided by the
project monitor,
"The work on this PAR is proceeding well, and needed only a
few decisions from the monitor, mostly concerned with the
direction in which we wanted the program to go. They have
established standardized processing and analytical techniques,
and have tested several films in terms of granularity and
acutance. Their inability to achieve reproducible results
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211 cont'd on MTF measurements caused them to discontinue them and
refer the problem to us. Since such measurements are
vital, they have been instructed to proceed with MTF
measurements, even though it may require "farming-out"
the problem to their Research Laboratories. They will
also include high and low contrast AF bar targets on their
measurement schedule. Item 2a of their Study Program Ob-
jective dated 6 December 1963 is, therefore, well underway.
Item 2b was the subject of much discussion the gist of
which was
involved.
that they did not realize the problem was so
I promised them some information about this,
and will c
ontact regarding PI targets. I
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agreed to
send some of the 0
reports on Image Evaluation,
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because th
ey have a special relevance to this problem. I
hope to obtain froml _J some idea of the test objects
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used for PI evaluation, so that the 0 people will not be
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forced to waste time in needless cut-and-try to find the
same answers.
Item 3 of their objective has not been started yet. They
were not at all sure how to proceed and wished to consult
with us. In order to see if there is definite need for
extensive investigation, I will arrange a meeting with the
representative and our mensuration people, to be held
will begin an analytical investigation which will attempt
to place the "real" edge position. The discussions considered
the possibility of using Gaussian or Quadratic hyperbola
spread functions as models to get the analysis started. This
will begin immediately so that subsequent discussions of
equipment and film precision can have a more exact frame of
reference."
changes, the problem had better be looked into.
at our facilities. This way, the instruments which are used
for measuring will be seen and the film problem given its
proper perspective. It appeared at the meeting that while
very little improvement can be achieved through processing
212 Color Acquisition System Review Study:
The following comments on this project were provided by
the monitor,
"a. Most of the work to date has been expended on film
studies. It appears that techniques are being investigated
which give considerable hope that part of the color contrast
lost through atmospheric attenuation of the blue spectrum
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212 cont'd can be compensated for in either the acquisition or exploi-
tation stages. Additional blue may be added during the
taking process, during photographic processing, during viewing
or by combinations of all three.
b. Higher altitude materials are required for
be available in about a week or two in the form of inputs
from other programs.
Ito proceed further with their studies. These should
c. Analysis of camera systems from a color standpoint
are soon to be undertaken.
d. The general progress to date appears satisfactory."
213 Color Reproduction Systems Review:
The following comments were provided by the project monitor,
"A review was made of PAR-213 at the contractor's plant
on 8 June 1964.
The effort at present consists of producing many combina-
tions of color transparencies and opaque color prints to
determine which produce a final product or products most
useful to the PI. All test prints were made from CF-6513
color acquisition film and a newer laboratory test color
original material designated as SO-121, both flown at
12,000 ft. on a clear day. The best opaque prints were
produced on Ektachrome Professional Print Paper (EPP)
from #6110 color intermediates. The best print trans-
parencies were produced on 7255 Ektachrome Commercial,
5059 Kodachrome and on 50-121, a special original color
film of very high contrast. Although these tests were
encouraging it was felt that more significant answers
will be provided by prints made from color originals flown
above 100,000 feet. These originals will be available
within the next few weeks.
The contractor project engineer agreed to provide the moni-
tor a series of briefing boards and color slides (34 x 4)
to illustrate the quality obtainable and to provide a
medium for group evaluation of results.
Work appears to be progressing very well and no contract
action is required at this time."
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214 Roller Transport Reversal Processor (12 inch):
After discussion with the Contractor the new monitor,I 25X1
approved the change of scope which added a double re-exposure station
and a daylight operation ca ability. Seel MFR on this 25X1
PAR dated 16 June 1964 and message 9046, dated 18 June 1964, 25X1
which increase the authorized expenditure to for the change 25X1
in scope. The following comments were provided by the project monitor,
"A review was made of PAR-2l4 at the contractor's plant on
8 June 1964. The effort appears to be progressing well and
no change in objective is contemplated."
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215 Roller Transport Processor (24 inch):
The following comments were provided by the project monitor,
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"A review was made of PAR-215 at the contractor's plant on
9 June 1964. The effort appears to be progressing well.
On pages 5 and 6 of the 2 March 1964 Quarterly Report the
contractor requested an increase in funds to cover a
24" feed cassette and a 24" take-up. These two items
were deleted during the above review because it is not 25X1
contemplated that prints will be produced in roll form at
this size. Concurrence has been unanimous (Contractor
only cut sheets will be processed on this machine. The
processor is being designed for paper. It is contemplated
that most prints will be on waterproof stock or stable base
opaque film. Other prints such as single weight Kodabromide
will require attachment of a stiff lead edge to the sheet to
assure proper transport through the processor. The lead
device will be provided by the contractor. The dryer will
remain as a necessary module of the processor to assure
feed into the dryer when the dryer is attached.
The contractor will submit a revised specification reflecting
the above changes, together with a revised estimate of costs.
Appropriate contract action will be taken after review of
the contractor's submission."
216 Exposure of Photographic Material with Lasers:
The following comments were provided by the monitor,
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"a. This PAR is moving rather slowly. The experimentation
to date has been confined to attempting to get a reasonable
photographic exposure with a laser. They are running into
many of the same problem areas that encountered 25X1
during the development of the laser enlarger.
b. Like they are considering inserting a
diffusion screen into the laser beam. They claim that this
does not completely destroy the coherence of the laser
illumination -- we need more information on this subject.
c. feels they must go through this experi-
mentation stage until they can produce a picture of
sufficient quality to properly evaluate their film materials;
however, they must be monitored closely on this point since
much of this work duplicates studies byl 25X1
Another month's work should take them past this point
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216 cont'd and into the desired film studies. If not, considerable
redirection of the project will be required from the
monitor.
d. Breadboarding and lens demonstrations were observed
and were very interesting; however, no new knowledge was
obtained to advance the current state-of-the-art."
217 Optimization of the Laser:
The following comments were provided by the monitor,
"a. I was able to demonstrate their frequency
doubling experiments with a Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate
(EDP) birefringent crystal. When this crystal is $laced
in the beam of neodymium doped glass laser, a 5300 A (blue-green)
second harmonic component is produced.
b. is investigating a plasma pinch pump
developed by They hope to
use this as a flash lamp for pumping the laser to reduce
radiative heating of the laser rod and consequently obtain
a high pulse repetition rate.
c. General progress is quite satisfactory for this PAR."
218 Auto-Focus System:
Contactor would not submit a proposal.
219 Optical (1:1) vs Contact Printing:
Contractor would not submit a proposal.
220 Use of Static Electricity for Film Hold Down:
We did not accept the Contractor's Proposal. No further
action at this time.
221 Illustrated Manual for Lens Evaluation:
Contractor would not submit a proposal.
222 Stereo Registration System:
The following comments were provided by the project monitor,
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222 cont'd "The mechanical-optical breadboard is being assembled and
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The Contractor expects to submit a proposal late this
month or early in July.
223 Monochromatic Lens System:
224 3x-15x Fluid Gate Enlarger:
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"A review of progress towards accomplishment of objectives
under PAR-224 was made on 8 June 1964. The contractor appears
to have an excellent understanding of the requirements. No
changes in concept are required at this time. A study is
underway at present to establish detailed design parameters.
Work appears to be progressing satisfactorily.
No contract action required at this time."
225
Microdensitometer Training Program:
The Fiscal Summary dated 1 June 1964 is in error. The
correct authorized e enditures, for course preparation and three
training periods, isII
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226
Microdensitometers Edge-Trace Measurements:
The Contractor has started work on this project and, as of
18 May 1964, about had been expended. The following
comments were provided by the monitor,
signal study has been completed in which an optical in-line
breadboard was used for evaluation. Spot size was studied
by scanning across a grid pattern and the minimum spot
used was close to 0.002 inch projected on the film. It
was attained with only a very low intensity beam.
plans to have this complete by 15 July. A preliminary
On the breadboard, a single CRT will generate the scan
trace so as to eliminate the problem of balancing two traces.
Film will be held between glass plates, one film is fixed
and the other mounted in a "Leitz" mechanical stage, which
has 2 x 2 inch coordinates and 360 degree rotation. Micro-
meters adjust the x and y axis to 0.0001 inch and rotation
can be read to one minute."
As of 18 May 1964 the total expended on this project was
we are no longer funding this project.
this is a final total since
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Security - Guards
This item is mis-named because it includes costs which
are not related to security or guards. As used now it also
includes the costs for the monthly and quarterly reports and
our portion of the special guards. The latter are those sta-
tioned inside the building to control access to special areas
The normal guards at a gate or patrolling the grounds are
charged under the General and Administrative costs. The cost
for the period 19 April - 18 May is about
will devise a more appropriate title for this part of the
Fiscal Summary.
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