MAY 27 1953 Uonoratle Me Sterling Cole - Chalrran, Joint Comittee on dbonte renee 2g Scacrers3 of the United States resp tere Coles Tia pirpose of thie Letter is to cutlice tthe offects ofP racont | proposed reduced effcrts cn the Alrcreft Suclear Fropolsion frocrit, 3a Gensrel, the, effect £9 to poctpone to a presently. vasebursined thea the ground and flicht testi-zg of en aircraft muclesr fropslzios ayitat,e The Afrerart Suclear [repulsica Prozras unter way at the | CML on Meld feel raacters will ccatinuse ecch a3 presently constle tuted, oince tie ¢ TLesh? progres bes teen La tha ract and it Xs pienmned te be in the futurs one principally of «.ilysea, research, snd devalopcent en racctora miitable for aircraft prosalet-a but stort of actually engineering end cemztructing full sezle pover models, In additicn to the OSL progras, cralyecs end reezsreh en the cupereritiech kater Syoten will proceed at the rate of effort rreviou-ly planned, Contrect nezotistions are contimicag with the Pratt and “hitney Co, with a view to dircet sHC stp, ort of that eccpany In its alrereft nuclesr govcrplint ressarehs The prorrea at locklend unier the Coneral ‘leetric Coxpany, waich coarpany has Leen unter contract to the asc ts develop «nd esnatruct an sircraft reactor tased opon the clrect cycle, «lll ve coariderably revised, the revielon vill neceseitate cancellation © of the dersloprent end cmstruction ef the so-called fe) (plate tyre fuel element) cirect cycle resetor snd powerplant and redirection of the prosras pricarbly tovaerd applied recoireh ant comronsat developcent for en advanced direct cycle rencior concept bared upon @ new conficuratios and more prorising type of fuel elecent. =ince all previous scheéulea for ground ond flight test were based upon febdricaticn of a direct cycle reactor, cesirn of which ves based upon the Slat plate type fuel elecent, these sched es tre nov, of corse, invalid and further schecles have nct os yat teen deternined, In any evant, tiese ochetiles vill ts altered RG US DOE ARCHIVES 326 U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY (Catipantion Pax Foider COMMISSION et Nat ee el ee Oe SECRETARIAT. CLASSIFICATION CANCELLED ee OF DOE/OC -€ (Gaa\else REVEEWEDBY 5 DATE | 711] B 4 IAS Cc 5