TAB C Ser PRINCIPAL U. S. NAVY FACILITIES COMPETENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ATOMIC WEAPONS FIELD BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS, WASHINGTON, D. C. The Bureau of Aeronautics is the Navy material bureau which has been assigned the responsibility for the design, development, procurement, pro- duction, test, fitting out, maintenance, alteratdon,repair and material effectiveness of all Navy and Marine Corps aircraft incluwiing components and equip- ment thereof. It exercises management control of those commands and organi~ @ zations established as separate activities of the naval shore establishment for the above functions. A large part of Budir responsibilities is satisfied by contractual relations with universities, research and development groups and industry. Many of these are unique and would be of value to the atomic weapon program. It is pointed out, however, that these agencies are committed to BuAir and reorientation of their work load to atemic work would, in many cases, have to be effected by Budir. a Those specific research and development activities under the technical ~ and management control of BuAir which are best fitted and most appropriate for development work in the atomic weapon program are: NAVAL AIR MATERTAL CENTER (U.S. Naval Base, Philadelphia) The NAM includes the Naval Aircraft Factory and the Naval Air Experimental Station. The NAF has a lerge engineering department capable of research and development in airframes, instruments, armament, etc., with shops equipped for all kinds of manufacture and test. The Naval dir Experimental Station consists of a flight test service and six aero- nautical laboratories. The work of these laboratories is purely research and development and includes such tasks as evaluation and testing of air-~ eraft and components, preservation and packing, aircraft materials, structures, radio control equipment, ejectable seats, strain gage telemetering, flight test instrumentation for high Mach flight, engines and accessories, .~." remote controlled auto pilots, photography and neil(aaa NAVAL AIR TEST GENTER(Patuxent River,Mi.) ei The NATC serves as a flight test center for Budir and has six divisions to handle armament, electronics, flight test, service test, “51 - - °° .2D/DOE SANDIA RE 76