with the design ef radiating fuses since there is such a wealth of radar experience in that organization, Signal Corps experts have recently participated in the Rebecca project and, as a re~ sult, have submitted a proposal to the Atomic nergy Commisai on for a complete redesign of the Ml fuze. Army Ordnance has accumulated experience in this field in their work on prexinity fuzes, The principal Ordnance contractor, the Bureau of Standards, has been participating for some time on the radiating Luze development program of the Atomic Fnergy Commissions (2) Production (a) The Army is not now assisting in the production of radiating — fuzes, but procurement assistance is furnished for sme fuze components on the request of the Atomic Energy Commissions i $ DO ¢ 7 cugeae geenSins" eS enersent | ca Sinee these are not essentially different from radar devices ; i from a& procurement point of view, competence to assume this ( ( procurement exists in the Army without any serious increase — in current workloads. . » mretric BEST AVAILABLE COPY Lan (1) Tpvelopment, : (a) The Aruy is mot now participating in develepment work on these fuzes, but competence to do so exists in both the Ordnance and td the Signal corps. The latter agency has done a considerable amount of work in microbarometric studies that could be applied to assist in milving this fuze problem, Also, the Ordnance Corps has carried out development of 8 barometrir fuzg fore woo in conventional bombs and related items. . ov 2) Production ped “is . (eeeeeei4 i; : (a) Tha army 26 not assisting in the procurement of baro fuzes for “oe atomic weapons, but competence to procure these items exists Similar item: are now part -of-the procuvemgmt program of Amy Ge - Ordnancee Oe Powder wT pm ee we . SF eae wey th yet int ain aio - i 3 . . ‘ venta oy ye eo = {246