DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 

WASHINGTON 20330 

DEC 11 1959 

Grant L. Hansen 

Assistant Secretary 

Research and Development 

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MEMORANDUM FOR COLONEL FORD, ASSISTANT FOR THE MOL PROGRAM 

SUBJECT: Disposition of MOL Program CITE Equipment 

In my memorandum of September 23, 1969 to Dr. Seamans 

on disposition of Automatic Data Processing Equipment from 

the MOL Program, we recommended transferring one set of CITE 

equipment with a modified SDS 9300 computer to the Air Force 

Office of Scientific Research for support of accelerator work 

at Florida State University. I understand that the remaining 

two 9300 computers from the CITE Program are being reported 

as excess in accordance with ASPR and will be referred to the 

Air Force Directorate of Data Automation. I further understand that the remaining two CITE units are in partial degrees 

of completion (approximately 25% and 157x) and are under 

control of the MOL Systems Office at SAMSO. 

The Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for R&D has 

recently made a request for the two remaining CITE units in 

partial completion and the two supporting SDS 9300 computers 

(Atch 1). This equipment would be used in a systems simulation being incorporated as a part of the Army Missile Command's 

Advanced Concept Development Facility at Redstone Arsenal. 

Our discussions with the Army indicate that the use of this 

equipment will save them over two million dollars. 

Since the Air Force has no future plans'-for the remaining 

two CITE units and a check with the Directorate of Data Automation indicates that the two remaining SDS 9300 computers 

will be surplus to Air Force needs, please take appropriate 

action to transfer these items to the Army. The Army point 

of contact is Colonel Grayson Tate, Office of the Army 

Assistant Secretary for R&D, Extension 72615. 

Cy for Col Tate 

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ARMY 

(RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT) 

SUBJECT: Request for MOL Program CITE Equipment to 

This is in response to your memorandum of December 1, 

1969, on the above subject. 

We have determined that the two remaining CITE units, 0 

which are in partial degrees of completion, and two SDS 9300 

computers from the MOL Program can be made available for the.; 

Army Missile Command's Advanced Concept Development Facility • •=4 -

Accordingly, I have issued instructions to the Assistant' ,d 

for the MOL Program, Colonel Ford, to arrange for this equipment transfer and to coordinate this action with the Army 

point of contact, Colonel Tate. 0 

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Grant L. Hansen 

Assistant Secretary 

Research and Development 

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Research and Development, to make available the 

two remaining incomplete sets of CITE equipment 

and .Lwo associated SDS 9300 computers to. the Army 

Missile Command's Advanced Concept DevelopMent 

Facility at Redstone Arsenal. Request.you take • 

immediate action to effect their transfer. Items 

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a:3JECT: Disposition of MOL Program CITElquipment 

kreference your memorandum, on the above subjeeti'Oated, 

.:,..lem17,er 11, 1969. Instructions haye been Jostled to the'::. 

Systems Office at SAMS() and to the Termination Cot tract 

2-Zicer at General' E1ectric to‘takeimmediate actiou to 

s=ansfer the two incomplete.seta of CITE equipment, the 

S1S 9300 computers, all:spares,- other hardware and software

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' 1. Reference MOL SO letter dated :T October 1969 subject a. above. 

2. have been instructed by our Headquarters to rake ave.ilable 

the two ramining incomplete sets of CI to the Army Missile Co wand's 

Advanced Concept Development Pacilit,y at Redstone Arsenal. Itetls to 

be transferred should Two .03 9309 Computers ankperil-he„ 1 

equitzlant; Two incomplete sets of CI= with all e.ssociate,dr2=1;,-inprogress, all eviliment that was p",trcbased for sl;bscent insts.11ation u 

into CITE units, scares, software and any other remining. it 

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3. Relocation and subsE..quent costs; will 6e,borne::1iY.,the 

LoGistics Officer, Research and:, 4ngineerin ireatereEte, liedsOne,A 

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4. For. the TUrPOSes. of inventOry g.:rassociated":witif: this _ transfer will,be::report.ed Pruchter. 

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