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Committ~e on Electronics 

Panel on CO?".ponents 

25 April 1949 

AGENDA 

Fifteenth lleeting to be held 

9, 10 ~ 1949 at 1000 D.S.T. 

Room. 3D-564, National. Defense Building_ (Pentagon) 

Washington, D. c. 

(Reception Desk 3E~648) 

- l1:em le Approval of Minutes - Fourte!'nth :Meeting I 

Item 2. Mobilization Plan for the Electronics Equipnent Industq 

~~he 18th )leeting of t.'1.e Conmu. ttee on Electronics, :the Committee 

req\eated the Chairman of the Panel to prepare a study of the 

Munitions Board report prepa:-ed by the Electronics Equipment Indlistry Advisory Comni.ttee. The Chairman will 'C.omment on the 

subject report as it affects the scope of the Panalw 

Item 3. 1.fsster Pla.n of Research and Daveloeent in the National lb.li tary 

Establishment ' ' ' 

At the 19th Meeting, the Research and Development Boa.rd approved 

the "Master Plan of R & D in the NME" vii th subsequent approval 

by the Secretary of Defense on 1 Karch 1949. Attached. herew1 th 1a 

RDB 169/l "Classification System for the Master Plan." and EL 127/l 

which is a condensed revJ.ew of the Plan prepared by the Secretariat 

ot the Cammittee on Electronics. The Committee has requested its 

Panela to comment on the Jiaster Plan especially WJ. th regard to the 

importance rating assigned Teclm1cal ObJective SR-6 which 1s -of 

particular concern to the Panel on Components. 

Item 4. Allocation ot Responsibili t;r for Com~onenta R &: D Program I \ 4 

At the last meeting ot the Panel, the Chairmen requested all Sub-

_ panel Chairmen to prepare a memorandum outlinJ.ng the pattern tor 

asaigmnent of responsibility in accordance lY1th RDB 133/2, EL 120/1 

and EL 120/2 previously circulated. Each Subpanel Chairman lrlll 

dJ.Bousa his proposed saheme for allocation. Attached as LCP 32/l 

is a memorandum from the Chairman to the Acting Executive Director 

tor the Committee on Electronics. 

* • * * * * * * * * * * * • * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * • • * * * • • • * * Thia document oontalllB' bif'ormatJ.on affecting the nati0D9:l defense of the 

United States within the meanJ.ng of the :espionage Laws, Title 18, u.s.c., 

Sections 793 and 794. The tranemission or the revelatio:a. of its contents 

in any numner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by'J.mr. 

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Declassified and approved for release by NSA on 04-21-2014 pursuantto E.O. 1352a 
Item 5, Organization 

5el Revision ot field of J.nterest for the Subpanel on RF 

TrBnBmission Lines. 

5,1.1 .Assignment of responsibility for magnet and book-up wire. 

s.1.2 Dissolution of'AllRFCCC and all activities being coordinated 

by this Committee be pursued by ROB and ASESA. 

s.2 Approval of directive and membership for the Subpanel on 

Miniature Components and Packaged Sub-Ass8lllblies. 

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513 Proposed reactivation of a Subpanel on Shock and Vibration., 

5•4 Cogniiance fbr coaxial DC power eo:aneotoT•· 

5.5 CogniSJlllCe for rotary dev+oea (JnOtora, dynamos, etc). 

516 Assignment of mignetic ampl:U'iers and high trequenoy power 

supplies. 

5,7 Assignment ot responsibility tor aem.i-con4uctors. 

Item 6, other Busineaa 

Item Te Date aud.Plaoe of Next ?Jeetin~ 

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Note c The Panel will reconvene at the B\.lreau of Sta,Qdards on 10 May for 

lectures and discussions by Bureal,l of Standards' personnel. 

Enola 3 

le RDB 169/l 

2e EL 127/l 

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SUBJECT 

• RESE:Aidiililml~'t'Aii.M ~OAR. Committee on Electron~cs 

H. w. Serig 

Colonel, USAF 

Acting Exec. Director 

Committee on Eleotronios 

Research & Development Board 

Washington 26, D. c. 

April 15, 1949 

1 Allocation of Responsibility for Research and 

Development Programs 

Thia replies to your letter ot 10 lraroh 1949 on the above subJeot. 

The Panel on Components and its Sub-Panels consider that they have 

been com.plying with the spirit o,t the Board poH,oy expressed in RDB 133ft 

throughout their activities. From the start they have considered that the 

allocation of respo211Pibility on each speoifiQ proJeot is an inescapable 

function and they have worked out a metbod rar allonating to one of the 

three services the responsibility for conducting or contracting to industry, 

each specific development project. 

This has been done" by the Subpanels on a voluntary agrem:ient basis 

amo~g the service representatives on the Subpan.els. The factors considered 

in arriving at such "voluntary" ~locations a.re1 availability ot fund.BJ 

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availability or competent personnel or superv~sion of the developmentJ the 

service (if a:oy) proposing the proJeOtJ th~ service having prime interest 

in the outcome of the proJeOtJ relation of the new proJect to previous 

-- proJeots allocated e~lier and th.e urgency ot the schedule. To date the 

Subpanels have been quite sucoesatul in securing voluntary acceptance and 

in making allooatio:ns of specific projects once the tecl}nical requirements 

involved had been resolved and a.greed upon. As brought put in our recent 
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Annual Report,, there are, of course,, cases where circumstances prevent or 

delay the actual UDi•rtaking or the proJect due to internal matters 'Within 

a given service in allocating development fund.a. If these delays persist 

it is conceivable that the Subpanels may need to revievr certain proJecta 

and make appropriate reallocation. 

This method may depart from the ooncepts set forth in RDB 133/2 in 

respect to method of allooationwhich appears to contemplate allocation•on 

some broad basis related to operational or :run~tional mission&. The Panel 

considers that in the field of components it is impossible and impraot1oal 

to take into account such factors and considers that its allocatJ.ons must 

be made wholly on the basis of the capab:i.lities and technical "know-how" 

of some one of the three services. Because of historical background these 

~ latter factors do not,,at the present time,, appear to be related in llll.YW81' 

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to the operationcl or purchase functions of the services. It has recognized, 

however, the long standini; arrani;ements betv1een the Air Fo.roe and Si:nal 

Corps under \Vhicli th~ Signal Corps has carried the rea.ponsibility for a 

major share ot the development on components or electronic equipment. 

The allocations arrived at by the Subpaneis are recorded on the 

Summary Charts which are submitted once a year to the Committee on Eleotronica. 

F. J. Given, Chairman 

P&Xlel on Component•