Rome Laboratory ( Rome Air Development Center until 1991) is a U.S. Air Force research laboratory for " command, control , and communications" research and development and is responsible for planning and executing the USAF science and technology program.
22-565: RADC may be: Rome Air Development Center , the former name of the United States Air Force's Rome Laboratory Royal Army Dental Corps , former corps of the British Army Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center , a research center at Rush University Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
44-519: A year, the 7th and 12th Radar Calibration Units. The entire Watson Laboratories , which was acquiring the "state-of-the-art" Bendix AN/FPS-3 Radar for Air Defense Command , transferred to Griffiss from Camp Coles NJ , from 6 November 1950 until 2 April 1951, the date Griffiss AFB transferred to Air Research and Development Command . During the move the 3151st Electronics Group was activated on 14 March 1951. The "Rome Air Development Center" headquarters officially opened on June 12, 1951, with
66-510: The AN/MPQ-2 ; RADC integrated AN/MPS-9 radars with RBS plotting to create the AN/MSQ-1 (with OA-132 plotting computer/board)) and AN/MSQ-2 (OA-215) —RADC also developed SAC's "AN/GSA-19 Blanking System" for safety at RBS radar stations . RADC began using a new intelligence and reconnaissance laboratory building on 27 May 1954, and an AN/GPA-37 "developed by RADC [and] installed at
88-702: The Cheyenne Mountain Complex . RADC developed a 1960s machine translation for Russian language documents and in the late 1960s, RADC coordinated the Ling-Temco-Vought AN/TRN-26 deployable TACAN development for the Vietnam War (1st units went to Israel and Camp David 's "DVD" site.) In the 1970s War On Drugs , RADC COMPASS TRIP research investigated "multispectral reconnaissance techniques to locate opium poppy fields". By December 1977 RADC had developed
110-724: The Norden bombsights and tested/rebuilt large airplane engines, and Army Air Field, Rome , was established as a WWII USAAF airfield in New York on 4 Nov 1942. World War II technical squadrons included the "600 Engrg Sq" (10 Oct 44-30 Oct 44) and the "1 Acft Assembly Sq" (21 Aug 45-6 Nov 45). Renamed Griffiss Air Force Base on 23 Jan 1948 , the World War II installation's buildings were used as post-war offices and laboratories, e.g., for testing units that arrived beginning in 1948 from Pennsylvania's Middletown Air Depot (Griffiss had
132-738: The Verona Test Site " conducted a 28 December 1955 ground-controlled interception test "on an F-86D fighter interceptor aircraft". Also in 1955 RADC developed phased array radar technology, and the center contracted Bendix's Radio Division in 1958 to build the Bendix AN/FPS-46 Electronically Steerable Array Radar (ESAR) for demonstration (1st "powered up" in November 1960.) A prototype AN/FPS-43 BMEWS radar completed at Trinidad in 1958 went operational on February 4, 1959,
154-521: The "2 Msl Trpt Sq" 26 Jan 48-3 Sep 48.) The 3171st Electronics Research Group activated on 12 January 1949 under the 2751st Experimental Wing formed during World War II, and the 3180th Weapon Equipment Flight Test organization activated on 4 April 1949. On September 26, 1950, the Griffiss AFB Air Force Electronics Center was established —2 Griffiss radar units were established on 12 Oct 50 for less than
176-531: The 1,205 ft (367 m) Forestport Tower in 1951 for low-frequency communications experiments. On 1 January 1953, RADC reorganized into the Engineering Support Division, Electronic Warfare and Techniques Division, Equipment Development Division, and Systems Division (a Plans and Operations Office at the HQ provided guidance.) For ATC and SAC to score bombing accuracy, and based on
198-861: The 1960 AFCRL's Microwave Physics and Solid State Sciences divisions (" RADC East " colloq. ) In the 1980s and 1990s RADC funded a significant amount of research on software engineering, e.g., the Knowledge Based Software Assistant (KBSA) program. In 1990 RADC was redesignated Rome Laboratory which in October 1997 became part of the Air Force Research Laboratory . 1997: AFMC Air Force Research Laboratory 1975: AFSC Electronic Systems Division 1965: AFSC Research and Technology Division 1960: ARDC Air Force Command and Control Development Division Forestport Tower From Misplaced Pages,
220-413: The 322 watt "solid state transmitter and receiver module" while "responsible for [ PAVE PAWS ] design, fabrication installation, integration test, and evaluation" (through 1980). On 1 September 1975, RADC was reassigned to AFSC's Electronic Systems Division (ESD). At Hanscom AFB on 1 January 1976, RADC's Detachment 1 was activated for "Electronic Technology" with the personnel and equipment of
242-546: The ECHO satellite and Philco terminals for reflecting voice transmissions through space from the Trinidad Space Communication Facility (with " BMEWS type radar tracker " using "AN/FRC-56 type" transmitter and "84FT DISH") to the "RADC Floyd Site". In August 1962, RADC established the "AFLC Communications-Electronics Field Office" to monitor missile tests. A "60-foot-diameter" antenna at
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#1732787774651264-615: The Floyd site built by RADC "particularly to communicate with ECHO II " was dedicated on 30 August 1963. In 1965 based on the USMC AN/MPQ-14 , the " SKYSPOT RADC developmental program" designed the AN/MSQ-77 with ballistic computer for Vietnam War high-altitude, low-visibility (e.g., nighttime, inclement weather) strategic bombing missions , and which was also used as a " Close Air Support Bombing System". By June 1965, RADC
286-517: The United States Towers in New York (state) 1950 establishments in New York (state) Towers completed in 1950 1998 disestablishments in New York (state) Buildings and structures demolished in 1998 Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas Pages using
308-689: The date of an Atlas II B firing from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 11 (lunar reflection was tested January–June 1960.) On 20 January 1960 RADC accepted the Avco AN/FPS-26 Frequency Diversity Radar from Avco for use at SAGE radar stations (later modified into the 474N "Fuzzy-7" SLBM Detection Radar .) On 1 July 1960, RADC was assigned to the Air Force Command and Control Development Division and c. November 1960 , RADC conducted an "Experimental Passive-Satellite Communication Link" using
330-824: The following entities: Divisions and laboratories of the former Rome Air Development Center (RADC) included the Electronic Warfare Laboratory, High Power Laboratory, Photonics Laboratory, 1968 Electronics Laboratory (dedicated 25 October), RADC Systems Division, and the Communications and Control Division which moved from building 106 to building 3 in March 1976. (RADC computer facilities were in bldg 3, which in August 1974 had "a new $ 2.8 million communications research laboratory".) The Rome Air Depot established 5 February 1942 built USAAF versions of
352-653: The 💕 Mast radiator insulated against ground in New York, United States Forestport Tower [REDACTED] General information Status Destroyed Type Mast radiator insulated against ground Location Forestport, New York , United States Coordinates 43°26′41.14587″N 75°05′10.15″W / 43.4447627417°N 75.0861528°W / 43.4447627417; -75.0861528 Completed 1950 Destroyed April 21, 1998 Height 371.25 m (1,218.01 ft) Design and construction Main contractor US military Forestport Tower
374-1016: The original on 2005-03-17 . Retrieved 2024-02-23 . ^ "Drawings of Forestport Tower - SkyscraperPage.com" . skyscraperpage.com . Retrieved 2024-02-23 . ^ "Datasheet: Forestport LORAN Radio Mast" . www.geocaching.com . Retrieved 2024-02-23 . External links [ edit ] http://www.jproc.ca/hyperbolic/loran_c_history.html https://web.archive.org/web/20050317143111/http://www.rl.af.mil/div/IFO/IFOI/IFOIPA/press_history/pr-98/pr-98-28.html https://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?buildingID=57103 Datasheet: Forestport LORAN Radio Mast Authority control databases : Geographic [REDACTED] Structurae Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Forestport_Tower&oldid=1258640835 " Categories : Buildings and structures in Oneida County, New York Former radio masts and towers Radio masts and towers in
396-567: The personnel of the headquarters for the 2751st Wing and 3171st & 3151st groups, which were "discontinued" —the 6530th Air Base Wing with subordinate units, e.g., Maintenance and Support Group, activated on the same date for support through August/November 1952. RADC was for USAF "applied research, development and test of electronic air-ground systems such as detection, control, identification and countermeasures, navigation, communications, and data transmission systems, associated components, and related automatic flight equipment". RADC constructed
418-484: The title RADC . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RADC&oldid=1257604551 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Rome Air Development Center Rome Lab includes or included
440-572: Was a guyed, steel tower, insulated from the earth, so that the entire structure was used to radiate electromagnetic waves in the VLF (Very Low Frequency; 3 kHz to 30 kHz) and LF (Low Frequency; 30 kHz to 300 kHz) bands. The tower, known locally as “the stick” or “the Forestport stick”, was located near Forestport in Oneida County , New York , United States. Forestport Tower
462-668: Was assigned to AFSC's Research and Technology Division and had a Communications Research Branch (an early 1960s plan to rename RADC to the Air Force Electromagnetics Laboratory was not implemented.) RADC's Program 673A research resulted in the 440L System Program Office for the Forward Scatter Over-the-Horizon network ( AN/FRT-80 transmitters & AN/FSQ-76 receivers) being established on 1 July 1965 (RADC's "Data Reduction Center" processed 440L data transmitted to
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#1732787774651484-698: Was built in 1950. It had a height of 1218 ft (371.25 metres). Forestport Tower was used for experimental transmissions in the LF and VLF-range; some of these included the first tests of the LORAN-C and Omega Navigation System . On April 21, 1998 it was demolished by explosives. References [ edit ] ^ "Loran-C - History" . www.jproc.ca . Retrieved 2024-02-23 . ^ "Towering Cold War Relic Brought Down to Earth" (Press release). Rome, New York: Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Information Directorate. April 21, 1998. Archived from
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