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North Warning System. The North Warning System (NWS, French: Système d'alerte du nord) is a joint United States and Canadian early-warning radar system for the atmospheric air defense of North America. It provides surveillance of airspace from potential incursions or attacks from across North America's polar region.
The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the Army's Evans Signal Laboratory continued with new activities in centimeter radar development. The United States Air Force (USAF) – separated from the Army in 1946 – concentrated radar research at their Cambridge Research Center (CRC) at Hanscom Field, Massachusetts.
CFS Saglek. / 58.48861°N 62.58556°W / 58.48861; -62.58556 ( Saglek AS N-29) Canadian Forces Station Saglek is a Royal Canadian Air Force radar base in the former Pinetree Line and currently part of the North Warning System, located near Saglek Bay in Newfoundland and Labrador, 367.7 miles (591.8 km) north-northwest of CFB Goose ...
MIT Radiation Laboratory. / 42.3594°N 71.0911°W / 42.3594; -71.0911. The Radiation Laboratory, commonly called the Rad Lab, was a microwave and radar research laboratory located at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was first created in October 1940 and operated until 31 December 1945 when ...
The Air Force Research Laboratory ( AFRL) is a scientific research and development detachment of the United States Air Force Materiel Command dedicated to leading the discovery, development, and integration of direct-energy based aerospace warfighting technologies, planning and executing the Air Force science and technology program, and ...
Rome Laboratory. The Verona Test Annex, a satellite site of Rome Research Site located some 11 miles (18 km) south-west of Rome. / 43.221361°N 75.408556°W / 43.221361; -75.408556. Rome Laboratory ( Rome Air Development Center until 1991) is the US "Air Force 'superlab' for command, control, and communications" [1] research and ...
A new mobile Doppler radar was used and provided revolutionary data on several tornadic storms. TOTO (1981-1987) [ edit ] The TOtable TOrnado Observatory (TOTO) , developed by NOAA Environmental Research Laboratory scientists, was a 55-gallon barrel outfitted with anemometers, pressure sensors, and humidity sensors, along with devices to record ...
The United States Naval Research Laboratory ( NRL) is the corporate research laboratory for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps. It was founded in 1923 and conducts basic scientific research, applied research, technological development and prototyping. The laboratory's specialties include plasma physics, space physics ...