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[2]: 197 Initially contracted to RCA, the AN/FSQ-7 production units were started by IBM in 1958 [citation needed] (32 DCs were planned [2]: 207 for networking NORAD regions.) [36] IBM's production contract developed 56 SAGE computers for $.5 billion (~$18 million per computer pair in each FSQ-7) [32] —cf. the $2 billion WWII Manhattan Project.
Post-World War II radar stations included those of the 1948 "five-station radar net" and the Lashup network completed in 1950, followed by the "Priority Permanent System" with the initial (priority) radar stations completed in 1952 [3]: 223 as a "manual air defense system" [4] with Manual ADCCs (e.g., using Plexiglas plotting boards as at the 1954 Ent Air Force Base command center for ADC.) [3 ...
An Air Defense Direction Center [2]: 11 (ADDC) was a type of United States command post for assessing Cold War radar tracks, assigning height requests to available height-finder radars, and for "Weapons Direction": coordinating command guidance of aircraft from more than 1 site for ground-controlled interception ("weapons assignment"). [3]
As SAGE became fully operational, the squadron title was changed to 781st Radar Squadron (SAGE) on 1 October 1959. [9] Custer AFS was known by Permanent System ID P-67 and Saugatuck, one of four subordinate gap-fillers, held site ID P-67C until 31 July 1963, [ 10 ] when all SAGE radar squadron designations were changed to the NORAD prefix Z and ...
Eli Lilly’s weight loss drug Zepbound is no longer in short supply, the FDA said, worrying patients who use cheaper, off-brand versions of the drug. On Thursday, Dec. 19, the U.S. Food and Drug ...
The Cold War radar station had 2 USAF AN/FPS-6B height finding radars, 2 Army AN/FPS-6A height finders, [2] an FAA ARSR-1 radar emplaced 1958-9, [3] and an Army nuclear bunker. Arctic Towers were the pedestals for the FPS antennas [ 4 ] and radomes, while the Air Route Surveillance Radar was on a 50-foot extension temperate tower [ 5 ] adjacent ...
Ohio State quarterback Will Howard (18) holds a rose in his mouth as he poses with the trophy after the team won the quarterfinals of the Rose Bowl College Football Playoff against Oregon ...
The California DMV apologized for a license plate appearing to mock the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel. The car owner's son said it was being misinterpreted.