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29 janvier 2021
- handle: 10670/1.wxrt5v
- isbn: 9781783747917
- eisbn: 9791036560811
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U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA transformative technologies U.S. Government DARPA model Political Science POL018000 JPASujets proches
Hostilities Conflict, Armed (War) Wars Armed conflict (War) FightingCiter ce document
William B. Bonvillian, « 12. Lessons from DARPA for Innovating in Defense Legacy Sectors », Open Book Publishers, ID : 10670/1.wxrt5v
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As World War II grew and the U.S. production machine began to ship war supplies to Britain in every available ship, an enduring transfer was occurring in the opposite direction. The critical moment was in August 1940: British science leader Henry Tizard landed in Halifax and took a train to Washington, leading a small scientific team on a multi-month mission. In a suitcase they carried perhaps the most critical technology of the war: an early prototype of the microwave radar. However, it was ...