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Project RAND

Research project created by the U.S. Army Air Forces in 1946 within the Douglas Aircraft Company in Santa Monica; it became the RAND Corporation in 1948.

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Dates
1946–1948
Place
Santa Monica
Over time
  1. Active 1946–1948
  2. part of Douglas Aircraft Company 1946–1948

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founded by

  • United States government 1946 Primary record 1

    Through the U.S. Army Air Forces, under a contract with the Douglas Aircraft Company.

became

  • RAND Corporation 1948 split from Douglas Aircraft as an independent nonprofit Primary record 1

part of

authored

located in

Timeline 5 dates
  1. 1946–1948 Project RAND
  2. 1946 United States government founded Project RAND
  3. 1946–1948 Project RAND part of Douglas Aircraft Company
  4. May 1946 Project RAND authored Preliminary Design of an Experimental World-Circling Spaceship
  5. 1948 Project RAND became RAND Corporation
Proof 3 sources
  1. A Brief History of the RAND Corporation, RAND Corporation. Primary record
    The U.S. Army Air Forces created Project RAND in 1946 under contract with Douglas Aircraft Company.
    RAND split from Douglas in 1948 and became an independent nonprofit.
    The report, Preliminary Design of an Experimental World-Circling Spaceship, was the first issued by an organization known at the time as Project RAND.
  2. Preliminary Design of an Experimental World-Circling Spaceship (SM-11827): publication page, RAND Corporation. Primary record
    Project RAND — then active within Douglas Aircraft Company’s Engineering Division — released its first report: Preliminary Design of an Experimental World-Circling Spaceship (SM-11827), May 2, 1946.
  3. Donald Douglas: From Aeronautics to Aerospace, in Realizing the Dream of Flight (NASA SP-2005-4112), NASA, 2005. Primary record
    Activities began in the spring of 1946, operating from offices located in a separate area of the Douglas Aircraft plant at Santa Monica’s municipal airport.
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