The story of 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.
1946–1948
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.
1946
The United States government founded Project RAND.
Through the U.S. Army Air Forces, under a contract with the Douglas Aircraft Company.
1946–1948: Project RAND, part of the Douglas Aircraft Company.
May 1946: Project RAND authored Preliminary Design of an Experimental World-Circling Spaceship.
1948
Project RAND became the RAND Corporation. Split from Douglas Aircraft as an independent nonprofit.
Project RAND, located in Santa Monica.
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