Select NDRC Projects
The NDRC funded research into hundreds of different projects at many different educational and industrial sites around the country. Some of the ones it is best remembered for include:
- Atomic bomb research (would later become the Manhattan Project)
- DUKW – amphibious vehicle
- Project Pigeon
- Proximity fuze
- Radar at the Radiation Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Read more about this topic: National Defense Research Committee
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