History of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Organizational outline and reference guide-Continued Enclosure 2 to DOD Directive Enclosure 3 to DOD Directive DOD News Release No. 747-58. Remarks ARPA was authorized to undertake several space projects Program assignment to ARPA for advanced research in the Program assignment to ARPA of investigating the feasibility of a nuclear bomb-propelled space vehicle. Program assignment to ARPA of advanced research and development on new superthrust rocket engines. Fact Sheet on ARPA (organization, projects, work procedures, and key personnel). Statement by Director of ARPA-review of space vehicle program and experiments. The Defense Reorganization Act of 1958 authorized the Secretary of Defense or his designee to engage in advanced research projects essential to the DOD (Section 9). NASA established. Scientific space projects undertaken by Establishment of Director of Defense Research and Engineering authorized to supervise all research and engineering activities in the DOD. Statement of Director, ARPA; testimony, etc.-pp. 315–319; 357-361; 390-413. Statement of Secretary of Defense, pp. 417-419. DOD Directive No. 5105.15, dated February 7, 1958, was superseded by a new charter which conforms to the Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1958. Testimony of Director of ARPA; history, role, future of ARPA; relationship with various services and NASA in space program-pp. 108-185, 208-219, 236-247, 250-258, 266-268, 298-329, 335-338, 340, 346, 354, 358-363, 387-389, 416-420, 428-430, 437, 466-469, 587-591, 596-598. Statements and testimony of Deputy Secretary of Defense, Director of ARPA, etc., organization, function, projects, and future of ARPA-pp. 4-7, 14-16, 20-24, 92-96, 103–113, 125, 128-135. History of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Organizational outline and reference guide-Continued Range coordination and supervision centralized under the Director of Defense Research and Engineering. Testimony of Director of ARPA, et al. pp. 1052, 1056, 1078, 1192-1199. Testimony and statements concerning role of ARPA and relation to Defense Director of R. & E.-pp. 50, 51, 53-67, 137-171. ARPA assigned research in toxics. ARPA assigned research in energy conversion. Department of the Air Force authorized for the research, Prepared by: Barbara Still, Research Assistant, Senior Specialists Division, Legislative Reference Service, Library of Congress, Mar. 15, 1961. NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release SECRETARY OF DEFENSE M'ELROY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, Washington, D.C. No. 109-58 LI 5-6700 Ext. 53201 ESTABLISHES ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY; NAMES ROY W. JOHNSON AS DIRECTOR Secretary of Defense Neil McElroy today established a new agency within the Department of Defense "for the direction and performance of certain advanced research and development projects." It will be called the Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and will report to the Secretary. The Secretary at the same time announced the appointment of Roy W. Johnson of New York as Director of the new agency. Johnson has been a vice president of General Electric since 1948, and in 1951 was made an executive vice president and group executive of the Company. Commenting on the appointment, Secretary McElroy said, "Roy Johnson will bring to this important assignment impressive experience and ability as an administrator. He was in charge of General Electric's electronics business for six years starting in 1951, is accustomed to working productively with scientific people, and knows organization thoroughly. In the new agency he will be backed up by the most highly qualified scientist we can find as the head of the group that will provide technical direction to the programs assigned to the agency." Among his current public service activities, Johnson is president of the American Council to Improve Our Neighborhood (ACTION, Inc.), a program for urban renewal, and is the 1958 New York City chairman of the fund and membership drive of the American Red Cross. He was in Washington as a member of the War Production Board 1942 to 1944, the last few months as director of the Facilities Bureau of that organization. A native of Michigan City, Indiana, he graduated from the University of Michigan in 1927 and joined General Electric in 1930. He lives in Stamford, Connecticut, with his wife and daughter. Johnson will resign from General Electric effective April 1, according to the announcement, but will spend two or three days a week on his new assignment prior to that date. The concept behind the new agency was given by Secretary McElroy in his statement before the House Committee on Appropriations, January 27, when he was discussing anti-missile missiles and other space systems projects. "Such projects," he said, “do not fall clearly within the responsibility of any one of the military Services. It is therefore entirely logical that research and development work on such projects be placed under centralized control and direction without regard to normal concepts of military roles and missions and assigned to one of the Services only when they approach operational capability." "It is contemplated," he said, "that programs assigned the Agency will be developed in full coordination with the military departments to the point where they are approaching operational capability so that they may be phases into the operation of one or more of the military services with no loss of time or interruption of development and production." According to the Department of Defense directive issued today, "the Agency shall be responsible for the direction or performance of such advanced projects in the field of research and development as the Secretary of Defense shall from time to time designate, by individual project or by category. The Agency is authorized to arrange for the performance of research and development work by other agencies of the Government, including the military departments; to enter into contracts and agreements with individuals, private business entities, educational, research or scientific institutions; and to "acquire or construct such research and development and test facilities and equipment as may be approved by the Secretary of Defense in accordance with applicable statutes." An appropriation of $10,000,000 for ARPA was included in the supplemental FY 1958 appropriation bill recently passed by the Congress, as well as authority to transfer to the new agency funds already appropriated for anti-missile missile and space projects. |