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Radio Research Points to Future WAR-TIME WORK IN RCA LABORATORIES AT PRINCETON ENABLES SCIENTISTS TO ENVISAGE NEW RADIO-ELECTRONIC SERVICES FOR ALL MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY By E. W. Engstrom Director, RCA Laboratories, Princeton, N. J. IN THIS war, much reliance has been placed upon scientific ac- complishments. The span from re- search conception, through embodi- ment into instruments of war and production for mass use at the bat- tlefront, has been shortened. The pressure is constant to provide some unique and useful tool of warfare. It is natural then that we have sev- eral "battlefronts" — research, as one, with the several stages which follow. In research, we are matching our resources against those of our ene- mies. There is now ample evidence to know that we are steadily and surely on the '"offensive." Among the United Nations, there has emerged a gigantic research pro- gram, relentlessly working on the home front, creating tools to out- see, out-hear, out-wit, out-shoot and out-fight our enemies. In this ef- fort, the industrial research labora- tory has, and is doing, an outstand- ing job. Good as the job has been, a larger job remains to be done and research for this is now pressing forward. Much of this research activity has centered in fields of radio, elec- tronics and acoustics. This has been called a radio war. Surely radio and its closely allied fields have a most important part in the planning and actions. Radio and its manifold uses can determine the outcome of an encounter. It ranks, in importance, with fire power against the enemy. As we look back at our peace-time research in radio for communication and entertain- ment, in television, in facsimile, in electronics, in acoustics and in the multiplicity of the newer offsprings of radio, it may be seen that the conversion to war purposes was in some instances direct application and in others application of tech- niques. These projects and tech- niques all, with certainty and reso- lution, did march to war. During peace-time, RCA kept the Army and Navy advised of research having possible military applica- tions. A change-over in objectives for RCA research toward war uses began during 1939. The change- over gained impetus during 1940. By 1941, the major effort was toward war projects and late that year was all toward that end. With thinking directed to possible mili- tary uses, as our peace-time re- search progressed, the conversion to an all-war program was direct and effective. War increased tremendously the research efforts in a variety of fields. This has been brought about through expansion of existing lab- oratories and establishment of new laboratory groups. When the "will it aid in the war?" test is applied, it is natural to expect emphasis to fall into more restricted classifica- tions than during a peace-time pro- gram. Again, with pressui-e being THESE THREE RCA SCIENTISTS. B. J. THOMPSON, DR. F. H. NICOLL, AND F. E. WILLIAMS DISCUSS SET-UP USED IN TREAT- ING GLASS TO MAKE IT NON-REFLECTING.