Dec 11 1966
From The Space Library
USAF successfully launched OV1-IX and OV1-X research satellites pickaback from Vandenberg AFB with Atlas D booster. Each 220-lb. spacecraft carried 12 radiation-measuring experiments. (AP, Wash. Eve. Star, 12/12/66, Al; Tech. Wk., 12/19/66, 13)
Ford Foundation President McGeorge Bundy announced $10-million grant to show potential of educational television through a series of national programs. Series would be carried by Nation's 125 noncommercial educational TV stations joined by coaxial cable and microwave relay for the demonstration. In a brief to be filed with FCC, Bundy defended Foundation's Aug. 1 request for formation of nonprofit nationwide satellite system that would carry extensive schedule of educational programs financed by transmission of commercial programs. (NYT, 12/12/66, 1, 95; Wash. Post, 12/12/66, A1, A4; AP, Wash. Eve. Star, 12/12/66, A3)
December 11: Aerospace rather than shipbuilding companies were competing for $1-billion Fast Deployment Logistic Fleet (FDL) program because of USN's new contract policy, Robert Wright reported in the New York Times. Under new policy, firms were required to bid for total package concept, design, and construction-instead of construction only. Vernon A. Johnson, a Lockheed Aircraft Corp. vice president, believed Lockheed, General Dynamics Corp., and Litton Industries, Inc., were competing exclusively for contract because shipbuilding industry lacked resources and experience for total-package systems design. Goal of FDL program was fleet of 30-40 ships capable of remaining at sea for indefinite periods and making fast delivery of heavy supplies to fight small wars. (Wright, NYT, 12/11/66, 12)
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