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The Computing Boom in the U.S. Aeronautical Industry, 1945–1965

dc.date.accessioned2023-06-09T05:55:03Z
dc.date.available2023-06-09T05:55:03Z
dc.date.issued2023-05-15
dc.identifierdoi:10.17170/kobra-202305208067
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/14803
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectHuntsvilleeng
dc.subjectvon Braunger
dc.subjectHoelzerger
dc.subjectIBM 604eng
dc.subjectLangleyeng
dc.subjectMADDIDAeng
dc.subjectNorthrop Aircrafteng
dc.subjectcard programmed calculatoreng
dc.subjectCPCeng
dc.subjectIBM 701eng
dc.subjectmain frameeng
dc.subjectRoyal Mcbee LPC30eng
dc.subjectIBM 605eng
dc.subjectIBM 704eng
dc.subjectIBM 7090eng
dc.subjectProject Typhooneng
dc.subjectSSECeng
dc.subjectProject Cycloneeng
dc.subjectEAIeng
dc.subjectPace 231eng
dc.subjectRamoeng
dc.subjectWooldridgeeng
dc.subjectICBM Advisory Boardeng
dc.subjectICBMeng
dc.subjectAtlaseng
dc.subjectTeapot committeeeng
dc.subjectsimulation councileng
dc.subjectProject Mercuryeng
dc.subjectWright Aeronauticeng
dc.subjectguided missileeng
dc.subjectDouglas Aircrafteng
dc.subjectConvaireng
dc.subjectERA 1101eng
dc.subjectGEDAeng
dc.subjectReeves Instrumentseng
dc.subjectGoodyear Aircrafteng
dc.subjectBoeing Aircrafteng
dc.subjectREACeng
dc.subjectFordismeng
dc.subjectCRC 102eng
dc.subjectJohn von Neumannger
dc.subject.ddc300
dc.titleThe Computing Boom in the U.S. Aeronautical Industry, 1945–1965eng
dc.typeWorking paper
dcterms.abstractWhereas standard accounts on the history of modern computing tell the development of the digital computer as an isolated event on the East Coast of the U.S., this paper will show the history of machine computing in the context of the broad and rapid development of aeronautical weapons in the U.S. military since 1945. Analogue computing plays an important role that is nearly completely ignored by standard accounts. The extensive literature on the history of electronic digital computers does not take into account the special history of computing machines that the U.S. aircraft and missile industry employed from 1945 to 1965. The paper shows the way in which the aircraft industry applied digital computing parallel to analogue computing. Then, the paper shows the cautious steps towards digital computing in the aircraft and missile industry, from the IBM 604 punch card machine, to slow digital computers with drums, to high speed digital computers. The paper will give some evidence to show that it was not before 1957 that an airplane was flown which was designed with the aid of a high speed digital computer. Up to 1970, this kind of computer did not replace the electronic analogue computers that were needed throughout the design process of the aircraft and missile industry. In addition, in missile and space programs, electronic analogue computers prevailed in Air Force research centres, and in those of NASA. For example, in the research centre in Langley, Virginia, NASA set up a large, all-purpose analogue computer for the Mercury project in 1960.eng
dcterms.accessRightsopen access
dcterms.creatorVahrenkamp, Richard
dcterms.extent55 Seiten
dc.contributor.corporatenameKassel, Universität Kassel, Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften
dc.subject.swdUSAger
dc.subject.swdMilitärger
dc.subject.swdIBM <Marke>ger
dc.subject.swdVon Neumann, Johnger
dc.subject.swdRechenmaschineger
dc.subject.swdLuft- und Raumfahrtindustrieger
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
dcterms.source.seriesWorking Papers on the History of Computingeng
dcterms.source.volumeNo. 5/2019
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