This film describes component development and testing supporting a nuclear reactor powered supersonic ramjet cruise missile weapons system, aka Project Pluto
Courtesy of The US National Archives (https://catalog.archives.gov/id/69496)
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Contents:
- 00:00 Titles
- 00:42 Timeline
- 02:56 Introduction
- 04:04 Map of industrial team
- 05:22 Scale models and windtunnels
- 08:13 Other aerodynamic tests
- 10:18 More scale model testing
- 12:56 General Atomics shielding tests
- 14:31 Rad-hardened high-temperature servo controllers
- 17:00 Component and systems testing (bearings, sealants)
- 19:17 Radiation testing of avionics subsystems
- 20:13 Computerized data management (SDS-920)
- 21:55 Highly reliable radiation resistant digital computer testing
- 25:22 Antenna and communications testing
- 26:11 Radiation hardened gyroscopes
- 27:00 Outro