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United States Navy Special Projects Office

Index United States Navy Special Projects Office

United States Navy Special Projects Office (SPO) is a former research and design office of the United States Navy, responsible for the coordination of the development and design of the US Navy Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBM) Polaris and Poseidon. [1]

22 relations: Arleigh Burke, Charles Erwin Wilson, Charles Thomas (Secretary of the Navy), Chief of Naval Operations, Donald G. Malcolm, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Edward Teller, Harold Bright Maynard, John H. Sides, PGM-19 Jupiter, Program evaluation and review technique, Resource (project management), Submarine-launched ballistic missile, UGM-27 Polaris, UGM-73 Poseidon, United States Navy, United States Secretary of Defense, United States Secretary of the Navy, Willard Fazar, William Raborn, Work breakdown structure, 41 for Freedom.

Arleigh Burke

Arleigh Albert Burke (October 19, 1901 – January 1, 1996) was an admiral of the United States Navy who distinguished himself during World War II and the Korean War, and who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations.

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Charles Erwin Wilson

Charles Erwin Wilson (July 18, 1890 – September 26, 1961) was an American engineer and businessman who served as United States Secretary of Defense from 1953 to 1957 under President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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Charles Thomas (Secretary of the Navy)

Charles Sparks Thomas (September 28, 1897 – October 17, 1983) was a U.S. administrator.

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Chief of Naval Operations

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) is the most senior officer in the United States Navy.

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Donald G. Malcolm

Donald G. (Don) Malcolm (March 26, 1919 - June 18, 2007)"Donald G. Malcolm, Obituary," Los Angeles Times. on July 4, 2007 was an American organizational theorist, Professor and Dean at Cal State L.A.'s College of Business and EconomicsTimes Staff and Wire Reports.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

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Edward Teller

Edward Teller (Teller Ede; January 15, 1908 – September 9, 2003) was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist who is known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb", although he claimed he did not care for the title.

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Harold Bright Maynard

Harold Bright Maynard (Oct. 18, 1902 - 1975) was an American industrial engineer, consulting engineer at the Methods Engineering Council, and management author.

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John H. Sides

Admiral John Harold Sides (April 22, 1904 – April 3, 1978) was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy who served as commander in chief of the United States Pacific Fleet from 1960 to 1963 and was known as the father of the Navy's guided-missile program.

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PGM-19 Jupiter

The PGM-19 Jupiter was the first nuclear tipped, medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) of the United States Air Force (USAF).

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Program evaluation and review technique

The program (or project) evaluation and review technique, commonly abbreviated PERT, is a statistical tool, used in project management, which was designed to analyze and represent the tasks involved in completing a given project.

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Resource (project management)

In project management terminology, resources are required to carry out the project tasks.

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Submarine-launched ballistic missile

A submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is a ballistic missile capable of being launched from submarines.

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UGM-27 Polaris

The UGM-27 Polaris missile was a two-stage solid-fueled nuclear-armed submarine-launched ballistic missile.

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UGM-73 Poseidon

The UGM-73 Poseidon missile was the second US Navy nuclear-armed submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) system, powered by a two-stage solid-fuel rocket.

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United States Navy

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

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United States Secretary of Defense

The Secretary of Defense (SecDef) is the leader and chief executive officer of the Department of Defense, the executive department of the Armed Forces of the United States of America.

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United States Secretary of the Navy

The Secretary of the Navy (or SECNAV) is a statutory officer and the head (chief executive officer) of the Department of the Navy, a military department (component organization) within the Department of Defense of the United States of America.

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Willard Fazar

Willard R. Fazar (March 16, 1915 - September 13, 1997) was an American economist, Head of the Program Evaluation Branch at Special Projects Office, U.S. Navy, and author.

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William Raborn

William Francis Raborn, Jr., (June 8, 1905 – March 6, 1990) was the United States Director of Central Intelligence from April 28, 1965 until June 30, 1966.

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Work breakdown structure

A work-breakdown structure (WBS) in project management and systems engineering, is a deliverable-oriented breakdown of a project into smaller components.

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41 for Freedom

41 for Freedom refers to the US Navy Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) submarines from the,,,, and es.

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Special Projects Office (DARPA).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_Special_Projects_Office

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