Catalogue description Admiralty: Directorate of Research Programmes and Planning, later Directorate of Research and Development Services: Reports

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Details of ADM 282
Reference: ADM 282
Title: Admiralty: Directorate of Research Programmes and Planning, later Directorate of Research and Development Services: Reports
Description:

Translations (two only) of Italian and German war-time technical papers, compendia of Admiralty war-time research issued in 1950, and lists and directories associated with post-war research programmes.

Date: 1939-1970
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Board of Admiralty, Royal Naval Scientific Service, Directorate of Research and Development Services, 1960-1964

Board of Admiralty, Royal Naval Scientific Service, Directorate of Research Programmes and Planning, 1946-1960

Physical description: 45 files and volumes
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

From 1989 Ministry of Defence

Accruals: Series is accruing
Administrative / biographical background:

In 1946 the management of scientific research was reorganised by the establishment of four directorates under the generic title of the Royal Naval Scientific Service (RNSS): the Directorate of Physical Research (ADM 285), the Directorate of Aeronautical and Engineering Research (ADM 278, ADM 287, ADM 288), the Directorate of Operational Research (ADM 380), and the Directorate of Research Programmes and Planning.

The Directorate of Research Programmes and planning (DRPP) was responsible for the administration of scientific finance contracts not handled by the other directorates, patents, and technical records. In 1960 it became the Directorate of Research and Development Services.

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