World War Two

The efforts of new technology in our local region in the United States during World War II was very important for the success of World War II. During World War II our local region was very involved in the production of new technologies from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Some of these new advancements included Radiation Laboratory, Atomic Bomb, and Air Defence Systems were all designed at MIT in Boston, Ma. Along with these advancement in World War II there was also the B-17 Flying Fortress which would carry the Atomic Bomb to its drop sites in Japan and Germany.

During the years of 1940 to 1945 the Radiation Lab at MIT was a facility that was responsible for developing most of the microwave radars for the United States during World War II, one example is that it was used in the H2X radar used for bomb-aiming on various types of bombs. It was also where the first worldwide radio navigation system was invented, “which originally was known as "LRN" for Loomis Radio Navigation, after Alfred Lee Loomis, who invented it and played a crucial role in military research and development during WWII”. It remained the most widely used long-range navigation system until it was gradually replaced.

A second major advancement of new technology in World War II was Vannevar Bush, who earned a doctorate in engineering. Bush was the new head of new federal agency that managed the Manhattan Project and, along with the secretary of war, briefed Presidents Roosevelt and Truman during the sprint to develop the bomb. Without Vannevar Bush the development of the Atomic Bomb that would be dropped on Japan might not have ever happened. The development of the bomb was one of the most important factors of new technology during World War II it lead to improvements of future artillery of the United States Military.

A third major advancement of new technology in World War II was the scope of the SAGE Air Defense System from its inspection in 1951 to its full deployment in 1963. “The concept of operations for SAGE was fairly simple and was similar to that of modern automated air defense systems. A large network of radars would automatically detect a hostile bomber formation as it approached the U.S. mainland from any direction. The radar detections would be transmitted over telephone lines to the nearest SAGE direction center, where they would be processed by an AN/FSQ-7 computer. The direction center would then send out notification and continuous targeting information to the air bases best situated to carry out interception of the approaching bombers”. Without this advancement in Air Defence Systems we could have lost the war to possible missile attacks on the United States during World War II.