Arroyo Center Report Collection, 1983-1985.

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Arroyo Center Report Collection, 1983-1985.

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The collection is comprised of the contents of two binders of Reference Papers documenting the Arroyo Center, and publications of the Arroyo Center written during the time it was operated by JPL. There were twenty-seven titled Arroyo Center reports, published and planned. Twenty of the twenty-one published reports are represented in the collection. Missing are two General Reports, listed as being not distributed; one Planning Report and three Systems and Technology Reports listed as being in press; and one Economics and Cost Growth Report. The Compendium of Reference Papers (folders 2-4) is divided into twelve segments, with a table of contents at the front. It contains valuable information on the formation of the Arroyo Center, the 1982 Task Plan, numerous proposal reports, information on the Pickering Committee, and communications with the Caltech faculty, up to December 1983, when the binder was put together. The Arroyo Center reports are organized by subject, in the order that they were listed in the publication listing. They are organized as follows: I. General, II. Planning, III. Economics and Growth, IIIa. General, IIIb. Case Studies; IV. Systems Technology, V. Training. The various case study reports deal with the development and cost history of the Black Hawk Helicopter, M1 Abrams Tank, M2/M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle System, AH-64 Apache Helicopter, and Patriot Missile System. Of special note is "The Jet Propulsion Laboratory Arroyo Center 1982-84: Summary Report," (folder 5), dated January 31, 1985. It includes background information on the Arroyo Center and a recruiting brochure originally located in a pocket on the inside front cover. The brochure has been placed in a separate folder immediately following the report (folder 6). Also of historical significance is a short report "Project Vista and Nuclear Weapons in Europe," (folder 9), written by Caltech History Professor David C. Elliott. Project Vista was a study of the defense of Western Europe conducted mainly in the summer of 1951. The project was proposed by the U.S. Army and undertaken by Caltech. In June 2002, three missing reports not present in the collection were added to the JPL History Collection.

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory Library and Archives

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