SECTION 2 ORGANIZATION AND APPROACH 2. 1 ORGANIZATION The organization that was structured to conduct the study is shown in Figure 2-1. Management was centered in the Space Systems Department of Raytheon’s Equipment Division’s Advanced Development Laboratory, headed by Dr. R. B. Campbell, Jr. The Space Systems Department, headed by Mr. O. E. Maynard, was responsible for all of the Equipment Division space microwave power activities including the construction of a Reception Conversion Subsystem (Rectenna) for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory under JPL Contract No. 95 3968. Mr. A. Edwards was responsible on a full-time basis for technical and financial management of the MPTS program. Task Managers Messrs. H. Rowland, L. Doyan, A. Greene, and G. Meltz were resident in the Advanced Development Laboratory. The study drew upon other elements of the Equipment Division to obtain the specialized knowledge of Mr. J. Howell for the Transmitting Antenna and Phase Front Control, and of Mr. J. Haley for the Power Source Interface and DC to RF Conversion. Raytheon’s Microwave and Power Tube Division was assigned to support the effort in three areas : rectenna, transmitting antenna, and amplitrons. Mr. W. C. Brown, a pioneer in the microwave power transmission field, headed the activity in these areas and for the amplitron effort reported through Mr. Haley. An extensive search to obtain the best possible group to study the klystron culminated in the selection of Shared Applications, Inc. of Ann Arbor, Michigan. This firm is headed by Dr. J. E. Rowe who is a recognized authority in the field of linear beam devices and was Chairman of the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Michigan. The Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Bethpage, New York was selected to perform the study tasks related to mechanical systems and flight operations because of their extensive experience in these areas related to the microwave power transmission system. They had participated in the earlier feasibility study sponsored by Lewis Research Center under NAS3-16804, contract to Arthur D. Little Inc.
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