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CCURATELY guided missiles, rockets, and space-exploring vehicles require instruments and apparatus which operate with accuracies undreamed of even a few years ago. Precision requirements are such that even primary standards must be re-evaluated. A major advance in this area occurred in August when the National Bureau of Standards dedicated its Electronic Cali bration Center at Boulder, Colo. T h e new facility, associated with the Radio Standards Laboratory, provides govern ment, industry, and the military services with access to t h e nation's primary elec trical and electronic standards. The primary standards are used to cali brate master working standards which are used, in turn, to calibrate instruments used in research laboratories and on pro duction lines. NBS feels that its new $2.5 million calibration facility will help it to meet the ever-increasing need for still greater accuracy of measurement and for more precise electronic standards and instru ments. T h e new laboratory expects to calibrate about 3000 pieces of equipment a year for the defense agencies alone. This is expected to increase substantially over the next few years. In the electrical field, where the art has advanced beyond t h e wildest dreams of early research workers, continued prog ress in research and development will depend on standardized terminology, ade quate basic standards, and standardized measuring devices. Some of the areas requiring attention were outlined in a 3-day Conference on Electronic Standards and Measurements, held in conjunction with the dedication of the calibration center. T h e meeting was sponsored by NBS, the American I n stitute of Electrical Engineers, and the Institute of Radio Engineers. T h e pro gram covered such topics as standards and measurement techniques for frequen cies from direct current into the micro wave region, relation of primary stand ards to physical constants, and the most effective methods of organizing and op erating a standards laboratory. Research on electronic standards has not kept pace with the rapid develop ments of the electronics industry. As a result, individual laboratories have had to set up their own reference standards which differ from those of other labo ratories.
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