Information about Ballistics Research Laboratory
The United States Army Ballistic Research Laboratory (BRL) at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland was the center for the army's research efforts in interior, exterior, and terminal ballistics and vulnerability/lethality analysis. Among its missions was the creation of firing tables for artillery and mortars, the problem for which BRL sponsored the development of ENIAC, widely regarded as the first general-purpose electronic digital computer. BRL engineers developed and built several generations of computers until commercial industry became capable of meeting their requirements. The last of the line was "BRLESC", the Ballistics Research Laboratory Electronic Scientific Computer. BRLESC and its predecessor, ORDVAC, used their own unique notation for hexadecimal numbers. The digits eleven to fifteen were represented by the letters K S N J F L instead of the sequence A B C D E F universally used today. Why? "King Size Numbers, Just For Laughs."
Another product from BRL is BRL-CAD, a solid geometric modeling system developed to support engineering analyses in vehicle ballistic vulnerability, signatures, and similar applications.
In 1992, BRL was disestablished as its mission, personnel, and facilities were incorporated into the newly created Army Research Laboratory.
Another product from BRL is BRL-CAD, a solid geometric modeling system developed to support engineering analyses in vehicle ballistic vulnerability, signatures, and similar applications.
In 1992, BRL was disestablished as its mission, personnel, and facilities were incorporated into the newly created Army Research Laboratory.
The United States Army is the largest and oldest branch of the armed forces of the United States. Like all armies, it has the primary responsibility for land-based military operations.
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Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) is a United States Army facility located near Aberdeen, Maryland (in Harford County).
The Army's oldest active proving ground, it was established on October 20, 1917, six months after the United States entered World War I.
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The Army's oldest active proving ground, it was established on October 20, 1917, six months after the United States entered World War I.
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State of Maryland
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Nickname(s): Old Line State; Free State
Motto(s): Fatti maschii, parole femine
(Manly deeds, womanly words)
Official language(s) None (English, de facto
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Flag of Maryland Seal
Nickname(s): Old Line State; Free State
Motto(s): Fatti maschii, parole femine
(Manly deeds, womanly words)
Official language(s) None (English, de facto
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ENIAC, short for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer,[1] was the first large-scale, electronic, digital computer capable of being reprogrammed to solve a full range of computing problems,[2]
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hexadecimal, base-16, or simply hex, is a numeral system with a radix, or base, of 16, usually written using the symbols 0–9 and A–F, or a–f.
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BRL-CAD is a constructive solid geometry (CSG) solid modeling computer-aided design (CAD) system. It includes an interactive geometry editor, ray tracing support for graphics rendering and geometric analysis, computer network distributed framebuffer support, image-processing and
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Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is the U.S. Army's corporate research laboratory. ARL is headquartered at the Adelphi Laboratory Center (ALC) in Maryland. Its largest single site is at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
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