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 During the 1950s and 1960s, Willow Run Laboratories became one of the largest university-affiliated defense research organizations in the United States. Projects supported agencies including: During the 1950s and 1960s, Willow Run Laboratories became one of the largest university-affiliated defense research organizations in the United States. Projects supported agencies including:
  
-* **[[united_states_air_force|United States Air Force]]** +* **[[organization:united_states_air_force|United States Air Force]]** 
-* **[[united_states_navy|United States Navy]]** +* **[[organization:united_states_navy|United States Navy]]** 
-* **[[department_of_defense|United States Department of Defense]]** +* **[[organization:department_of_defense|United States Department of Defense]]** 
-* **[[national_aeronautics_and_space_administration|NASA]]**+* **[[organization:national_aeronautics_and_space_administration|NASA]]**
  
 [(>wrlhistory)] [(nasa>NACA and NASA Research Partnerships. https://www.nasa.gov)] [(>wrlhistory)] [(nasa>NACA and NASA Research Partnerships. https://www.nasa.gov)]
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 ===== Contributions to Holography ===== ===== Contributions to Holography =====
  
-Among the laboratory's most influential scientific achievements was research conducted by **[[emmett_leith|Emmett Leith]]** and **[[juris_upatnieks|Juris Upatnieks]]**. Drawing upon radar signal processing techniques developed at Willow Run, the researchers helped create practical laser holography during the early 1960s. [(holography>History of Holography. Nobel Prize Outreach. https://www.nobelprize.org)] [(>bentley)]+Among the laboratory's most influential scientific achievements was research conducted by **[[people:emmett_leith|Emmett Leith]]** and **[[people:juris_upatnieks|Juris Upatnieks]]**. Drawing upon radar signal processing techniques developed at Willow Run, the researchers helped create practical laser holography during the early 1960s. [(holography>History of Holography. Nobel Prize Outreach. https://www.nobelprize.org)] [(>bentley)]
  
 Their work transformed holography from a theoretical concept into a practical scientific and engineering technology with applications in imaging, measurement, security, and medicine. [(>holography)] Their work transformed holography from a theoretical concept into a practical scientific and engineering technology with applications in imaging, measurement, security, and medicine. [(>holography)]
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