MISSILE, DRONE AND ROCKET COLLECTION
LAST UPDATED: 23 January 2003

BOX LABELS: Pink/Green

The following collection of folders covers information on popular names, designations, subject matter, weapons systems, missile development facilities, drones, Fahrney’s book and rockets. It includes primary and secondary sources. The records cover subject matter from the pre World War II period to the present.

Box 1 Missiles by Popular Name: A-B

Aerobee and Aerobee-hi
Aegis
AIWS (Advanced Interdiction Weapon System.)
Agile
AMRAAM
Albatross
Arcas rocket
AMR I or Standard ARM
AS-12
ASP rocket- 1958
Asroc
Bat (folder 1)
Bat (folder 2)
Naval Air Missile Test Center
Boar
Brazo/Pave ARM
Bulldog

Box 2 Missiles by Popular Name: B-E

Bullpup (folder 1)
Bullpup (folder 2)
Bulldog
Bumblebee RTV-6
Caleb (Rocket)
Chaparral
Cobra (1949)
Cobra
Condor (AGM-53A)
Corvus
Dove
Diver
Drake
Eagle (folder 1)
Eagle (folder 2)

Box 3 Missiles by Popular Name: E-H

Eagle (folder 3)
F.B., Wind tunnel Rpts on Sperry-Curtiss F.B.
Focus I
Gargoyle-RTV-N-2
Glomb LBT-1
Gorgon (folder 1)
Gorgon (folder 2)
Grebe
HARM
Harpoon (folder 1)
Harpoon (folder 2)

Box 4 Missiles by Popular Name: H-L

HASP G/M
Hawk (Marine Corps, SAM)
Hellfire
JASSM (Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile)
JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition)
JSOW (Joint Standoff Weapon)
Jupiter
Kingfisher
Lacrosse
Ladybug
Lark (folder 1)
Lark (folder 2)
Naval Air Missile Test Center
Lazy Dog
Little Joe
Loon (folder 1)
Loon (folder 2)
Loon (folder 3)

Box 5 Missiles by Popular Name: M-P

Mauler
Maverick (AGM-65)
Meteor
Missileer
Moth
MRASM
Nike (SAM)
Oriole
Paveway II (laser-guided bomb)
Pelican
Penguin
Petrel
Puffin
Phoenix (See also OP-05 Correspondence 24 Mar – Dec 1975 folder for Missile firings
and Co-Production)

Box 6 Missiles by Popular Name: P

Polaris 1957
Polaris 1958
Polaris 1959
Polaris 1960
Polaris 1961
Polaris 1962
Polaris 1963
Polaris G/M
Poseidon

Box 7 Missiles by Popular Name: R

Rat
Redeye
Regulus-ss
Regulus
Regulus
Regulus
Regulus I
Regulus II

Box 8 Missiles by Popular Name: R-S

Rigel
Scramjet
Sea Mauler
Seaspar
Sea Sparrow (RIM-7)
Shrike G/M
Sidearm (AGM-122)
Sidewinder (AIM-9)
Sidewinder
Skipper (AGM-123)
SLAM (AGM-84)
SLAM-ER (Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response)
SLAT
Sparrow (AIM-7F) (See also OP-05 Correspondence 24 Mar – Dec 1975 folder for Missile firings and Co-Production)
Sparrow-AA

Box 9 Missiles by Popular Name: S-Z

Sparrow III
Sparrow III (Large amounts of promotional/descriptive brochures showing performance of Sparrow III against various targets)
Standard/ARM (AGM-78)
Subroc
Tacit Rainbow AGM-136A
Tactical Tomahawk
Talos
Tartar
Taurus
Terrier
Tow
Trident
Triton
Typhon
Zeus
Tomahawk

Box 10 Missiles Only by Designation

AIM-9
YAIM-152A
ADM-141B
AGM-123B
ATM-7E/F/M
CAEM-7M/ CAEM-7F/CA
CATM-7M/ CATM-7E-2/ CATM-7F-1
DATM-7F/M

Box 11 Missiles Subject File: A-C

Air Force
Air launched Missiles (General Data)
Army (U.S.)
Articles on evolution of guided missiles
British Story of Automatic Flight
Articles (General)
Articles (History of Missiles)
Ballistic Missiles (ICBM's, etc..., misc. data)
Bibliography
Chronology
Committee: Inter-Bureau Technical Committee Meeting (1947)
Costs- Guided Missiles
G/M Countermeasures

Box 12 Missiles Subject File: C-G

Cruise Missile (articles)
Defensive anti-missile Systems
Designations
Early developments (flying bombs)
Fact sheets (1950
Fact sheets (1960
Fact sheets (1970
FBM program
Fleet Defense: Use of G/M in Fleet Air Defense
Foreign
German- Post war experimentation of V-2 by U.S. Navy (includes Project Sandy)
German, WW-II
Guidance Systems
Guided Missile Program (Early Period- 1920's

Box 13 Missile Subject File: G

Guided Missile Program (World War II and pre-World War II period)
Guided Missile Program (Post World War II-1950
Guided Missile Program (History) 1946-1947
Guided Missile Program (History) 1948-1949
Guided Missile Program 1950's (General and Misc.)

Box 14 Missile Subject File: G

Guided Missile Program 1951-1953
Guided Missile Program 1954-1956
Guided Missile Program 1958-Developments
Guided Missile Program 1959
Guided Missile Program 1960's
Guided Missile Units

Box 15 Missile Subject File: H-P

History-General
History-Article "Pilotless Aircraft and Related Developments"
Hybrid
Infrared use
Joint programs
Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS)
Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW)
Launchers
Launchers, shipboard
Mail transportation by Missile
Missile Maintenance
Manufacturers: Interstate Aircraft and engineering Corp.
Misc. Data
Organization/Societies
Organization, Management and Administration of Missile program, 1950's-1960's
Pioneers in Guided Missiles
Photographs (Misc.)
Popular Names
Project Option (Program for development of a radio controlled target drone)
Propellants
Missiles vs. Guns

Box 16 Missile Subject File: P-W

Propulsion/Rocket Engines/Power Plants
Radar Equipment
Ships-Missile related
Study-Naval Administration of Guided Missile Research and Development during WWII by Lee M. Pearson
Submarines-Missile related
Surface Launch System (Misc. Data)
Technical Info (Misc.)
Telemetry
Test Range/Test Equipment
Training & facilities and Guided Missiles
Warhead/Explosives
Weapon Systems
WW-II (Misc.)

Box 17 Weapon Systems

Air-to-Air Missile Systems Capability Review 1968
Azon Razon, WW-II
Chemical Weapons Useage at Sea (BuOrd Manuscript from the 1920s about this. Very Well Detailed)
Decoys
Facilities for testing Missiles, drones, etc...
Gladeye
Hydro-Bomb, WW-II
Laser Guided Weapons
RAT
Rockets-General
Rockets-WW-II
Rocket Launchers
Rocket Ordnance-Development & use in WW-II
Rockeye I & II
Sadeye
Sankeye
Tactical Munitions Manual for Rockets and Missiles
Tiny Tim
Torpedoes
TX-57
Walleye
Weapon Alfa- used on destroyers
Weapons Development (Articles)
Weteye

Box 18 Missile Development Facilities: 1969-1972 Quarterly Reports of Naval Ship Missile Engineering Station, Port Hueneme.

Report for 1 January-31 March 1972
Report for 1 October-31 December 1971
Report for 1 July-30 September 1971
Report for July 1969-June 1970
Report for July 1970-June 1971

Box 19 Missile Development Facilities: Naval Air Missile Test Center, Point Mugu

News releases 1983
Qtr Progress Rpt No. 7, Jul 1950
Tech. Rpt No. 75, Jul 1950
Tech. Rpt No. 84, Jul 1951
Tech. Rpt No. 29, May 1948
Progress Rpt No. 29, Aug 1948
Progress Rpt No. 28, Jul 1948
Progress Rpt No. 27, Jun 1948
Progress Rpt No. 26, May 1948
Progress Rpt No. 25, Apr 1948
Progress Rpt No. 24, Mar 1948
Progress Rpt No. 23, Feb 1948
Progress Rpt No. 22, Jan 1948
Progress Rpt No. 21, Dec 1947
Progress Rpt No. 20, Nov 1947

Box 20 Drones Subject File: Drones/Aircraft and Drones: A-R

Aircraft Drones (General data on A/c converted to Drones
BG-1
O3U/SF
QF-86
QF-9/QF-4N
Aerial Target Program
Books
Chronology-Development
Control Equipment/Systems
Designations
Drone Operations
Articles
General Data
Interstate Aircraft Corp.
U.A.V. Mariner (U.A.V., Sikorsky and General Dynamics) Misc.
Missile/Rocket Target
Northrop Ventura Corp.
Pioneer Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAW) Misc.
Radio Controlled Flight Development
Drones (Photos)
Pilotless Aircraft (Drones, Missiles, Rockets) History (General)
Pilot's handbook- Radio Controlled Aircraft

Box 20-A Missiles Guided Missile Units (Declassified)

Units Guided Missiles

Box 21 Drones Subject File: Drones T-W (including UAV's)

World War II Assault Drones (Special Task Force and Ops.)
World War II Assault Drones (The Assault Drone Program)
World War II Assault Drone Program
World War II Assault Drones (Project Anvil)
World War II Assault Drones (Articles) (other info)
Target Drone Development ( pre-WW-II through WW-II)
Target Drone Development (Misc.)
Target Equipment
Tow Target Equipment
Tow Targets (General)
UAV's (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), Misc.

Box 22 Designations AQM-KDA

AQM-37A (KD2B) Joint Navy-AF (Beech)
AQM-127A
BOMARC CQM-10A
BQM-34E series/ KDA series Firebee II
BQM-74C Chukar III
F.B.-N-9 (Flying Bomb)
BQM-126A
DSN/QH-50C Dash
F.B.-Sperry-Curtiss Flying Bomb
F.B.-Witteman-Lewis Flying Bomb
JINDIVIK
KAQ
KAY
KA2N/KU2N
KA2N/KU3N
KADTYDID KDD/KDH
KDA series/ Q-2 series/ BQM-34 series Firebee I

Box 23 Designations KDB-MQM

KDB
KDC
KDG
KDM
KDR-1 (also see KD4D)
KDT
KDU
KD2C
KD2G
KD2R-1/5/MQM-36A
KD2U
KD3G-1
KDR/TD4D-1
KD4G
KD4R-1
KD5G
KGN/KUN
KGW/KUW
KSD/KUD
KUM-1
LBE
LBP
MQM-8 Vandal/Vandal ER
MQM-61A
MQM-74A

Box 24 Designations RP-XUC

RP-78
RPV (Remotely Piloted Vehicles)
TD2C-1
XTD2D-1/TD2D-1
TD2N-2/TD3N
TD2R
TD3C-1
TD3D
TD3R
TD4D
TDC Drone
TDD
TDN
TDR
TDU-22B -22A/B
TDU-32A/B TDU-32B/B
TDU-34A
TDU-35A
X-40A
XBDR-1
XBQ-3 (Controllable Bomb)
XUC-1K

Box 25 Fahrney Book, "The History of Pilotless Aircraft and Guided Missiles"

The History of Pilotless Aircraft and Guided Missiles (Contents)
Preface and Acknowledgement
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII

Box 26 Fahrney Book, "The History of Pilotless Aircraft and Guided Missiles"

Chapter XI
"The Bat Story," part of the book
Chapter XIV
"The British Story," part of the book
"Japanese Story," part of the book
"The Story of the Pelican Missile," part of the book
Misc. photos from Chapters V-VII
Misc. photos form Chapters I-IV (1st folder)
Misc. photos form Chapters I-IV (2nd folder)

Box 27 Fahrney Misc. data regarding book

Chronology Notes on Missile Development
Contract info and Misc. notes re: Missile Book
Correspondence with Lee Pearson (NAVAIR Historian)
Correspondence with Hammond Research Corporation
Notes regarding manuscript
Proposed outline for book
Dater's comments on Fahrney's manuscript
Misc. Correspondence re: book on missiles and awards to pioneers in missiles

Box 28 Rocket subjects A-R

Aircraft Rockets
ARGUS project
History
History: Fire Arrows Grow up: Development of solid propellant rockets from 1935-1950
Journal of the American Rocket Society 1950
Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines for Aircraft- Development
Newsletter "Rocket"
Photos (Misc.)
Propellants
Research Rockets
Rocket Engines/Motors

Box 29 Rocket subjects R-Z

Rocket Operations and Development 1940's
Rocket Operations and Development 1950's
Operations and Training (General)
Sounding Rockets
(no name)
Surface Rockets
Technical Papers-list

Box 30 Designations A-Z

ARCAS
Composite I
HASP
Hugo-III
HVAR-High Velocity Aircraft Rocket
HYDRA
Kangaroo (Meteorological Rocket)
Mighty Mouse
Pogo
Purr-Kee
Pollux RTV-N-15
RAM
Rockair
Sparoair Probe Rocket
Terasca
V-2 (German)
Vanguard
Vanguard (folder 2)
Venus RTV-10
Viking RTV-N-12
Zuni

Box 31 RTV-N-12 Viking (Designations)