U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory

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United States Army organization military research laboratory

The U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory was a military research institution best known for pioneering work in ballistics and early computing, including support for the development of the ENIAC computer.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ballistic Research Laboratory	1
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratories	1
U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Army organization ⓘ military research laboratory ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
employed	J. Presper Eckert ⓘ surface form: J. Presper Eckert (as contractor/engineer) John W. Mauchly ⓘ surface form: John W. Mauchly (as contractor/engineer) John von Neumann ⓘ surface form: John von Neumann (as consultant)
fieldOfWork	ballistics ⓘ computing ⓘ exterior ballistics ⓘ interior ballistics ⓘ operations research ⓘ terminal ballistics ⓘ weapons research ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	BRL ⓘ
hasClient	U.S. Army units ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army artillery units Department of Defense ⓘ surface form: U.S. Department of Defense
influenced	development of early digital computers ⓘ military operations research practices ⓘ
knownFor	early electronic computing research ⓘ pioneering work in ballistics ⓘ supporting development of the ENIAC computer ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Maryland ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
location	Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland ⓘ surface form: Aberdeen Proving Ground
mergedInto	U.S. Army Research Laboratory ⓘ surface form: Army Research Laboratory
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
namedAfter	ballistics research mission ⓘ
notableFacility	ballistic test ranges ⓘ high-speed computing center ⓘ
operatedBy	United States Army ⓘ
ownedBy	United States government ⓘ
partOf	United States Ordnance Department ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army Ordnance Department
predecessor	Ordnance Department Ballistic Section ⓘ
primaryPurpose	improve effectiveness and accuracy of Army weapon systems ⓘ
researchFocus	armor and vulnerability analysis ⓘ blast and shock effects ⓘ computational modeling of weapons effects ⓘ weapon lethality ⓘ
significantProject	ENIAC ⓘ ballistic firing tables ⓘ computational methods for artillery trajectories ⓘ
successor	U.S. Army Research Laboratory ⓘ surface form: Army Research Laboratory
timePeriod	Cold War era ⓘ World War II era ⓘ
usedFor	development of artillery firing tables for World War II ⓘ testing and evaluation of Army weapon systems ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ENIAC project → sponsor → U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory ⓘ

U.S. Army Research Laboratory → predecessor → U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ballistic Research Laboratory

Army Ballistic Missile Agency → collaboratedWith → U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratories