Scientific Program of the Naval Research Laboratory (Preprint)

The mission of the Naval Research Laboratory is to increase the safety, reliability, and efficiency of the Fleet by the application of scientific research and primary, or laboratory, experimentation to Navy problems. The work of the Laboratory includes all fields of scientific research which are important to present and future naval power and national security. In an activity of the size and complexity of the Naval Research Laboratory, some means of classification is necessary to bring its varied activities together in activities together in an orderly and systematic form for purposes of planning, reporting, and over-all management. The NRL Scientific Program serves this function.