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The RAND Corporation (which is an acronym for Research ANd Development) is a non-profit think tank that was started in 1946 by Donald Douglas Sr., the visionary founder and CEO of Douglas Aircraft. Its main location was (and still is) a couple miles away from the old Douglas Aircraft plant at Clover Field, Santa Monica, California.

Thanks to its founder, RAND was involved in shaping military aircraft designs from the beginning. This quickly caused a conflict of interest, when a 1949-50 RAND study recommended turboprop powerplants over pure turbojets for large strategic bombers, a design that happened to fit the Douglas proposal for the B-52 (Douglas Model 1211). Donald Douglas left RAND, but his brainchild went on to advise the U.S. armed forces throughout the cold war, proposing little-known aircraft designs along the way.

RAND studies have now diversified into anything you can think of, and, while still mostly paid for by U.S. taxpayers, serves other countries as well.

<blockquote data-quote="circle-5" data-source="post: 72813" data-attributes="member: 3037">The RAND Corporation (which is an acronym for Research ANd Development) is a non-profit think tank that was started in 1946 by Donald Douglas Sr., the visionary founder and CEO of Douglas Aircraft. Its main location was (and still is) a couple miles away from the old Douglas Aircraft plant at Clover Field, Santa Monica, California.Thanks to its founder, RAND was involved in shaping military aircraft designs from the beginning. This quickly caused a conflict of interest, when a 1949-50 RAND study recommended turboprop powerplants over pure turbojets for large strategic bombers, a design that happened to fit the Douglas proposal for the B-52 (Douglas Model 1211). Donald Douglas left RAND, but his brainchild went on to advise the U.S. armed forces throughout the cold war, proposing little-known aircraft designs along the way.RAND studies have now diversified into anything you can think of, and, while still mostly paid for by U.S. taxpayers, serves other countries as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="circle-5, post: 72813, member: 3037"] The RAND Corporation (which is an acronym for Research ANd Development) is a non-profit think tank that was started in 1946 by Donald Douglas Sr., the visionary founder and CEO of Douglas Aircraft. Its main location was (and still is) a couple miles away from the old Douglas Aircraft plant at Clover Field, Santa Monica, California. Thanks to its founder, RAND was involved in shaping military aircraft designs from the beginning. This quickly caused a conflict of interest, when a 1949-50 RAND study recommended turboprop powerplants over pure turbojets for large strategic bombers, a design that happened to fit the Douglas proposal for the B-52 (Douglas Model 1211). Donald Douglas left RAND, but his brainchild went on to advise the U.S. armed forces throughout the cold war, proposing little-known aircraft designs along the way. RAND studies have now diversified into anything you can think of, and, while still mostly paid for by U.S. taxpayers, serves other countries as well. [/QUOTE]

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