Project Quick-Fix

5/2/2017 [author]

The unique contribution of Project Quick-Fix was a combination optical and electronic display unit, in which a composite radar picture was projected onto the underside of a transparent table. Four plotters around the table tracked aircraft using specially colored and numbered chips.

The Northrop Aircraft Company went on to produce this new optical device, calling it Sky Screen. The device enabled a single operator to track several times as many aircraft as previously possible.