The Naval Ordnance Laboratory (NOL), now disestablished, formerly located in White Oak, Maryland was the site of considerable work that had practical impact upon world technology. The White Oak site of NOL has now been taken over by Food and Drug Administration. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the government agency responsible for regulating food (human and animal), dietary supplements, drugs (human and animal), cosmetics, medical devices (human and animal), biologics and blood products in the United States. ...
Projects
The World War II artillery fuze.
Nitinol, the shape changing nickel-titanium alloy well known to everyone. The NOL at the end of Nitinol refers to Naval Ordnance Laboratory.
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People
People who have worked there include:
John Bardeen, the only person to win two Nobel Prizes in Physics.
John Vincent Atanasoff, inventor of the first electronic computer, Chief of the NOL Acoustics Division.
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The name of the base has varied over the years from Naval Propellant Plant, to NavalOrdnance Station, to the present Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC).
NSWC is the successor organization to the NavalOrdnanceLaboratory.
The name Indian Head is believed to derive from the general shape of the peninsula, Corwallis Neck, that comprises the naval base.
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