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The RAND Corporation is an American think tank first formed to offer research and analysis to the U.S. military. The organization has since expanded to working with other governments and commercial organizations. RAND has around 1100 employees based at four sites: Santa Monica ( California), Arlington ( Virginia), Pittsburgh ( Pennsylvania), and Leiden (The Netherlands). The corporation's name is a contraction of the phrase " Research ANd DevelopmentThe phrase research and development (also R and D or R&D has a special commercial significance apart from its conventional coupling of research and technological development. In the context of commerce, "research and development" normally refers to future". (Gen. Curtis LeMayCurtis Emerson LeMay ( November 15, 1906 October 3, 1990) was a General in the United States Air Force. He is credited with creating an effective systematic strategic bombing campaign in the Pacific Theatre of World War II and later reorganizing the Strat quipped that RAND meant "Research And No Development".)
RAND was set up in 1945Events January January 5 The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland. January 7 British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge. January 12 World War II: by the USAAF as Project RAND, under contract to the Douglas Aircraft CompanyThe Douglas Aircraft Company was founded by Donald Wills Douglas in July 1921. It is most famous for the "DC" series of commercial aircraft, including what is often regarded as the most significant transport aircraft ever made, the DC-3. Douglas also crea, and in 1945Events January January 5 The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland. January 7 British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge. January 12 World War II: they released the Preliminary Design of an Experimental World-Circling SpaceshipThe Preliminary Design of an Experimental World-Circling Spaceship was a 1946 proposal, by Project RAND, for a US satellite program. The Preliminary Design of an Experimental World-Circling Spaceship states, "A satellite vehicle with appropriate instrumen. In May 19481948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 1 Nationalisation of UK railways to form British Railways. Arab militants lay siege to the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. First day of the Ital, Project RAND was separated from Douglas and became an independent organization.
RAND was incorporated as a nonprofit organization to "further promote scientific, educational, and charitable purposes, all for the public welfare and security of the United States of America."
The achievements of RAND stem from its development of systems analysis. Important contributions are claimed in space systems and America's space program, in computing and in artificial intelligence.
Current areas of expertise, including that of RAND's education-related division — the Institute on Education and Training — are: child policy, civil and criminal justice, education, environment and energy, health, international policy, labor markets, national security, population and regional studies , science and technology, social welfare, terrorism, and transportation.
RAND oversaw one of the largest and most important studies of health insurance. The RAND Health Insurance Experiment, funded by the then-U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, established an insurance corporation to compare demand for health services with their cost to the patient.
According to the 1994 annual report "two-thirds of Rand's research involves national security issues."
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