Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., formerly the
MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, was founded by
Charles Stark Draper in the late 1930s to teach students how to design the scientific instruments necessary to accurately measure and study motion. During
World War II, the Instrumentation Lab developed the
Inertial navigation system; this became its principal focus after receiving
United States Department of Defense research contracts to develop navigation systems for
ballistic missiles. The "I Lab" developed the guidance systems for
Project Apollo and the
Polaris missile. Draper was spun off from MIT in
1973, in part due to anti-war protests.
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