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RAND was set up in 1945 by the USAAF as Project RAND, under contract to the Douglas Aircraft Company (later McDonnell Douglas, now a part of the Boeing Company), and in 1945 they released the Preliminary Design of an Experimental World-Circling Spaceship. In May 1948, 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 digital 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.
According to the 1994 annual report "two-thirds of Rand's research involves national security issues."
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Mission Statement
Achievements and Expertise
Notable RAND participants
See also
External links