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The Secret History of Minnesota Part 1: Engineering Research Associates

Steve Blank

The Army codebreaking group was the Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) at Arlington Hall. Costing $250,000 ($3.2 Each ATLAS I cost the NSA $1.3 Finally, ERA’s penchant for extreme secrecy left them unschooled in the art of marketing, sales, and Public Relations. ATLAS II cost the NSA $2.3

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