NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM 
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1969 
House or REPRESENTATIVES, 
SUBCOMMITTEE ON OCEANOGRAPHY, 
OF THE COMMITTEE ON Mercuant Marine AND FISHERIES, 
Washington, D.C. 
The subcommittee met at 10:15 a.m., pursuant to recess, in room 
1334, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Alton Lennon (chair- 
man of the subcommittee) presiding. 
Mr. Lennon. The committee will come to order. 
We are delighted this morning to have as our first witness 
Mr. Elmer P. Wheaton, who is the vice president of Lockheed Aircraft 
Corp. and the chairman of the Panel on Vehicles, Platforms and 
Equipment of the Committee on Ocean Engineering, of the National 
Academy of Engineering, and also the distinguished president of the 
Marine Technology Society. 
Mr. Wheaton, I will ask unanimous consent to insert in the record 
your biography just prior to your statement, sir. 
(The biographical sketch follows :) 
ELMER P. WHEATON 
Elmer P. Wheaton, Corporate Vice President and General Manager of the 
Lockheed Missiles & Space Company’s Research & Development Division, joined 
Lockheed in early 1962. In his present position with Lockheed, he provides direc- 
tion to a broad range of engineering and scientific activities and to several 
diversification efforts. He was responsible for the development and operations 
of the Company’s Deep Quest, a research submarine, and for ithe management 
of many other advanced programs including the Navy’s Deep Submergence Rescue 
Vechicle and its Deep Submergence Search Vehicle; advanced ground vehicles 
for the Army ; and computerized information systems for government and health 
care applications. 
Prior to joining Lockheed, Mr. Wheaton was Corporate Vice President in 
charge of all engineering for the Douglas Aircraft Company. While with Douglas 
he directed the development of the Nike missile systems, Honest John and Genie 
nuclear rockets, the Saturn ‘S-IVB stage and other advanced aerospace systems. 
Before and during World War III, he worked on many phases of aircraft pro- 
grams and associated electronics. In 1943-44 he was promoted to Special Assist- 
ant to the Vice President of Engineering and placed in charge of all work con- 
tracted to the Douglas Aircraft Company by the National Defense Research 
Committee and the Office of Scientific Research and Development. Primary pro- 
grams were the Eagle radar installation and the ROC missile development. Later, 
Mr. Wheaton was loaned to the Radiation Laboratories of the Massachusetts In- 
stitute of Technology where he spent nearly a year as ‘Special Advisor to Dr. 
Louis N. Ridenour on airborne radar bombing systems. 
He is a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 
the American Astronautical ‘Society, and The Royal Aeronautical ‘Society. He 
is a member of the National Academy of Engineering; member of the NAH 
Committee on Ocean Engineering; and Chairman of the NAHCOE Panel on 
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